1974 Australian Grand Prix

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1974 Australian Grand Prix
Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship
Track map for Oran Park--Grand Prix circuit.svg
Race details
DateNovember 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 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warwick Brown 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.

Contents

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

PosDriverNo. [5] CarEntrant [5] QualGap
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Stewart 6 Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Max Stewart Motors1:05.2
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warwick Brown 2 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Pat Burke Racing1:05.3+0.1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Chesterfield Filter Racing1:05.9+0.7
4 Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi 1 Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team1:07.0+1.8
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John McCormack 9 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin1:07.5+2.3
6 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graeme Lawrence 14 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Marlboro Racing1:08.0+2.8
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garrie Cooper 3 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin1:09.2+4.0
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jon Davison4 Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 J. Davison1:09.2+4.0
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Leffler 7 Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 Grace Bros. Race Team1:09.7+4.5
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss 8 Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.1:11.9+6.7
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Shirvington15 March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 K. Shirvington1:14.4+9.2

Race

PosDriverNo. [5] CarEntrant [5] LapsTime
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Stewart 6 Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Max Stewart Motors611h 08m 43.0s
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John McCormack 9 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Ansett Team Elfin611h 09m 43.3s
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graeme Lawrence 14 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Marlboro Racing601h 08m 51.2s [6]
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jon Davison4 Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8J. Davison591h 09m 13.0s [6]
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garrie Cooper 3 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Ansett Team Elfin581h 09m 19.9s [6]
Ret Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Chesterfield Filter Racing58fuel pick up
Ret Flag of Australia (converted).svg Warwick Brown 2 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Pat Burke Racing49harmonic balancer
Ret Flag of Italy.svg Lella Lombardi 1 Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Ansett Team47oil pump
Ret Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Leffler 7 Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cylGrace Bros. Race Team26valve
DNS Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss 8 Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd.engine bearing
DNQ Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Shirvington15 March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cylK. ShirvingtonDid not qualify [7]

Notes

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, November 17th, 1974
  6. 1 2 3 4 AJ van Loon, Victory by Default, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 22 to 27
  7. 1 2 Ray Bell, Lucky Stewart Bags AGP, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 60-61
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1974
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