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Arthur Abrahams

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Arthur Abrahams
NationalityAustralian
Born (1955-11-06) 6 November 1955 (age 68)
Retired1999
Australian Drivers' Championship
Years active1987-89, 1994-1996, 1999
Best finish4th in 1995 Australian Drivers' Championship
Previous series
1989-90
1988
1987-88
1982, 1991
Indy Lights
World Sports Prototype Champ.
Australian Formula 2 Championship
Australian Endurance Championship
Championship titles
1987Australian Formula 2 Championship

Arthur Edward Abrahams[1] is a semi-retired Australian race car driver. He won the 1987, 1991 and 1993 Australian Formula 2 Championships driving a Cheetah Mk8, Ransburg Cheetah and Reynard 913 respectively. he also won the Australian group C touring car endurance championship (1600cc) in 1984. He competed in International Sportscars in Europe and in American open wheel racing cars. He also competed in Formula Brabham/Holden for three years, debuting in 1994 and leaving the category in 1996. He was owner of the NRC International team in Formula Holden before running Dale Brede amongst others in V8 Supercar's Development Series. In 2001 Abrahams stepped away from the sport to focus on his and family business interests.

Career results

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Season Series Position Car Team
1982 Australian Endurance Championship 5th Ford Escort
1985 Australian Formula 2 Championship 4th Cheetah Mk.6 Volkswagen
1986 Australian Formula 2 Championship 5th Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
1987 Australian Formula 2 Championship 1st Cheetah Mk.8 Volkswagen
1988 Australian Drivers' Championship 9th Ransberg L5 Volkswagen
1994 Australian Drivers' Championship 5th Reynard 92D Holden
1995 Australian Drivers' Championship 4th Reynard 92D Holden
1996 Australian Drivers' Championship 6th Reynard 92D Holden
1999 Australian Drivers' Championship 16th Reynard 95D Holden NRC International

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1988 Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE86C JRZ JAR MON SIL LMS BRN BHT NUR SPA FJI
19
68th 6
ADA Engineering ADA 03 - Ford Cosworth SAN
7

Indy Lights results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1989 Baci Racing PHX LBH DET POR NHM TOR POC ROA VAN MDO NZR LS
14
NC 0
1990 Baci Racing PHX
Ret
LBH MIL DET POR NHM TOR DEN VAN ROA MDO NZR LS NC 0

References

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  1. ^ "Arthur Abrahams Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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