Group A Sports Cars
Group A Sports Cars is an Australian motor racing category that
On introduction in 1964, Group A catered only for closed sports racing cars with their open top counterparts continuing under existing CAMS Appendix C Sports Car regulations.
Group A cars contested Australia’s premier sports car event, the Australian Tourist Trophy, each year from 1965 to 1968[4] and were then granted their own national series in 1969 with the introduction of the Australian Sports Car Championship.[5] When this title was moved across to Group D Production Sports Cars in 1976, Group A cars would again contest the annual Australian Tourist Trophy[6] although this title was discontinued for a second time after 1979. The Australian Sports Car Championship was once more opened up to Group A Sports Cars in 1982[7] and they would contest that title until its final running in 1988.
The Group A Sports Cars officially became known as Group 2A Sports Cars in 1988[8] and is still listed by CAMS as a current Australian motor sport category.[9] The rules have remained basically the same as those for Group A in 1965. However the category no longer enjoys the profile it once had in Australian motor sport, and mainly applies today for historic motor racing with even state championship appearances being rare.[10] Group 2C Sports Cars, also known as Supersports is now the highest profile Sports Car category in Australia.
Some of the Group A Sports Cars that were designed and built in Australia include various,
References
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1964, page 51
- ^ Australian Motor Manual, May 1965, page 34
- ^ Australian Motor Manual, February 1966, page 41
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1968, page 72
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1969, page 79
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1976, page 82
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1982, page 89
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1988, page 5
- ^ Group 2A Sports Cars Archived 2009-08-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 13 July 2009.
- ^ 2009 Queensland Circuit Racing State Championships Sporting Regulations