1973 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The 1973 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] It was the fifth Australian Sports Car Championship. [2] The title was won by South Australian Phil Moore, [2] driving a 2.5 litre Repco V8 - engined Elfin 360. [3]

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Phil Moore won the championship driving an Elfin 360 Repco similar to the ex Henry Michell example shown above Elfin and ralt rt2.jpg
Phil Moore won the championship driving an Elfin 360 Repco similar to the ex Henry Michell example shown above

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

RoundCircuit [3] StateDate [4] Winning driver [3] Car [3]
1 Phillip Island Victoria 28 JanuaryPhil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
2 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 8 April [5] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
3 Sandown Victoria 8 JulyPhil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
4 Wanneroo Park Western Australia 12 August [6] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
5 Symmons Plains Tasmania 11 NovemberPhil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
6 Oran Park New South Wales 8 DecemberPhil Moore Elfin 360 Repco

Classes and points system

Car competed in two engine displacement classes: [1]

Championship points were allocated on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class [1] at each round. Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright place-getters, regardless of class, [1] at each round.

Results

Position [3] Driver [3] Car [3] Entrant [5] Phillip Is. [3] Adelaide [3] Sandown [3] Wanneroo [3] Symmons [3] Oran Pk. [3] Total [3]
1Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco  13-13-131352
2Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco Lionel Ayers-131213--38
3Ray Strong Chevron B8 BMW McLean-Strong Auto Clinic-854-926
4Graeme Crawford Elva BMW Graeme Crawford9-87--24
=Henry Michell Elfin 360 Repco H Michell-12-12--24
6Robin Pare Elfin ME5 Chevrolet  ----12-12
7John Latham Bolwell Nagari  -----1010
8Dick Sorenson Elfin 300C Ford Cosworth FVA  45----9
9Stuart Kostera Matich SR3 Ford Stuart Kostera Racing---8--8
=Max Thompson Elfin 400 Ford  ----8-8

Only the top ten championship positions are shown in the above table.

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The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars. The title, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship, was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 94
  2. 1 2 Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 176 to 179
  4. ↑ Official 1973 Programme, Racing Car News, January 1973, page 24
  5. 1 2 Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 8 April 1973, page 18
  6. ↑ Ayers, Rocks 'Em!, Australian Motor Manual, November 1973, page 64
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