1966 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1966 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of racing cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. [1] The winner of the title, which was the tenth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1966 CAMS Gold Star. [2]

The championship was won by Spencer Martin driving a Repco-Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax for Bob Jane Racing.

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The Lotus 32B with which Greg Cusack won the Examiner 1000 at Symmons Plains Lotus 32B.jpg
The Lotus 32B with which Greg Cusack won the Examiner 1000 at Symmons Plains

The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round. [3]

Round [3] Race [3] Circuit [3] StateDate [3] Round winner [3] Car [4]
1Governor's Trophy Lakeside Queensland 10 July Spencer Martin Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
2Surfers Paradise Trophy Surfers Paradise Queensland 14 August Spencer Martin Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
3Country Club Trophy [5] Mallala South Australia 10 October John Harvey Repco Brabham BT14 Ford
4Victorian Trophy Sandown Victoria 16 October Spencer Martin Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax
5Examiner 1000 Symmons Plains Tasmania 13 NovemberGreg Cusack Lotus 32B Coventry Climax
6Hordern Trophy Warwick Farm New South Wales 4 December Kevin Bartlett Repco Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax

Each round also incorporated a round of the 1966 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship. [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round. Only the best five round results could be obtained by each driver. [1]

The championship was open to holders of a General Competition License issued by CAMS. [1]

Results

Position [6] Driver [6] [3] Car [4] Entrant [7] Lak. [6] Sur. [6] Mal. [6] San. [6] Sym. [6] War. [6] Total [6]
1 Spencer Martin Repco-Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Bob Jane Racing 99-9-633
2 John Harvey Repco-Brabham BT14 Ford RC Phillips4(1)936426
3 Kevin Bartlett Repco-Brabham BT11A Coventry Climax Alec Mildren Racing 6--6-921
4Greg Cusack Lotus 32B Coventry Climax Castrol Team-4--9316
5Mike Champion Repco-Brabham BT2 Ford Competition Cars--62-210
6John MacDonald Cooper T70 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors-3-4--7
7 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Coventry Climax Total Team-6----6
8 Garrie Cooper Elfin Mono Mk2B Ford Elfin Sports Cars 32----5
Mel McEwin Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Mel McEwin2---3-5
10Jack Hunnam Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Jack Hunnam Motors--4---4
John McCormack Repco-Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax J McCormack----4-4
12Stan Keen Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Stan Keen--3---3
Glyn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glyn Scott Motors----213
14Dean Rainsford Elfin Catalina Ford Tudor Accessories--2---2
15Ian Ferguson Elfin Catalina Ford Ian Ferguson1-----1
Jim Orr Austin SpecialJim Orr--1---1
Bob Jane Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Bob Jane Racing---1--1
Lyn Archer Elfin Catalina Ford L Archer Motors----1-1

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Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1966, pages 70-71
  2. ↑ CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport > About CAMS > Titles - CAMS Gold Star Archived 3 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.camsmanual.com.au on 8 September 2009
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1966 Gold Star races Archived 26 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw on 8 September 2009
  4. 1 2 Car details have been compiled from data in race reports published in Racing Car News magazines (as listed in Further reading) with additional data from members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw
  5. ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Races, Monday, 10th October 1966
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gold Star Points - 1966, CAMS Report, February 1967, Page 2
  7. ↑ Entrant details have been compiled from data in race reports published in Racing Car News magazines (as listed in Further reading) with additional data from members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw
  8. ↑ Programme, Lakeside Gold Star, Sun. July 10 '66
  9. ↑ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sunday, February 13, 1966
  10. ↑ Guide to the Gold Star, page iv, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972

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