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1972 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars. [1] It was the 16th Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by CAMS. [2] The championship winner, Frank Matich, was awarded the 1972 CAMS Gold Star. [3]

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Frank Matich (Matich A50) won the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship Matich-A50-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
Frank Matich (Matich A50) won the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship
Kevin Bartlett (Lola T300) placed second Bartlett-T300-Graham-Rucker.jpg
Kevin Bartlett (Lola T300) placed second
John McCormack (Elfin MR5) placed third McCormack-Elfin-MR5-72-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
John McCormack (Elfin MR5) placed third
John Walker (Matich A50) placed fourth Johnnie Walker Matich A50 Photo by Graham Ruckert.jpg
John Walker (Matich A50) placed fourth
Garrie Cooper (Elfin MR5) placed ninth Cooper-1972-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
Garrie Cooper (Elfin MR5) placed ninth

The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round. [4]

Round [4] Race name [4] Circuit [4] StateDate [4] Winner [4] Car [4]
1Victoria Trophy Sandown Park Victoria 16 April Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden
2Belle Magazine Trophy Oran Park New South Wales 25 June Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden
3Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy Surfers Paradise Queensland 27 August Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden
4  Symmons Plains Tasmania 24 September John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden
5Channel 7 Trophy Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 8 October Kevin Bartlett Lola T300 Chevrolet
6Sam Hordern TrophyWarwick Farm New South Wales 5 November Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden

An additional round, scheduled to be held at Lakeside in Queensland was cancelled. [3]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race. [1] Points from the best five results could be retained by each driver. [5]

Championship results

PositionDriver [4] Car [4] Entrant [4] San. [4] Ora. [4] Sur. [4] Sym. [4] Ade. [4] War. [4] Total [4]
1 Frank Matich Matich A50 Repco Holden Frank Matich Racing999--936
2 Kevin Bartlett Lola T300 Chevrolet Shell / Chesterfield Racing-63-9624
3 John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin4--94320
4 John Walker Elfin MR5 Repco Holden &
Matich A50 Repco Holden 		5AD / City State Racing236-3-14
= Warwick Brown McLaren M10B Chevrolet Pat Burke Racing124-6114
6 Max Stewart Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Max Stewart Motors - Seiko-4---48
7Stan Keen Elfin MR5 Ford Stan Keen Motors---61-7
8Bob Muir Lola T300 Chevrolet Robert Muir Motors6-----6
9Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin3-2---5
=Gary Campbell Lola T300 Chevrolet Provincial Motors--1-225
11 Larry Perkins Elfin 600B Ford Provincial Motors---4--4
12Tony StewartDolphin EnglandAE Stewart---3--3
13Ivan Tighe Elfin 600B Ford I Tighe---2--2
14Ken Hastings McLaren M4A Ford K Hastings---1--1
=Jack Bono Elfin 600B Ford [6] Graham Collier-1----1

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References

  1. 1 2 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1972 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 & 87
  2. ↑ Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. 1 2 Matich writes his name in Gold, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1973, pages 7 to 11 & 80 to 82
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No1
  5. ↑ Guide to the Gold Star, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972, page xv
  6. ↑ Belle Magazine Trophy, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 January 2013
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