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* Australian GT Championship – A series for GT type cars which ran from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005 to date.
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Australian and GT
* Australian Nations Cup Championship A series for GT type cars which ran from 2000 to 2004.
It was then renamed for 2005 as the Australian GT Championship.
Stone Brothers Racing, in conjunction with Australian GT Championship team Erebus Racing later confirmed they would be adapating Mercedes-AMG cars to the new regulations.
New South Wales driver Leo Geoghegan won the 1960 Australian GT Championship at the wheel of a Lotus Elite.
In 1982 he attempted his first full season of racing, driving a Porsche 935 to dominate the 1982 Australian GT Championship.
In 1973 the XB Falcon ( sold with the slogan " The Great Australian Road Car ") was introduced with more aggressive styling, a multi-function control stalk ( indicators, high beam, horn ), new colours including colour-coded bumpers on the GT variants, and minor trim variations.
Also in 2004, the 5. 7-litre Chevrolet Corvette ( LS1 ) V8 TSO GT was announced, but solely for the Australian market.
By the completion of the project, the circuit became the center of motor sport in the Persian Gulf, as it held many other races such as drag races, GT races, Formula 3 races and the Australian V8 Supercar series.
A pair of Monaro GT racecars powered by an Australian built version of the 427 cu in Corvette C5-R engine was built by Garry Rogers Motorsport to compete in the Australian Nations Cup Championship and went on to win the 2002 and 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour races.
VCT is used in Ford's Triton 5. 4L 3-valve V8 engine, the Australian Barra 182 and 240 Inline-6s, and Ford's 4. 6L 3-valve V8 engine used in the 2006-2010 Ford Explorer and 2005-2012 Ford Mustang GT.
The 289 was also the engine for the first Australian Ford Falcon GT, the XR Falcon GT.
The Monza also saw success in Australia in the late 1970s and through the 1980s in the Australian Sports Sedan Championship ( ASSC ) ( renamed the Australian GT Championship in 1982 ).
The Monza was then sold to fellow GT racer Bryan Thompson who used it ( along with his usual Chevrolet powered Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC ) to win the 1985 Australian GT Championship.
Magna Sports participated in the Australian GT Production Car Championship, with varying successes at the hands of MMAL's engineer and privateer, Robert Chadwick.
In 1982 Alan Jones the 1980 World Formula 1 Championship drove it to victory in the 1982 Australian GT Championship where it was unbeaten for the whole season.
He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons.
All models in the current FPV FG range are based on the Australian Ford FG Falcon and include the 6-cylinder F6 sedan, F6 Ute ( the former Typhoon and Tornado names having been retired ) and F6 E sedan, the V8 powered GS Sedan and Ute and the V8 engined GT, GT-P and GT E sedans.
The rest of the four days are filled with practice, qualifying, and support races for a number of other racing categories, including Australian GT and Australian Formula Ford.
Australian and Championship
:* Central Coast Rays, a rugby union club playing in the Australian Rugby Championship
Albert Park also has the distinction of being the only venue to hold the Australian Grand Prix in both World Championship and non-World Championship formats.
Originally built for the Central Coast Bears team in the NRL rugby league competition ( to this day, the seats are arranged to say ' Go Bears '), since 2005 it is now the home of the Central Coast Mariners A-League association football team and was the home venue of the Central Coast Rays rugby union Australian Rugby Championship team
In 1992, he joined County Championship newcomers Durham before retiring midway through the 1993 season, his last match being Durham's match against the visiting Australian XI.
* Australian V8 Superboats Jet Sprint Championship
Brabham won the 1948 Australian Speedway Championship, the 1949 Australian and South Australian Speedcar championships, and the 1950 – 1951 Australian championship with the car.
In February and March 1985 the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was played at the MCG, a One Day International tournament involving all of the then Test match playing countries to celebrate 150 years of the Australian state of Victoria.
He raced in Australian Superbikes in the late 1980s, and also won both races as Superbike World Championship visited Oran Park in.
* Australian Production Car Championship APCC ( CAMS / FIA )-
* Australian Production Touring Car Championship PTCC ( AASA ) -
Other transnational competitions include the Pro 12, involving Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh teams ; The Rugby Championship, involving South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian Teams ; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European teams from their respective domestic competitions.
* July 10 – Peter Thomson becomes the first Australian to win the British Open Golf Championship.
Formerly the Australian Touring Car Championship, the current formula was devised in 1993 ( based on Group A regulations ) and branded as ' V8 Supercars ' in 1997.
* Australian Super Touring Championship ran from 1993 to 2001.
* Australian Sports Car Championship – A series which ran from 1969 to 1988.
* Australian Rally Championship
Cars from all three classes would contest the Australian Touring Car Championship as well as non-championship Australian touring car events such as the Bathurst 1000 ; but for the purposes of race classification and points allocation, cars competed in two classes:
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* 1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor
* 1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
* 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian footballer ( d. 1959 )
* 1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
* 1957 – Greg Child, Australian mountaineer
* 1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer, musician, and composer ( Dead Can Dance )
* 1961 – Magda Szubanski, Australian actress
* 1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actor ( d. 2006 )
* 1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
* 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
* 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer
* 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )
* 1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian poet ( d. 2010 )
* 1965 – Ange Postecoglou, Australian footballer
* 1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer
* 1975 – Mark Rudan, Australian footballer
* 1976 – Mark Webber, Australian race car driver
* 1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer ( d. 1915 )
* 1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer
* 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host
* 1973 – Stuart O ' Grady, Australian cyclist
* 1976 – Melissa George, Australian actress
* 1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian author ( d. 1996 )
* 1938 – Rod Laver, Australian tennis player
* 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor
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