1973 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1973 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 cars. [1] It was the seventeenth Australian Drivers' Championship [2] and the championship winner was awarded the 1973 CAMS "Gold Star". [1]

The championship was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR5 Repco Holden.

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John McCormack won the championship driving an Elfin MR5 (pictured in 1972) McCormack-Elfin-MR5-72-Graham-Ruckert.jpg
John McCormack won the championship driving an Elfin MR5 (pictured in 1972)

The championship was contested over a five-round series with one race per round. [3] There was to be a round at Symmons Plains on 23 September in an event shared with the 1973 Australian Formula 2 Championship. However, as just four Formula 5000 cars were entered, organisers decided to run the event only for Formula Two cars. [4] There was also originally to be an event at Warwick Farm before that facility closed suddenly earlier in 1973. [5] As a result of these cancellations, a second event was added at Phillip Island in late November.

Round [3] NameCircuit [3] Date [3] Winner [3] Car [3] Report
1Glyn Scott Memorial Trophy [6] Surfers Paradise 2 September John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden
2Channel 7 Trophy [7] Adelaide International Raceway 7 October John McCormack Elfin MR5 Repco Holden
3Victorian Road Racing Championship [8] Phillip Island 14 October Johnnie Walker Lola T330 Repco Holden
4 Australian Grand Prix [3] Sandown 4 November Graham McRae McRae GM2 Chevrolet Report
5 Phillip Island 25 November Johnnie Walker Lola T330 Repco Holden

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the top six places in each round [3] with all rounds counting towards each driver's points total. [1] Only drivers holding a CAMS General Competition License were eligible to score points. [1]

Results

Position [3] Driver [3] No.Car [3] Entrant [7] Sur [3] Ade [3] Phi [3] San [3] Phi [3] Total [3]
1 John McCormack 3 Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin99–9633
2 Johnnie Walker 25 Lola T330 Repco-Holden John Walker Motor Racing–696930
3 Garrie Cooper 2 Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin6163420
4 Leo Geoghegan 9 Birrana 273 Ford Grace Bros – 5AD City State Racing Team42–––6
Bruce Allison62 Bowin P6 Ford Hobby and Toyland Racing3–3––6
Enno Busselmann18 Birrana 273 Ford Bob and Marj Brown23–1–6
7 Max Stewart 6 Lola T330 Chevrolet Seiko Service Centre–4–––4
Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T330 Chevrolet Chesterfield Filter Racing [9] ––4––4
Howie Sangster14 McLaren M18/M22 Chevrolet [10] Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty. Ltd. [9] –––4–4
Chas Talbot Elfin 600E Ford C. Talbot [11] ––2–24
11Paul Feltham Birrana 273 Ford Feltham Team Racing [11] ––––33
12 John Leffler 34 Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Seiko Service Centre [11] –––2–2
Chris Farrell36Dolphin 732 Ford Chris Farrell1–1––2
14Bob Minogue Elfin 600B Ford [12] R. A. Minogue [11] ––––11

Note: The Australian Grand Prix was won by New Zealander Graham McRae. [3] However, as the Australian Drivers' Championship was open only to holders of a CAMS General Competition License, [1] 9 points were awarded to the highest placed eligible driver, John McCormack, 6 points to the second highest placed eligible driver etc. [3]

Championship name

Conditions for the championship were promulgated by CAMS under the name "Australian Formula 1 Championship – Gold Star Award", [1] with mention of the requirement for the phrase "Australian Champion Driver" to be reserved exclusively for the winner of the CAMS Gold Star. [1] Historic records published by CAMS use the term Australian Drivers' Championship [2] and that title has been used here.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 93
  2. 1 2 Records, Titles and Awards : Australian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Australian Formula One Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 60 to 77
  4. ↑ Australian Competition Yearbook 1974 Edition. 1974. p. 92.
  5. ↑ Australian Competition Yearbook 1974 Edition. 1974. p. 60.
  6. ↑ Glyn Scott Memorial Trophy, Surfers Paradise, 2 Sep 1973, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 10 May 2021
  7. 1 2 Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 7 October 1973
  8. ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, Victorian Road Racing Championship, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, October 15th (1973)
  9. 1 2 Official Programme, 38th Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, November 4, 1973
  10. ↑ Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 4 Nov 1973, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 10 May 2021
  11. 1 2 3 4 Official Souvenir Programme, Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island, November 25th (1973)
  12. ↑ Australian Gold Star Race, Phillip Island, 25 Nov 1973, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 10 May 2021
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