1975 Australian Drivers' Championship

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1975 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars. [1] The championship winner was awarded the 1975 CAMS "Gold Star". [1] The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Drivers' Championship, [2] was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden. [3]

Contents

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five-round series. [3]

Round [3] Race nameCircuit [3] Date [3] Round format [3] Round winner [3] Car [3] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix [4] Surfers Paradise 21 AugustOne race Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet Report
2Marlboro 100 [5] Sandown 14 SeptemberOne race Johnnie Walker Lola T332 Repco-Holden
3Radio 2JJ Gold Star race [6] Oran Park 21 SeptemberTwo heats John McCormack Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden
4TAA Gold Star race [7] Calder 19 OctoberTwo heats John McCormack Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden
5Phillip Island Classic Cup [8] Phillip Island 23 NovemberOne race Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round. [1] Only holders of a current and valid full General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible. [1]

Championship results

PositionDriver [8] No.Car [3] EntrantSur [9] San [9] Ora [9] Cal [9] Phi [9] Total points [8]
1 John McCormack 9 [4] Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin [8] 3-99627
2 Johnnie Walker 25 [5] Lola T332 Repco-Holden John Walker [8] -936422
3 Max Stewart 1 [4] Lola T400 Chevrolet Sharp Corporation [4] 9-64-19
4 Kevin Bartlett 5 [5] Lola T400 Chevrolet Shell Racing [8] -413917
5 John Leffler 7 [4] Bowin P8 Chevrolet Grace Brothers Levis [8] 634-114
6Bruce Allison62 [5] Lola T332 Chevrolet Hobby & Toyland Racing [5] -6---6
7Ray Winter27 [4] Mildren Mono Ford Ray Winter [10] 4----4
8Paul Bernasconi6 [5] Lola T330 Chevrolet Sharp Corporation [5] -2-2-4
9Enno Busselmann10 [11] Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann [8] ----33
10Chris Milton10 [4] McLaren M22 Chevrolet Labrador Pharmacy/Shell Racing [4] 2--1-3
11 Garrie Cooper 12 [6] Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden Ansett Team Elfin [6] --2--2
=Ian Fergusson Bowin P6 Ford Ian Fergusson [8] ----22
13 John Goss 2 [5] Matich A53 Repco-Holden John Goss Racing P/L [5] -1---1

Note: New Zealander Graeme Lawrence placed fourth in the Surfers Paradise round but was not eligible to score championship points. [3]

Championship name

Contemporary publications used various names for the championship including Australian Formula 1 Championship, [1] Australian Drivers' Championship [8] and Australian National Formula One Championship. [3] CAMS uses the term Australian Drivers' Championship in its historical documentation [2] [12] and this term has been used in this article.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 85
  2. 1 2 Past Title winners, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 56
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 116 to 128
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Australian Grand Prix, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 6 March 2014
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Marlboro 100, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 6 March 2014
  6. 1 2 3 Radio 2JJ Gold Star race, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 6 March 2014
  7. ↑ TAA Gold Star race, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 6 March 2014
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tom Naughton, McCormack's second 'Star', Racing Car News, January 1976, page 24
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Points for each round have been calculated by applying the points system as detailed in the 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport to the round results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition
  10. ↑ Des White, Splashing Surfers AGP to Stewart, Racing Car News, October 1975, pages 64 & 65
  11. ↑ Phillip Island Classic Cup, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 6 March 2014
  12. ↑ Records, Titles & Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4

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