1982 National Panasonic Series

The 1982 National Panasonic Series was an Australian motor racing contest for Australian Formula 1 cars (commonly referred to as Formula Pacific cars).[1] It was the second running of the National Panasonic Series.

The series was won by Charlie O'Brien driving a Ralt RT4.[2]

Schedule

The series was contested over four rounds.

Round	Circuit	State	Date	Format	Round winner
1 [1]	Adelaide International Raceway [1]	South Australia	4 July [1]	Two races [1]	Andrew Miedecke [3]
2 [4]	Lakeside [4]	Queensland	25 July [4]	Two races [4]	Charlie O'Brien [4]
3 [5]	Calder [5]	Victoria	1 August [5]	Two races [5]	Alfredo Costanzo [3]
4	Oran Park [2]	New South Wales	22 August [2]	Two races [2]	Charlie O'Brien [2]

Rounds 1,2 & 3 were contested concurrently with Rounds 2, 4 & 5 of the 1982 Australian Drivers' Championship.[3]

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for each round.[6]

Series standings

Position	Driver [2]	Car [7]	Entrant [1]	Ade [6]	Lak [6]	Cal [6]	Ora [6]	Total [2]
1	Charlie O'Brien	Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD	Charlie O'Brien O'Brien Heavy Haulage [2]	4	9	-	9	22
2	Andrew Miedecke	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD	Andrew Miedecke	9	4	-	3	16
=	Alfredo Costanzo	Tiga FA82 Ford BDD Tiga FA81 Ford BDD [8]	Porsche Cars Australia	3	2	9	2	16
4	John Smith	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD Ralt RT1 [2]	John Smith OCL / AJCL [4]	-	6	-	6	12
=	John Bowe	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD	Chris Leach Racing	6	-	6	-	12
6	Graham Watson	Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD	Watson Motor Racing	-	-	3	4	7
7	Robert Handford	Ralt RT4/82 Ford BDD	Robert Handford	-	3	1	-	4
=	Bruce Allison	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD [9]	Formula One Automotive [5]	-	-	4	-	4
9	Phillip Revell	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD	Aub Revell	2	-	-	1	3
=	Richard Davison	Ralt RT4/81 Ford BDD	Clive Millis Motors Pty. Ltd.	-	1	2	-	3
11	Peter Williamson	Toleman TA860 Toyota 2T-G	National Panasonic Pty. Ltd.	1	-	-	-	1

References

1. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 4 July 1982
2. Bev Wright, O'Brien All the Way, Racing Car News, October 1982, pages 41 to 43
3. Barry Catford, Australian Drivers Championship, Australian Motor Racing Year, 1982/93, pages 148 to 167
4. Des White, O'Brien Blitzes Lakeside, Racing Car News, September 1982, pages 52 to 53
5. Official Programme, Calder, 1 August 1982
6. No points system reference has been located for the 1982 series. The 9-6-4-3-2-1 system has been sourced from "Formula Pacific, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 26 July 1981, pages 17-21" re the 1981 National Panasonic Series. When applied to published round results for 1982, totals for all eleven drivers equate to those published as "Final Pointscores" for the 1982 series in Racing Car News, October 1982, page 43
7. Australian National F1 Championship Race, Adelaide International, 4 Jul 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019
8. Australian National F1 Championship Race, Lakeside, 25 Jul 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019
9. Australian National F1 Championship Race, Calder, 1 Aug 1982, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 12 February 2019