1977 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1977 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or with Australian Formula 2. [1] It was the 21st Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. [2]

The championship winner, John McCormack, was awarded the 1977 CAMS Gold Star. [3]

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John McCormack won the championship driving a McLaren M23, similar to the example pictured above, but fitted with a Repco modified Leyland V8 engine rather than a Ford Cosworth DFV. Texaco (35984672424).jpg
John McCormack won the championship driving a McLaren M23, similar to the example pictured above, but fitted with a Repco modified Leyland V8 engine rather than a Ford Cosworth DFV.

The championship was contested over a four-round series. [3]

Round [3] NameCircuit [3] Date [3] Format [3] Round winner [3] Car [3]
1Glyn Scott Memorial Trophy [4] Surfers Paradise 28 AugustOne race John McCormack McLaren M23 Repco-Leyland
2Rothmans 10,000 [5] Sandown Park 11 SeptemberOne race Alfredo Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet
3 Calder 16 OctoberTwo heatsJon Davison Lola T332 Chevrolet
4 Phillip Island 13 NovemberOne race John Leffler Lola T400 Chevrolet

Points system

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

Where a round was contested over two heats, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 14 place-getters in each heat. [1] The six drivers attaining the highest aggregate from both heats were then awarded the championship points for that round. [1] Where more than one driver attained the same total, the relevant placing was awarded to the driver who was higher placed in the last heat. [1]

Championship standings

PositionDriver [3] No. [3] Car [3] Entrant [4] Sur. [3] San. [3] Cal. [3] Phi. [3] Total [3]
1 John McCormack 77 McLaren M23 Repco-Leyland Budget F1 Team9-6419
2 John Leffler 1 Lola T400 Chevrolet Grace Bros. Racing43-916
3Alan Hamilton9 Lola T430 Chevrolet Alan Hamilton-63615
4 Alfredo Costanzo 84 Lola T332 Chevrolet Auto Sprint Motors-94-13
5Jon Davison4 Lola T332 Chevrolet Jon Davison--9-9
6 Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T400 Chevrolet Kevin Bartlett 34-18
7 Garrie Cooper 12 Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 6---6
=Peter Edwards11 [5] Lola T332 Chevrolet P.J. Edwards [5] -2136
9Terry Hook15 Lola T332 Chevrolet Terry Hook2-2-4
10Chas Talbot17 [4] & 20 [5] Begg FM5 Chevrolet Chas Talbot11--2
=Graeme Smith [6] Birrana 274 Ford [7] Graeme Smith Trucks [8] ---2 [6] 2 [9]

Championship name

Sources vary as to the actual name of the championship.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 to 88
  2. 1 2 Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 111 to 119
  4. 1 2 3 Souvenir Programme, The Glyn Scott Memorial Trophy, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, August 28, 1977
  5. 1 2 3 4 Official Programme, Sandown, Sept 11, (1977)
  6. 1 2 Australian Competition Yearbook lists Graeme Smith as the fifth placed driver at the Phillip Island round put does not include him in its Australian Drivers' Championship Scoreboard table. The Australian Drivers' Championship Final Pointscore table published in Motor Sport Reporter, 25 November 1977, Page 6 show Smith as scoring two points at Phillip Island and two points in total.
  7. ↑ Australian Gold Star Race Phillip Island, 13 Nov 1977, www.oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  8. ↑ Ray Bell, Three Star Mac (Phillip Island round report), Racing Car News, date and page unknown
  9. ↑ Final Pointscore, Australian Drivers Championship, Racing Car News presents Masters of Motorsports '77, page 47
  10. ↑ Past Title Winners, 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 56
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