1981 Australian Rally Championship

1981 Australian Rally Championship
Previous:	1980	Next:	1982

The 1981 Australian Rally Championship was a series of rallying events held across Australia. It was the 14th season in the history of the competition.

Geoff Portman and navigator Ross Runnalls in the Datsun Stanza won the 1981 Championship.

Season review

The 1981 season saw the Datsun Stanzas dominate the competition once more, taking out first,second and third places in the championship. It was the sixth championship for Datsun in seven years, with wins in all five rounds.The Nissan Rally Team were the only "works" supported team competing in the championship following the withdrawal of the Ford Rally and Holden Dealer teams at the end of the 1980 season. This was the final season for the Nissan Rally Team when Nissan transferred their interest to circuit racing with the turbo charged Nissan Bluebird.

The Rallies

The five events of the 1981 season were as follows.

Round	Rally	Date
1	Rally of the West (WA)
2	Lutwyche Village Rally (QLD)
3	Bega Valley Rally (NSW)
4	Akademos Rally (VIC)
5	Alpine Rally (VIC)

Round One - Commonwealth Bank Rally of the West

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
1	Ross Dunkerton	Jeff Beaumont	Datsun Stanza
2
3
4
5
6

Round Two - Lutwyche Village Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
1	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls	Datsun Stanza
2
3
4
5
6

Round Three - Bega Valley Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
1	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls	Datsun Stanza
2
3
4
5
6

Round Four - Akademos Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car	Time
1	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls	Datsun Stanza
2
3
4
5				67.53
6				71.16

Round Five - Alpine Rally

Position	Driver	Navigator	Car
1	Geoff Portman	Ross Runnalls	Datsun Stanza
2
3
4
5
6

1980 Drivers and Navigators Championships

Final pointscore for 1981 is as follows.

Geoff Portman - Champion Driver 1981

Position	Driver	Car
1	Geoff Portman	Datsun Stanza
2	George Fury	Datsun Stanza
3	Ross Dunkerton	Datsun Stanza
4
5
6

Ross Runnalls - Champion Navigator 1981

Position	Navigator	Car
1	Ross Runnalls	Datsun Stanza
2	Monty Suffern	Datsun Stanza
3	Jeff Beaumont	Datsun Stanza
4
5
6

References

External links

Australian Rally Championship

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