1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

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The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars. [1] The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's. [2]

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the official governing body of motor sport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

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Australian Manufacturers Championship

The Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) to the winning car manufacturer in an annual series of races held throughout Australia. Whilst the first two championships were open only to Group E Series Production Touring Cars subsequent championships through to 1991 were run to the same regulations as the Australian Touring Car Championship. The title has been revived twice since then, firstly in 1994 as a championship open to 2 litre Class II Touring Cars and from 2008 as a series for production cars, incorporating the Australian Production Car Championship.

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A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship Falcongoss.jpg
A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km. [1] [3]

Round [3] Race title Circuit [3] State Date [3] Winning driver(s) [3] Winning car [3] Report
1 Chesterfield 250 [4] Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 25 August Flag of Australia.svg Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
2 Sandown 250 [5] Sandown Park Victoria 8 September Flag of Canada.svg Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Report
3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [3] Mount Panorama New South Wales 6 October Flag of Australia.svg John Goss
Flag of Australia.svg Kevin Bartlett 		Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop Report
4 Chesterfield 300 [6] Surfers Paradise Queensland 10 November Flag of Australia.svg Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
5 RE-PO 500K [7] Phillip Island Victoria 24 November Flag of Australia.svg Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes. [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright at all rounds except the Bathurst round. [1] For the Bathurst round only, championship points were awarded on an 18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright. [1] Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points. [1]

Results

Position [8] Manufacturer [8] Car Points [8]
1 General Motors-Holden's Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 &
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [3] 		69
2 Ford Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop &
Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 		64

Note: Championship placings below second position are not known.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 87
  2. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Manufacturers Championships Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 120-145
  4. ↑ Official Programme, Chesterfield 250, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, August 25th 1974
  5. ↑ Phillip Island Break-Up Party, Australian Motor Manual, February 1975, page 64
  6. ↑ Des White, Toranas top-score, Racing Car News, December 1974, page 54
  7. ↑ Tom NcNaughton, K.B. stops Stewart’s run, Racing Car News, January 1975, page 60
  8. 1 2 3 Turning point for tin-tops, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 16 to 21
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