1962 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers [1] of Formula Libre racing cars. [2] The winner of the title, which was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1962 CAMS Gold Star. [1]

The championship was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF.

Schedule

The championship was contested over a six race series. [3]

Round [4] Race name [4] Circuit [4] StateDate [4] Winning driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [4]
1South Pacific Championship [5] Longford Tasmania 5 March John Surtees Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Bowmaker - Yeoman Credit [5]
2Craven A Bathurst 100 [6] Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst [6] New South Wales 23 April Bib Stillwell Cooper T53 Coventry Climax B. S. Stillwell
3Queensland Road Race Championship Lowood Queensland 3 JuneGreg Cusack Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Scuderia Veloce
4Victorian Road Racing Championship Sandown Park Victoria 16 September Lex Davison Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie
5Advertiser Trophy Mallala South Australia 8 October Bib Stillwell Cooper T53 Coventry Climax B. S. Stillwell
6 Australian Grand Prix Caversham Western Australia 18 November [7] Bruce McLaren Cooper T62 Coventry Climax Bruce McLaren [7]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 12-7-5-3-2-1 basis for the six best placed Australian license holders. [1] [8] Each driver could count his/her results from the Australian Grand Prix plus the best four results from the remaining races. [4] Ties in the award were determined by the relevant drivers placings in the Australian Grand Prix. [1] [9]

Results

Position [4] Driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [4] Lon. [4] Bat. [4] Low. [4] San. [4] Mal. [4] Cav. [4] Total [4]
1 Bib Stillwell Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF B. S. Stillwell712-712745
2 John Youl Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF
Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF 		Scuderia Veloce 2---71221
3 Bill Patterson Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF Bill Patterson Motors35-5-518
4Greg Cusack Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF Scuderia Veloce -3123--18
5 David McKay Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF Scuderia Veloce 57--5-17
6 Lex Davison Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF Ecurie Australie1-12--13
7 Jack Brabham Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF Ecurie Vitesse [5] 12-----12
8Bryan Thomson Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF S/C Ecurie Shepparton--72--9
9Tom Ross Lotus 20 Ford T. Ross--5---5
10Arnold Glass BRM P48 Buick Capitol Motors Pty Ltd-----33
11Clive Nolan Lotus 20 Ford Clive Nolan Motors--3---3
=Andy Brown Elfin FJ Ford Autocourse Elfin----3-3
13 Syd Negus Cooper T20 Repco Holden Syd Negus -----22
14Alwyn RoseDalro Jaguar Mk IIA. Rose-2----2
=Roy Morris Elfin FJ Climax Climax FWA R. Morris--2---2
=Bill Pile Cooper Mk. V Climax Climax FWA W. Pile----2-2
17Ted EdwardsTS SpecialE. Edwards-----11
18Ron Marshall Cooper T51 (Replica) Coventry Climax FPF R. Marshall1-----1
=Ron HalpinGremlin FJ Ford Gold Coast Auto--1---1
= Garrie Cooper Elfin FJ Ford Elfin Sports Cars ----1-1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 1963 Amendments to CAMS Manual & National Competition Rules (1962 ed), page 26
  2. ↑ Greg Cusack wins Queensland's Gold Star at Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, August 1962, page 34
  3. ↑ Guide to the Gold Star, page i, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1962 Gold Star race results, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
  5. 1 2 3 Longford 1962 Programme, Second Day
  6. 1 2 Programme, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Monday, 23rd April, 1962
  7. 1 2 Official Souvenir Programme, Caversham, 17-18 Nov.
  8. ↑ Guide to the Gold Star, pages ii-iii, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972
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