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Australian National F1 Championship Race

Adelaide International Raceway, 1 Jul 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Alfredo Costanzo Tiga FA81 [183] - Ford BDD
#30
30 25m 53.8s
2 John Bowe Ralt RT4/84 [479] - Ford BDD Jennings
#4
30
3 Bruce Connolly Ralt RT4/81 [265] - Ford BDD
#51 (see note 1)
30
4 Peter Hopwood Ralt RT4/81 [273] - Ford BDD Jennings
[Steve Webb/Menage] (see note 2)
30
5 Peter Macrow Cheetah Mk8 [81-3] - Ford BDD
(see note 3)
30
6 Lucio Cesario Tiga FA83 - Ford BDD
#1
30
7 Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk8 [81-2] - Ford BDD
(see note 4)
30
8 Graham Watson Ralt RT4/82 [81-269] - Ford BDD
#8 Graham Watson Motor Racing (see note 5)
30
9 John Beasley (ANF2) 1.6-litre Ralt RT3/81 [203] - Volkswagen Golf single cam
(see note 6)
28
10 Neil Richardson (ANF2) 1.6-litre Birrana 274 [274-015] - Ford
26
11 Bronte Rundle (ANF2) 1.6-litre Argus 832 - Nissan single cam
26
12 Chris Hocking Cheetah Mk8 [81-1] - Ford BDD
(see note 7)
25
R Paul Radisich Ralt RT4/83 [82-351] - Ford BDD
Graham Watson Motor Racing
4 Accident
UNK Steve Noble (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 630B [756302] - Ford
John Silman Power Tools

DNA Chas Talbot Talbot 184 - Ford BDD
Did not arrive
DNA Geoff Nicol Ralt RT4/82 [81-277] - Ford BDD
(see note 8)
Did not arrive
DNA Allan Grice Ralt RT4/83 [82-331] - Ford BDD
Re Car Racing
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Pac unless noted.

Qualifying
1 John Bowe (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/84 [479] - Ford BDD Jennings 0.49.9
2 Lucio Cesario (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Tiga FA83 - Ford BDD 0.50.3
3 Paul Radisich (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-351] - Ford BDD 0.50.5
4 Bruce Connolly (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [265] - Ford BDD 0.50.6
5 Alfredo Costanzo (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Tiga FA81 [183] - Ford BDD 0.50.6
6 Peter Hopwood (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [273] - Ford BDD Jennings 0.50.8
7 Graham Watson (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [81-269] - Ford BDD 0.50.8
8 Peter Macrow (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk8 [81-3] - Ford BDD 0.51.4
9 Brian Sampson (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk8 [81-2] - Ford BDD 0.52.5
10 Chris Hocking (F/Pac) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk8 [81-1] - Ford BDD 0.54.2
11 Neil Richardson (ANF2) 1.6-litre Birrana 274 [274-015] - Ford 0.54.6
12 John Beasley (ANF2) 1.6-litre Ralt RT3/81 [203] - Volkswagen Golf single cam 0.54.7
13 Bronte Rundle (ANF2) 1.6-litre Argus 832 - Nissan single cam 0.58.7
14 Steve Noble (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 630B [756302] - Ford 1.00.4

