1974 Australian Grand Prix

1974 Australian Grand Prix
Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship
Race details
Date	November 17, 1974
Official name	XXXIX Australian Grand Prix
Location	Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.620 km (1.628 miles)
Distance	61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Max Stewart	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Podium
First	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Second	John McCormack	Elfin-Repco Holden
Third	Graeme Lawrence	Lola-Chevrolet

The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence. ^[4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.

Classification

Results were as follows: ^[4]

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	No. [5]	Car	Entrant [5]	Qual	Gap
1	Max Stewart	6	Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Max Stewart Motors	1:05.2	—
2	Warwick Brown	2	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Pat Burke Racing	1:05.3	+0.1
3	Kevin Bartlett	5	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Chesterfield Filter Racing	1:05.9	+0.7
4	Lella Lombardi	1	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team	1:07.0	+1.8
5	John McCormack	9	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	1:07.5	+2.3
6	Graeme Lawrence	14	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Marlboro Racing	1:08.0	+2.8
7	Garrie Cooper	3	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	1:09.2	+4.0
8	Jon Davison	4	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	J. Davison	1:09.2	+4.0
9	John Leffler	7	Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4	Grace Bros. Race Team	1:09.7	+4.5
10	John Goss	8	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.	1:11.9	+6.7
11	Ken Shirvington	15	March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4	K. Shirvington	1:14.4	+9.2

Race

Pos	Driver	No. [5]	Car	Entrant [5]	Laps	Time
1	Max Stewart	6	Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Max Stewart Motors	61	1h 08m 43.0s
2	John McCormack	9	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	61	1h 09m 43.3s
3	Graeme Lawrence	14	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Marlboro Racing	60	1h 08m 51.2s [6]
4	Jon Davison	4	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	J. Davison	59	1h 09m 13.0s [6]
5	Garrie Cooper	3	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	58	1h 09m 19.9s [6]
Ret	Kevin Bartlett	5	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Chesterfield Filter Racing	58	fuel pick up
Ret	Warwick Brown	2	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Pat Burke Racing	49	harmonic balancer
Ret	Lella Lombardi	1	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Ansett Team	47	oil pump
Ret	John Leffler	7	Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl	Grace Bros. Race Team	26	valve
DNS	John Goss	8	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.		engine bearing
DNQ	Ken Shirvington	15	March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl	K. Shirvington		Did not qualify [7]

Notes

• Attendance: More than 20,000 ^[6]
• Pole position: Max Stewart - 1'05.2 ^[4]
• Fastest lap: Warwick Brown - 1'05.2, 146.3 km/h (90.9 mph), ^[4] new outright record ^[7]

Notes & references

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
2. The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 1 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with V8 production pushrod engines of up to 5000cc or free design engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2000cc. The former are commonly referred to as Formula 5000 cars.
3. The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 2 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with engines of up to 1600cc
4. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1974". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
5. Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, November 17th, 1974
6. AJ van Loon, Victory by Default, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 22 to 27
7. Ray Bell, Lucky Stewart Bags AGP, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 60-61

Preceded by 1973 Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix 1974

Succeeded by 1975 Australian Grand Prix