1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for 2.0 Litre Touring Cars complying with FIA Class II rules.^[1] The championship, which was promoted as the 1994 Valvoline Australian Manufacturers' Championship, began on 17 April 1994 at Eastern Creek Raceway and ended on 28 August at Oran Park Raceway after six rounds. The series determined both the winning automobile manufacturer in the 22nd Australian Manufacturers' Championship ^[2] and the winning driver in the second annual Australian title for drivers of Class II Touring Cars. This title was awarded as the Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship in 1993 and as the Australian Super Touring Championship from 1995.

Teams and drivers

Peter Doulman (BMW M3) at the Lakeside round of the championship

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Team	Manufacturer	Car model	No	Driver
M3 Motorsport	BMW	M3	1	Peter Doulman
			2	John Cotter
Steven Ellery Racing	Ford	Sierra	6	Steve Ellery
Phoenix Motorsport	Peugeot	405 Mi16	8	Ken Mathews
Darrell Dixon	Peugeot	405 Mi16	10	Phil Alexander
Bob Holden Motors	Toyota	Sprinter AE86	13	Dennis Rogers Bob Holden
			99	Mark Adderton Justin Mathews
Phil Ward Racing	Mercedes-Benz	190E	015	Peter McKay
			018	Phil Ward
Tony Longhurst Racing	BMW	M3	20	John Blanchard
		318i	23	Paul Morris
			25	Tony Longhurst
Campbell Little	Toyota	Carina	21	Greg Murphy James Kaye
Mark Adderton	BMW	M3	97	Mark Adderton
Knight Racing	Ford	Sierra	98	Peter Hills

Race Calendar

The 1994 Australian Manufacturers Championship was contested over a six round series in four states with two races per round.

Rd.	Race Title	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner [3]	Team	Report
1	Eastern Creek	Eastern Creek Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	16 - 17 Apr	Tony Longhurst	Benson & Hedges Racing
2	Phillip Island	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	21–22 May	Paul Morris	Diet Coke Racing
3	Winton	Winton Motor Raceway	Benalla, Victoria	18 - 19 Jun	Paul Morris	Diet Coke Racing
4	Lakeside	Lakeside International Raceway	Brisbane, Queensland	16 - 17 Jul	Tony Longhurst	Benson & Hedges Racing
5	Mallala	Mallala Motorsport Park	Mallala, South Australia	6 - 7 Aug	Tony Longhurst	Benson & Hedges Racing
6	Oran Park	Oran Park Raceway	Sydney, New South Wales	27 - 28 Aug	Paul Morris	Diet Coke Racing

Results

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos [4]	Manufacturer
1	BMW
2	Ford
3	Mercedes-Benz
4	Toyota

Drivers Championship

Championship points were awarded on a 20-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 basis for the top ten positions in each race. Round positions were decided by the total points scored over the two races. In the event of two or more drivers having the same points for a round, they were ranked by finishing order in the second race.

Pos [5] Driver EAS 1 EAS 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 WIN 1 WIN 2 LAK 1 LAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 Pts 1 Tony Longhurst 2nd 1st 1st 3rd DSQ DSQ 1st 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 176 2 Paul Morris 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Ret DNS Ret 2nd 1st 1st 168 3 John Blanchard Ret 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 154 4 Phil Ward 4th 5th Ret 3rd Ret 5th Ret 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd Ret 102 5 Steve Ellery 3rd 4th 4th DNS 3rd 3rd DNS DNS 6th 6th 6th 5th 100 6 Peter Doulman 5th 6th 6th Ret 4th 6th 4th Ret 5th 5th 7th Ret 84 7 Mark Adderton 7th 8th 7th 4th Ret DNS 5th 4th 4th Ret 8th 6th 74 8 Greg Murphy 3rd Ret Ret Ret 4th 3rd 40 8 Justin Mathews 9th 6th 5th 7th 8th 8th 10th 10th 11th 8th 40 10 Bob Holden 8th 7th 6th Ret 7th 6th 9th 9th 10th 9th 39 11 James Kaye Ret 2nd 2nd Ret 32 11 John Cotter 7th 8th Ret DNS 8th 7th 9th 7th 32 13 Peter McKay 6th 5th 7th 8th 28 14 Peter Hills Ret Ret Ret 7th Ret Ret 6 15 Dennis Rogers Ret 9th 2 Pos Driver EAS 1 EAS 2 PHI 1 PHI 2 WIN 1 WIN 2 LAK 1 LAK 2 MAL 1 MAL 2 ORA 1 ORA 2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

See also

1994 Australian Touring Car season

References

1. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95, page 165
2. Australian Titles Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 24 February 2009
3. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95, page 287
4. Longhurst Takes Spoils, Australian Auto Action, 2 September 1994, page 28
5. Australian Motor Racing Year, 1994/95, page 176

External links

• Image of Morris & Longhurst at the Winton round of the 1994 Australian Manufacturers’ Championship Retrieved from i180.photobucket.com on 24 February 2009