1990 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1990 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and open to Formula Holden racing cars.^[1] It was the 34th Australian Drivers' Championship^[2] and the second to be contested by Formula Holden cars.^[3] The championship winner was awarded the CAMS Gold Star.^[1]

1990 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The championship was won by Simon Kane driving a Ralt RT21.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.^[3]

Round[3]	Race name	Circuit[3]	State	Date[3]	Winning driver[3]	Winning car[3]
1		Phillip Island	Victoria	25 March	Simon Kane	Ralt RT21
2		Winton	Victoria	8 April	John Briggs	Ralt RT21
3		Amaroo Park	New South Wales	27 May	Mark Poole	Shrike 003
4	ACL Trophy[4]	Mallala	South Australia	10 June	Mark Skaife	SPA
5		Oran Park	New South Wales	19 August	Mark Skaife	SPA
6		Sandown	Victoria	9 September	Mark Poole	Shrike 003
7		Winton	Victoria	7 October	Simon Kane	Ralt RT21
8	Thalgo Trophy[5]	Adelaide	South Australia	3 November	Neil Crompton	Ralt RT20

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1990 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Team	Car	No	Driver
Skaife Racing P/L	Spa FB001	3	Mark Skaife
FAPM	Ralt RT20	4	Roger Martin
Clive Kane Photography	Ralt RT21	5	Simon Kane
Richard Davison	Ralt RT20	6	Richard Davison
Boylan Racing	Ralt RT20	7	Neil Crompton
John Briggs	Ralt RT21	9	John Briggs
Thalgo Racing Team	Spa FB002	11	Tony Blanche Mark McLaughlin
	Ralt RT21	12	Mark Larkham Tony Blanche
TAFE Team Motorsport	Shrike NB89H	21	Mark Poole
			Wayne Gardner
David Mawer	Ralt RT21	27	John Smith
Hocking Motorsport	Hocking 901	38	Sam Astuti Roger Martin
	March 87B	73	Mark McLaughlin Domenic Beninca Chris Hocking
Tenth Corporation P/L	Ralt RT20	39	Drew Price
	Ralt RT4		Paul Collins
Ray Cutchie	Ralt RT4		Ray Cutchie Brian Sampson
John Hermann	Liston BF3		John Herrman
Mark Potter	Ralt RT4		Mark Potter

Notes

• All Formula Holden cars were required to use a Holden V6 engine.^[4]
• Australian Formula 2 cars were invited to compete in the final three rounds to boost competitor numbers.^[3]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six finishers^[1] at each round. Each driver could retain only his/her best seven results, any other points being discarded.^[1]

Championship standings

Position[6]	Driver[7]	No.[3][4][5]	Car[3][4][5]	Entrant[4][5]	Phi[8]	Win[8]	Ama[8]	Mal[8]	Ora[8]	San[8]	Win[8]	Ade[8]	Points[6]
1	Simon Kane	5	Ralt RT21	Clive Kane Photography	9	6	6	4	(4)	6	9	6	46
2	Mark Poole	21	Shrike 003	TAFE Team Motorsport	4	3	9	6	2	9	6	–	39
3	Mark Skaife	3	Spa	Skaife Racing P/L	2	1	–	9	9	2	–	–	23
4	Neil Crompton	7	Ralt RT20	Peter Boylan	–	2	3	1	6	–	–	9	21
	Drew Price	39	Ralt RT20	Tenth Corporation P/L	6	4	4	–	3	4	–	–	21
6	John Briggs	9	Ralt RT21	John Briggs	3	9	–	3	–	–	–	2	17
7	Mark McLaughlin	73 & 11	March 87B Ralt RT21 Spa	Chris Hocking Thalgo Racing Team	–	–	–	2	1	–	4	4	11
8	Richard Davison	6	Ralt RT20	Richard Davison	1	–	–	–	–	3	–	3	7
9	Chris Hocking	38	Hocking 901	Chris Hocking	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	4
10	Tony Blanche	11 & 12	Ralt RT21	Thalgo Racing Team	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	–	3
11	Mark Larkham	12	Ralt RT21	Thalgo Cosmetic Racing	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
12	Roger Martin	4	Ralt RT20	FAPM	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1