1982 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1982 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars. It was the fourteenth Australian Sports Car Championship, and the first to be contested by Group A cars since 1975. The championship was won by Chris Clearihan of Canberra, driving a Kaditcha.

Schedule

The championship was contested over a four-round series.

Round	Circuit	State	Date	Format	Winning driver	Car
1	Wanneroo Park	Western Australia	21 March	Two heats	Stuart Kostera	Elfin MS7 Repco Holden
2	Lakeside	Queensland	25 July	Two heats	Ken Peters	Auscam
3	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	29 August	One race	Chris Clearihan	Kaditcha Chevrolet
4	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	26 September	Two heats	Chris Clearihan	Kaditcha Chevrolet

Class structure

Cars competed in two classes:

Under 2.5 litres
Over 2.5 litres

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class, Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places, irrespective of class.
For rounds which were contested over two heats, drivers were allocated points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first 14 places in each heat, with the points from the two heats aggregated to determine the round result. Championship points where then awarded based on that round result.