1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Australian Formula 2 cars.^[1] The title, which was the 19th Australian Formula 2 Championship,^[2] was won by Jonathon Crooke, driving a Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen.^[3]

Calendar

Championship winner Jonathon Crooke (Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen)

The 1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship was contested over a nine round series.^[3]

Round [4]	Circuit [4]	State	Date [4]	Round format [4]	Round winner [4]	Car [4]
1	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	9 March	One race	Arthur Abrahams	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
2	Baskerville	Tasmania	16 March	Two races	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
3	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	18 May	One race	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
4	Oran Park	New South Wales	8 June	One race	Mark McLaughlin	Elfin 852 Volkswagen
5	Lakeside	Queensland	15 June	One race	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
6	Adelaide International Raceway [5]	South Australia	6 July	One race	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
7	Mallala Motor Sport Park [6]	South Australia	3 August	Two races	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
8	Winton	Victoria	31 August	Two races	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
9	Sandown Park	Victoria	14 September	One race	Jonathon Crooke	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen

Points system

Points were awarded to the first 20 placegetters in each race as per the following table: ^[1]

Race position [1]	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points [1]	30	27	24	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

• Where a round was contested over two races, each driver's points were aggregated and then divided by the two to determine the championship points allocation for that round.^[1]
• Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.^[1]

Championship results

Position [3]	Driver [3]	No. [3]	Car [3]	Entrant [5]	Sym. [3]	Bas. [3]	Sur. [3]	Ora. [3]	Lak. [3]	Ade. [3]	Mal. [3]	Win. [3]	San. [3]	Total [3]
1	Jonathon Crooke	71 & 18	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Jonathon Crooke	27	30	30	(15)	30	30	28.5	30	30	235.5
2	Mark McLaughlin	9 & 14	Elfin 852 Volkswagen	Elfin Sports Cars	-	27	21	30	-	21	15	27	27	168
3	Derek Pingel	5	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Derek Pingel	15	10.5	27	-	27	27	18	15	24	163.5
4	Bob Power	8	Ralt RT3 Volkswagen	Bob Power	19	24	24	27	14	24	17	-	14	163
5	Arthur Abrahams	19	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Arthur Abrahams	30	8.5	13	-	19	-	-	-	21	91.5
6	Grahame Blee	2	Cheetah Mk.6GE [4] Toyota	Grahame Blee	10	6	-	21	-	14	19	10	-	80
7	Ian Richards	11 [5]	Richards 201C Volkswagen	Ian Richards	17	9.5	15	-	-	-	25.5	9.5	-	76.5
8	Hugh Gartley	44 [5]	HTG FII [4] Toyota	Hugh Gartley	12	10.5	-	17	15	-	13.5	-	7	75
9	Steve Noble	46 [5]	Richards 201B Volkswagen	John Silman	-	-	12	12	-	-	11.5	13	15	63.5
10	Peter Macrow	25	Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen	Macrow Motors [3]	24	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	63

Note:

• The above table lists only the top ten championship positions.
• Only the best eight round results counted towards a driver's total.^[1] Discarded points are shown within brackets.

References

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport 1986, pages 88 to 95
2. Records, Titles and Awards, CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport 2006, page 14-6
3. Barry Catford, Australian Formula 2 Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87, pages 236 to 255
4. 1986 Championship Results, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87, pages 316 to 317
5. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 6 July 1986, page 24
6. Official Programme, Mallala Motor Sport Park, 3 August 1986, page 28

External links

• 1986 Australian open wheeler racing images at www.autopics.com.au