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1984 European Rallycross Championship

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The 1984 European Rallycross Championship season was the ninth season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship under that name and the twelfth season overall since it began as the Embassy/ERA European Rallycross Championship. It was held across nine rounds starting at the Nordring in Austria on April 8 and ending at the Lyngås Motorbane in Norway on October 7.

Martin Schanche at the British round of the championship

The champions were Anders Norstedt (Division 1) and Martin Schanche (Division 2). Schanche won six of the nine rounds on the Division 2 schedule to guarantee himself the title. In Division 1 Norstedt had an equal number of wins to his closest title rival Lars Nyström. The highest placed driver with no wins in any class was Olle Arnesson, the Division 2 third-placer.

Calendar

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Round Date Venue City Country Winner (Div 1) Winner (Div 2)
1 April 8 Nordring Fuglau  Austria Norway Egil Stenshagen Austria Andy Bentza
2 May 13 Ring Knutstorp Kågeröd  Sweden Sweden Anders Norstedt Austria Walter Mayer
3 May 20 Ahvenisto Race Circuit Hämeenlinna  Finland Sweden Lars Nyström Norway Martin Schanche
4 June 24 Circuit Copreco St. Junien  France Sweden Anders Norstedt Norway Martin Schanche
5 August 12 Glossocircuit Arendonk  Belgium Sweden Lars Nyström Norway Martin Schanche
6 August 19 Eurocircuit Valkenswaard  Netherlands Sweden Lars Nyström Norway Martin Schanche
7 September 15 Lydden Circuit Wootton  United Kingdom Sweden Håkan Ivarsson Finland Seppo Niittymäki
8 September 15 Estering Buxtehude  Germany Sweden Anders Norstedt Norway Martin Schanche
9 October 7 Lyngås Motorbane Tranby i Lier  Norway Norway Bjørn Skogstad Norway Martin Schanche

Standings

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Div. 1

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Pos Driver Austria Sweden Finland France Belgium Netherlands United Kingdom Germany Norway  Pts 
1 Sweden Anders Norstedt 15 20 17 20 17 17 7.5 20 17 150.5
2 Sweden Lars Nyström 2 13 20 11 20 20 8.5 17 2 113.5
3 Norway Bjørn Skogstad 6 9 8 13 10 11 6 13 20 96
4 Norway Ludvig Hunsbedt 17 5 15 11 12 6.5 11 3 80.5
5 Sweden Håkan Ivarsson 12 15 6 15 10 15 7 80
6 Norway Steinar Jøranli 13 15 9 9 1 9 4 6 11 77
7 Norway Knut Boberg 10 17 12 2 7 3.5 4 9 64.5
8 Norway Erik Hansen 12 13 15 7 10 57
9 Norway Kai Viggo Brateng 3 10 10 8 2 13 5 5 56
10 Norway Nils-Tore Johnson 11 1 9 10 4.5 12 6 53.5

Drivers

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Div. 1

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Div. 2

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Constructor Car No. Driver
Audi Audi Quattro 2 Austria Andy Bentza
4 Sweden Olle Arnesson
6 Austria Walter Mayer
10 Norway Terje Schie
80 Cyprus Dimi Mavropoulos
Ford Ford Escort 1 Norway Martin Schanche
7 Norway Kjetil Bolneset
22 United Kingdom John Welch
31 United Kingdom Trevor Hopkins
Ford Capri 23 United Kingdom Tony Proctor
Ford Fiesta 83 United Kingdom Barry Hathaway
Porsche Porsche 911 4 Finland Seppo Niittymäki
5 Sweden Rolf Nilsson
8 Finland Matti Alamäki
40 Norway Geir Asbjørnsen
75 United Kingdom Rob Gibson
Talbot-Matra Talbot-Matra Murena 44 Belgium Luc Noyen

References

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Season overview