1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

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The 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title [1] open to Group B Sports Sedans. [2] The title, which was the inaugural Australian Sports Sedan Championship, [1] was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Chevrolet Monza and a Ford Capri RS3100.

Contents

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with two heats per round. [3]

Round [3] NameCircuit [3] Date [4] Winning driver [3] Car [3]
1 Surfers Paradise International Raceway [5] 16 May Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
2The Marlboro Cup [6] Sandown Park 4 July Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
3 Oran Park 1 AugustTony Edmondson Chrysler Valiant Charger
4 Wanneroo Park 15 August Allan Moffat Ford Capri RS3100
5The Advertiser Trophy [7] Adelaide International Raceway [8] 22 August Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
6 Symmons Plains 26 September Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
7 Calder 5 December Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the six best placed drivers at each round.

Results

Position [4] Driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [7] Sur [4] San [4] Ora [4] Wan [4] Ade [4] Sym [4] Cal [4] Total [4]
1 Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
Ford Capri RS3100 [9] 		Allan Moffat Racing 99294--33
2 Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair John Player Racing----99927
3Tony Edmondson Chrysler VJ Valiant Charger Repco-Holden [10] Donald Elliott6-9--6-21
4 Jim Richards Ford Mustang Sidchrome-3-66-318
5Ian Diffen Holden LJ Torana [11] Chevrolet [12] World of Tyres3--43-414
6 Ian Geoghegan Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350 [13] Craven Mild Racing-6--2--8
Colin Bond Holden LH Torana Repco-Holden [14] Holden Dealer Team [15] -44----8
8Brian Potts Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] -16----7
9 Bob Jane Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350 [14] Bob Jane T Marts [17] ------66
10Garry Rogers Ford Escort Garry Rogers2-3----5
11Pat Crea Ford TC Cortina [12] Pat Crea's Volkspares-----4-4
Grant Walker Ford Capri RS [9] Grant Walker [18] 4------4
Vince Gregory Volkswagen 1600TS [7] Chevrolet [4] Gregory Racing----13-4
14Brian Smith Holden Torana ---3---3
15Stuart Beechen Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] ---2---2
Peter Wells Vauxhall Viva -----2-2
Ron Harrop Holden EH Repco-Holden [14] Ron Harrop [17] -2-----2
John Pollard Chevrolet Camaro John Pollard [17] ------22
19Ed Conacher Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] -----1-1
Bruce Peacock Ford Anglia ---1---1
Lyndon Arnel Holden Torana --1----1
Doug Clark Toyota Celica TA22 [18] Brian Hilton [18] 1------1
Don Halliday Ford Capri Halliday Racing (NZ) [17] ------11

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 31 October 2013
  2. ↑ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 3
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 157-158
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Evan Green, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – 1976 Results, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 32
  5. ↑ Official Programme, The Opening Round of the 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, 16 May 1976
  6. ↑ 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship - Rd 2 Sandown Heat 2, www.youtube.com Retrieved on 2/7/2014
  7. 1 2 3 Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 37
  8. ↑ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976
  9. 1 2 Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 295
  10. ↑ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 9
  11. ↑ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 20
  12. 1 2 "Gardner's Final Round". Auto Action. 9 December 1976. pp. 8–9.
  13. ↑ Mark Oastler, Pete Geoghegan’s ‘Craven Mild’ Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 21, September / October 2005, page 50
  14. 1 2 3 Mark Oastler, Bob Jane’s Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 41, January / February 2009, page 60
  15. ↑ Ross Lawley, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – Round 3 – Oran Park – August 1, Chequered Flag, August 1976, page 60 to 63
  16. 1 2 3 Stewart Wilson, The official racing history of Holden, 1988, Page 343
  17. 1 2 3 4 Tom Naughton, Frank's final, Jimmy's SS, Racing Car News, January 1977, page 48
  18. 1 2 3 Monza The Best, Chequered Flag, June 1976, pages 43-44

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