1977 Rothmans International Series

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The 1977 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition [1] open to Formula 5000 Racing Cars. [2] The series, which was the second Rothmans International Series, [3] was won by Warwick Brown driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet. [1]

Schedule

Warwick Brown won the series driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008) Lola T430.jpg
Warwick Brown won the series driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008)

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round. [1]

Round [1] Name [1] Circuit [1] Date [1] Winning driver [1] Car [1] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix Oran Park 6 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Report
2 Surfers Paradise 13 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet
3 Sandown Park 20 February Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet
4 Adelaide International Raceway 27 February Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. [4]

Series results

Position [1] Driver [1] Car [4] Entrant [2] Ora [1] Sur [1] San [1] Ade [1] Total [1]
1 Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS99-624
2 Peter Gethin Chevron B37 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS66-315
3 Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet
& Lola T332 Chevrolet 		Theodore Racing / Bill Patterson Motors 32-914
4 Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet Max Stewart --9211
= John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing43-411
6 Alfredo Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet Auto Sprint Motors114-6
= Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin --6-6
8 John Leffler Lola T400 Chevrolet Grace Brothers Race Team-4--4
9Dave Powell Matich A51 Repco Holden Dave Powell--3-3
= John McCormack McLaren M23 Repco Leyland Budget Rent-A-Car System--213
11 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 2---2

There were only five classified finishers at the Sandown Park round. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rothmans International, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 84 to 95
  2. 1 2 Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977
  3. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 54 to 56
  4. 1 2 Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 181
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