1974 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
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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 | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Lola-Chevrolet | |
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
Second | Elfin-Repco Holden | ||
Third | 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.
Results were as follows: [4]
Pos | Driver | No. [5] | Car | Entrant [5] | Qual | Gap |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 1:05.2 | — |
2 | ![]() | 2 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Pat Burke Racing | 1:05.3 | +0.1 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Chesterfield Filter Racing | 1:05.9 | +0.7 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team | 1:07.0 | +1.8 |
5 | ![]() | 9 | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 1:07.5 | +2.3 |
6 | ![]() | 14 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Marlboro Racing | 1:08.0 | +2.8 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
8 | ![]() | 4 | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | J. Davison | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
9 | ![]() | 7 | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | Grace Bros. Race Team | 1:09.7 | +4.5 |
10 | ![]() | 8 | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd. | 1:11.9 | +6.7 |
11 | ![]() | 15 | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | K. Shirvington | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |
Pos | Driver | No. [5] | Car | Entrant [5] | Laps | Time |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
2 | ![]() | 9 | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
3 | ![]() | 14 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Marlboro Racing | 60 | 1h 08m 51.2s [6] |
4 | ![]() | 4 | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | J. Davison | 59 | 1h 09m 13.0s [6] |
5 | ![]() | 3 | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | 1h 09m 19.9s [6] |
Ret | ![]() | 5 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Chesterfield Filter Racing | 58 | fuel pick up |
Ret | ![]() | 2 | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Pat Burke Racing | 49 | harmonic balancer |
Ret | ![]() | 1 | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team | 47 | oil pump |
Ret | ![]() | 7 | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | Grace Bros. Race Team | 26 | valve |
DNS | ![]() | 8 | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd. | engine bearing | |
DNQ | ![]() | 15 | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | K. Shirvington | Did not qualify [7] | |