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT4/81 [265] (Bruce Connolly): Ralt sales record says sold to Graham Watson/Pwee, no delivery date. [Tub no: 81/126; gearbox: FT1478; JM36735 6/81] "Pwee" is Gregg 'Peewee' Siddle, who ran the teams of first Nelson Piquet in F3, and then Roberto Moreno in all junior formulae. Chassis number noted in NZMA report on the car of Nelson Piquet at Australian GP 1981 [NZMA 23 Nov 81 p4]. Chassis number given for Moreno's car in NZMA report of the Bay Park race, 3 Jan 82, and presumed to be the car run by Moreno throughout the NZ series. Chassis number given for Phillip Revell's car at the 1982 AGP and presumed to be the car used by Revell in the 1982 Australian Gold Star series. Revell's car also described by AMSYB-82 p166 as 'ex Piquet 1981 AGP'. [CT]
  2. Ralt RT4/81 [273] (Peter Hopwood): Ralt sales record says sold to Graham Watson/Bob Jane, without delivery date. [Tub no: 81/132; Gearbox FT1486; Fuel cell: JM37174 10/81] Chassis number given in NZMA report for the car of Jacques Laffite at the 1981 AGP, [NZMA 23 Nov 81 p4]. The car of Ray Hanger at 1982 AGP is described as 'ex Laffite 1981 AGP' [AMSYB-82 p166] and presumed to be the car used by Hanger earlier in the Australian Gold Star series. [CT]
  3. Cheetah Mk8 [81-3] (Peter Macrow): Built to Formula Pacific (AF1) specification and delivered to Peter Macrow in February 1983. Macrow raced the car in Formula Pacific in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. It was sold to Graham (Graeme?) Smith in 1986, then to Rod Anderson in 1989. The next owner is reported to be a James Sears in 1995. It was next owned by Geoff Turner in 1996, and then to Geoff Wiseman in 1998.
  4. Cheetah Mk8 [81-2] (Brian Sampson): Built to Formula Pacific (AF1) specification and delivered to Brian Sampson in October 1982. Sampson raced the car in Formula Pacific in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. Sold to Barry Johnson in August 1985, and raced by him in ANF1 series in 1986, and then in the ANF2 series in 1987 and 1988 using a VW engine. To Alan Watts in October 2003, and raced by him in Australian historic racing.
  5. Ralt RT4/82 [81-269] (Graham Watson): Ralt sales record says sold to Theodore Racing, delivered 2 Oct 81. [Tub no: 81/123; gearbox FT1482; fuel cell JM36678 6/81] Chassis number given by NZMA for the car of Mike Rosen at Bay Park 3 Jan 82. Described by NZMA report as ex-Jarier, so presumed to be Jarier's car at Macau 1981. A note for Paul Radisich's car at the Bay Park Union Travel Championship race 11 Apr 82 [A/S 15 Apr 82 p48] says that this was the car used earlier in the year by Mike Rosen. Paul Radisich's car at Adelaide 4 Jul 82 is described as 'ex Mike Rosen' [AMSYB-82 p153] Chassis number given for Paul Radisich's car at 1982 AGP, and presumed to be the car used by him throughout the 1982 Australian Gold Star series. Chassis number given NZMN 21 Jan 83 p16 for the car of Paul Radisich at Bay Park, 2 Jan 83. [CT]
  6. Ralt RT3/81 [203] (John Beasley): Ralt sales record says sold via Graham Watson, delivered 14.1.81. [Tub no: 80/42; gearbox Hewland Mk9 H93599; fuel cell: JM 27166 3/79]. The car was sold to Lucio Cesario who used it, fitted with a VW engine, as an Australian rules F2 car, but running it also in F. Pacific races with considerable success in 1981. [CT]
  7. Cheetah Mk8 [81-1] (Chris Hocking): Built to Formula Pacific (AF1) specification and delivered to Chris Hocking on 2 June 1982. Hocking raced the car in Formula Pacific in 1982 and early 1983. It was then converted to ANF2 using a VW Golf engine. Sold to Ray Bond (Wangaratta, Victoria) in August 1984 and raced in ANF2 until November 1991. It was then retained unused until sold to Kevin Lewis in November 2003. Sold to Edward Gavin (NSW) in December 2005, and used by him in Australian historic racing.
  8. Ralt RT4/82 [81-277] (Geoff Nicol): Ralt sales record says sold to Rajah, without delivery date. [Tub no: 81/138; gearbox: FT1420; fuel cell: JM37200 10/81] Chassis number given for Sonny Rajah's car at Selangor GP 29 Nov 81 [NZMA 11 Jan 82 p3]. Chassis number given for the car of Geoff Nicol at the Malaysian GP, 29-30 May 82. [CT]

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

The Australian race results have been provided by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News reports plus the information supplied by a wide range of contributors.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.