1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship

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Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above. Birrana 274 of Malcolm Miller.jpg
Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.

The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations. [1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS. [2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford. [3]

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Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round. [3]

Round [3] NameCircuit [3] StateDate [3] Winner [3] Car [3]
1  Calder Victoria 25 MayAndrew Miedecke Rennmax BN7 Ford
2  Amaroo Park New South Wales 1 June Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
3  Hume Weir Victoria 15 June Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
4  Sandown Victoria 5 JulyKen Shirvington March 732 Ford
5  Calder Victoria 10 August Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
6  Symmons Plains Tasmania 28 September Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
7Rothmans Trophy [4] Phillip island Victoria 30 November Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round. [1]

Results

PositionDriver [5] No. [3] Car [3] Entrant [6] Cal. [7] Ama. [7] Hum. [7] San. [3] Cal. [7] Sym. [7] Phi. [7] Total. [5]
1 Geoff Brabham 10 Birrana 274 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team696--9939
2 Alfredo Costanzo 5 Birrana 274 Ford Alfredo Costanzo--9-92424
3Andrew Miedecke2 Rennmax BN7 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team9-3--4622
4Ken Shirvington3 March 732 Ford Ken Shirvington3-1-66-16
5Ray Winter27 Mildren Ford Ray Winter44---1-9
6Chris Farrell6 Elfin 622 Ford Chris Farrell-3--23-8
7John Macdonald  Brabham BT41 Ford  -6-----6
=Tony Stewart21 Brabham BT36 Ford Tony Stewart2-4----6 [8]
9Chas Talbot12 Birrana 274 Ford Chas. Talbot--2-3--5
10 John Leffler   Brabham BT36 Ford  ----4--4
11Enno Busselmann Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann------33
12Tony Maw  Elfin 700 Ford Helena Rubinstein Racing Team-2-----2
=Graeme Crawford  Biranna 273 Ford Graeme Crawford------22
14Rob Butcher  Asp 330 Toyota [9] Rob Butcher1------1
=Wolfgang Prejawa26 Birrana 274 Ford Wolfgang Prejawa-1-----1
=Peter Warren  Birrana 273 Ford  ----1--1
=Doug MacArthur  Lola T360 Ford Doug MacArthur------11

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
  2. Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
  4. Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
  5. 1 2 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
  6. Calder Souvenir Programme, May 25, 1975
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
  8. Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
  9. The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 13 May 2013

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