Australian Motorkhana Championship

2008 Smartwax Australian Motorkhana Championship

Was held at the Big W Distribution Centre,

Monarto, SA on Sunday October 5, 2008

Results Outright .... Shootout Results .... Photos

The Australian Motorkhana Championship (AMC) is held on one weekend each year. It has always been in the second half of the calendar year and rotates around the States of Australia, skipping only Tasmania and the Northern Territory. It is run under the rules of the National Motorkhana Code and Group 4H found in the CAMS Manual.

The AMC was first held in 1972 in Young, New South Wales and has been held every year since. It has been run on sealed surfaces - bitumen or concrete - for all except three years, as this gives fairer, more equal conditions for a one day event.

I have written a History of the AMC which you may view online or download. It includes links to the full results for a number of recent years.

Brian Shanahan has extracted the record times for each class on each test from the AMC results. You may need to bring the Excel window to the front and open the file as Read Only.

The AMC was primarily a contest to find a national champion, but class and other awards have been added over the years since 1972. Details of class winners can be found in the AMC History mentioned above. The Championship trophy is awarded at the annual National CAMS Dinner. The Australian Motorkhana Champions are listed below.

Year	Champion	Vehicle	Driver's State	Location of Event
1972	Martin Lawrence	Renault Special	NSW	Young, NSW
1973	John Latham	Austin Healey Sprite IIA	VIC	Frankston, Melbourne, VIC
1974	Dennis Trigg	Renault Special	NSW	Surfers Paradise, QLD
1975	Terry Goodacre	Subaru Special	NSW	Penrith, NSW
1976	Terry Goodacre	Crypton Subaru Special	NSW	Woden, Canberra, ACT
1977	Bill McCarthy	Delta S Mini Special	VIC	Dandenong, Melbourne, VIC
1978	Bill McCarthy	Delta S Mini Special	VIC	Deniliquin, NSW
1979	Bill McCarthy	Delta S Mini Special	VIC	Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide, SA
1980	Rob Mutimer	RWM Mk IV Mini Special	VIC	Dandenong, Melbourne, VIC
1981	Geoff Thomson	Delta SS Subaru Special	VIC	Woden, Canberra, ACT
1982	Don Lemm	Manta MS-2D Mini Spl	SA	Ipswich, QLD
1983	Geoff Thomson	Delta SS Subaru Special	VIC	Maribyrnong, Melbourne, VIC
1984	Geoff Thomson	Delta SS Subaru Special	VIC	Southlands, Perth, WA
1985	Geoff Thomson	Delta SS Subaru Special	VIC	Wodonga, VIC
1986	Geoff Thomson	Delta SS Subaru Special	VIC	Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide, SA
1987	Jim Newell	Turben Mini Special	WA	Elanora, QLD
1988	Jim Newell	Turben Mini Special	WA	Wonderland Prospect, NSW
1989	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Somerton, Melbourne, VIC
1990	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Southlands, Perth, WA
1991	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Tea Tree Gully, Adelaide, SA
1992	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Brisbane, QLD
1993	Bill McCarthy	Delta S2 Mini Special	VIC	Nirimba, Sydney, NSW
1994	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Mangalore, VIC
1995	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Canberra, ACT
1996	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Canberra, ACT
1997	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Port Adelaide, SA
1998	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Belmont Park, Perth, WA
1999	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Nirimba, Sydney, NSW
2000	Wayne Skyring	Mini Special	QLD	Willowbank, QLD
2001	Alan McConnell	Mini Special	QLD	Somerton, Melbourne, VIC
2002	Wayne Griffiths	Terrier Honda Special	NSW	Somerton, Melbourne, VIC
2003	David Beames	Delta S Mini Special	SA	Lonsdale, Adelaide, SA
2004	Warwick Butt	Mini Special	NSW	Narellan, Sydney, NSW
2005	David Collier	Renault Special	NSW	Perth Airport, Perth, WA
2006	Wayne Griffiths	Terrier Honda Special	NSW	Willowbank, QLD
2007	Andrew Collier	Renault Special	NSW	Somerton, Melbourne, VIC
2008	Andrew Collier	Renault Special	NSW	Monarto, SA

In 2009, the AMC will be held in Sydney, NSW in late September or early October. By mid-2009, information about that event should be available at the AMC Info website

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