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The 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 November 1975. [2] The race was run over 30 laps of the 4.76 km circuit, a total race distance of 143 km. [2] It was the seventh Australian Sports Car Championship, and the only one in the twenty-year history of the title to be contested over a single race rather than over a series of races. [3]
The championship was won by Garrie Cooper, driving an Elfin MS7. [2]
Position [2] [4] | Driver [2] [4] [5] | No. [2] | Car [2] [4] | Entrant [4] | Laps [2] |
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1 | Garrie Cooper | 12 | Elfin MS7 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 30 |
2 | Henry Michelle | 1 | Elfin 360 Repco | Henry Michelle | 29 |
3 | Fred Gibson | 33 | Alfa Romeo T33 | Alfa Romeo Dealers | 29 |
4 | Paul Gibson | Rennmax Repco | Shell Racing | 28 | |
5 | Stuart Kostera | 9 | Matich SR3A [4] Repco [5] | Stuart Kostera | 28 |
6 | Barry Singleton | Elfin 360 Repco | Barry Singleton Motors | 28 | |
7 | Greg Doidge | Elfin 300 | GSD Sheetmetal | 27 | |
8 | Andrew Roberts | Roberts S2 | Andrew Roberts | 27 | |
9 | Peter Jones | Cheetah Clubman Toyota | Motor Improvements | 27 | |
10 | Bob Romano | Elfin 360 | Bob Romano | 27 | |
11 | Jim Davidson | Lotus Elan | 26 | ||
12 | Vince Gregory | ASP 342 Clubman | 25 | ||
13 | Peter Middleton | Nganti Ford | 25 | ||
14 | Jim Doig | Motorlab ASP | 25 | ||
15 | James Bidstrup | ASP Clubman | 25 | ||
16 | Reg Byrne | MGB | 24 | ||
17 | Geoff Walker | GP Datsun | 24 | ||
18 | Steve Webb | Bolwell Nagari | 24 | ||
19 | Ray Gymer | Triumph TR5 | 23 | ||
20 | Gay Cesario | Fiat 124S | 23 | ||
DNF | Tom Tymons | Farrell C1 | 23 | ||
DNF | Jim Phillips | Rennmax Repco | 22 | ||
DNF | Graeme Baird | Kregol Ford | 22 | ||
DNF | Russell Collis | Gordon Clubman | 22 | ||
DNF | Ray Bell | Hustler SC1 | 22 | ||
DNF | Peter Hopwood | Lotus Elan | 21 | ||
DNF | Kevin Norden | Elfin | 14 | ||
DNF | Alan Gissing | Gissing Holden | 12 | ||
DNF | Grant Gibson | Lotus 23B [4] Oldsmobile [5] | 10 | ||
DNF | Keith Poole | 37 | McLaren M8D Chevrolet | C&C Autos [2] | |
DNF | Geoff Watson | Watson Corolla | |||
DNF | Rex Colliver | Lotus 47 | |||
DNF | Chris Hocking | Gordon C2 | |||
DNF | Peter Beasley | Jensen Healey | |||
DNF | Doug Clark | Wright Renault | |||
DNF | David Phillips | Lotus 23 | |||
DNF | Peter Woodward | Lotus 47 | |||
DNF | Ross Wemyss | Farrell | |||
DNF | Doug Sheath | Bolwell | |||
DNF | Bob Kennedy | Triumph TR5 | |||
DNF | Tim Trevor | MG Midget | |||
DNF | Richard Warland | ASP | |||
DNF | John Latham | MG Midget |
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