1976 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars. [1] It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title with the winner awarded the CAMS Gold Star. [1] The title was the 20th Australian Drivers' Championship. [2]

The championship was won by John Leffler driving a Lola T400. [3]

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1976 Australian Drivers' Championship winner John Leffler (pictured on the right), in 1978 Allan Grice-John Leffler 1978 2nd place Bathurst.jpg
1976 Australian Drivers' Championship winner John Leffler (pictured on the right), in 1978

The championship was contested over a four-round series. [4]

Round [4] Round/race nameCircuit [4] StateDate [4] Round format [4] Winner [4] Car [4] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix [4] Sandown Park Victoria 12 SeptemberOne race John Goss Matich A51/53 [5] Repco Holden Report
2  Oran Park New South Wales 19 SeptemberOne race Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet
3  Calder Raceway Victoria 17 OctoberTwo Heats John McCormack McLaren M23 Leyland
4Mirafiori 5000 [6] Phillip Island Victoria 28 NovemberOne race Alf Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet

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] For Round 3 only, round placings were determined by allocating points to the first fourteen place-getters in each heat on a 20–16–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis. [1] Championship points were then awarded on the standard 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six drivers for that round. [1] Only holders of current and valid full General Competition Licenses issued by CAMS were eligible for the championship. [1]

Results

PositionDriver [4] Car [4] Entrant [7] San. [4] Ora. [4] Cal. [4] Phi. [4] Total [4]
1 John Leffler Lola T400 Chevrolet Grace Bros Racing646622
2 Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet M Stewart–93–12
3 John McCormack McLaren M23 Leyland J McCormack
Budget Rent-a-Car [8] 		––9211
4Bruce Allison Lola T332 Chevrolet B Allison
Hobby & Toyland [9] 		–34310
5 John Goss Matich A51/53 [5] Repco Holden John Goss Racing Pty Ltd9–––9
Alf Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet Stock 84 Brandy
A. Costanzo [10] 		–––99
7 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin [9] –2248
8 Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 Chevrolet Shellsport [9] –6––6
9Chris Milton McLaren M22 Chevrolet John Martin's / Shellsport4–––4
10Andrew Miedecke Brabham BT36 Ford Grace Bros Racing3–––3
11Chris Farrell Elfin 622 Ford [9] C. Farrell [11] –1––1
Gil Cameron McLaren M10B Chevrolet VYI's Fashion Sunglasses––1–1
John Edmonds Elfin MR5B Repco Holden Hi-Way Denims [8]
J. Edmonds [10] 		–––11

Note:

Championship name

The championship has been referred to by various names including the 1976 Australian Formula 1 Championship, [1] the 1976 Gold Star Championship, [6] the 20th Australian Formula 1 Drivers Championship for the 1976 C.A.M.S. Gold Star Award [11] and the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. [4] The latter term is used by CAMS in historical records [2] [12] and has been used in this article.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Conditions for Australian Titles, The Australian Formula 1 Championship, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81
  2. 1 2 Australian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. ↑ Evan Green, Evan Green's World of Motor Sport, page 15
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93
  5. 1 2 Matich A51/53, The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 402 to 404
  6. 1 2 Paul Harrington, Alf's second in a row – Leffler's crown at last, Australian Auto Action, 9 December 1976, page 11
  7. ↑ Event 4, Marlboro presents the Australian Grand Prix, Official Programme, Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, 12 September 1976
  8. 1 2 Mirafiori 5000, Phillip Island, 28 Nov 1976, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 14 April 2014
  9. 1 2 3 4 Australian Gold Star Race, Oran Park, 19 Sep 1976, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 14 April 2014
  10. 1 2 Official Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island, Sunday, November 21, 1976 and Sunday, November 28, 1976
  11. 1 2 Official Programme, Oran Park, 19th September 1976
  12. ↑ Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 14 April 2014
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