1982 National Panasonic Series
The 1982 National Panasonic Series was an Australian motor racing contest for Australian Formula 1 cars (commonly referred to as Formula Pacific cars).[1] It was the second running of the National Panasonic Series.
The series was won by Charlie O'Brien driving a Ralt RT4.[2]
Schedule[edit]
The series was contested over four rounds.
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Round winner |
| 1[1] | Adelaide International Raceway[1] | South Australia | 4 July[1] | Two races[1] | Andrew Miedecke[3] |
| 2[4] | Lakeside[4] | Queensland | 25 July[4] | Two races[4] | Charlie O'Brien[4] |
| 3[5] | Calder[5] | Victoria | 1 August[5] | Two races[5] | Alfredo Costanzo[3] |
| 4 | Oran Park[2] | New South Wales | 22 August[2] | Two races[2] | Charlie O'Brien[2] |
Rounds 1,2 & 3 were contested concurrently with Rounds 2, 4 & 5 of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.[3]
Points system[edit]
Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for each round.[6]
Series standings[edit]
| Position | Driver[2] | Car[7] | Entrant[1] | Ade[6] | Lak[6] | Cal[6] | Ora[6] | Total[2] |
| 1 | Charlie O'Brien | Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD | Charlie O'Brien O'Brien Heavy Haulage[2] |
4 | 9 | - | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Andrew Miedecke | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD | Andrew Miedecke | 9 | 4 | - | 3 | 16 |
| = | Alfredo Costanzo | Tiga FA82 Ford BDD Tiga FA81 Ford BDD[8] |
Porsche Cars Australia | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | John Smith | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD Ralt RT1[2] |
John Smith OCL / AJCL[4] |
- | 6 | - | 6 | 12 |
| = | John Bowe | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD | Chris Leach Racing | 6 | - | 6 | - | 12 |
| 6 | Graham Watson | Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD | Watson Motor Racing | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Robert Handford | Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD | Robert Handford | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 |
| = | Bruce Allison | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD[9] | Formula One Automotive[5] | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 9 | Phillip Revell | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD | Aub Revell | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| = | Richard Davison | Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD | Clive Millis Motors Pty. Ltd. | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 11 | Peter Williamson | Toleman TA860 Toyota 2T-G | National Panasonic Pty. Ltd. | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 4 July 1982
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bev Wright, O'Brien All the Way, Racing Car News, October 1982, pages 41 to 43
- ^ a b c Barry Catford, Australian Drivers Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1982/93, pages 148 to 167
- ^ a b c d e f Des White, O'Brien Blitzes Lakeside, Racing Car News, September 1982, pages 52 to 53
- ^ a b c d e Official Programme, Calder, 1 August 1982
- ^ a b c d e No points system reference has been located for the 1982 series. The 9-6-4-3-2-1 system has been sourced from "Formula Pacific, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 26 July 1981, pages 17-21" re the 1981 National Panasonic Series. When applied to published round results for 1982, totals for all eleven drivers equate to those published as "Final Pointscores" for the 1982 series in Racing Car News, October 1982, page 43
- ^ Australian National F1 Championship Race, Adelaide International, 4 Jul 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019
- ^ Australian National F1 Championship Race, Lakeside, 25 Jul 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019
- ^ Australian National F1 Championship Race, Calder, 1 Aug 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019