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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Programme of Events, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 8th Feb, 1976, page 3
- 1 2 Goodrich Radial Challenge, Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 8th Feb, 1976, page 16
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Evan Greens' World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 195
- ↑ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 8th Feb, 1976, page 44
- 1 2 Surfers Paradise, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, page 112
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Goodrich Radial Challenge (Round 2), Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 8th Feb, 1976, page 44
- ↑ Green lists the car as an Alfa Romeo 1300 and the AIR Programme lists it as an Alfa Romeo GT Jnr.
- ↑ Green lists the car only as a "Gemini"