1978 Australian Drivers' Championship

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1978 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1978 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1. [1] It was the 22nd Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by CAMS. [2] The title winner, Graham McRae, was awarded the 1978 CAMS Gold Star. [3]

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Calendar

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

Round [3] Round nameCircuit [3] Date [3] Format [3] Winner [3] CarReport
1 Oran Park 30 JulyOne race John McCormack McLaren M23 Leyland [3]
2 Australian Grand Prix [3] Sandown 10 SeptemberOne race Graham McRae McRae GM3 Chevrolet [4] Report
3 Calder 15 OctoberTwo heats Graham McRae McRae GM3 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 in 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 results

PositionDriver [3] No. [5] Car [4] Entrant [5] Ora [3] San [3] Cal [3] Total [3]
1 Graham McRae 2 McRae GM3 Chevrolet Thomson Motor Auctions29920
2 John McCormack 1 McLaren M23 Leyland J McCormack9-312
3 Kevin Bartlett 3 Brabham BT43 Chevrolet Thomson Motor Auctions62-8
4Terry Hook19 Lola T332 Chevrolet T Hook1-67
5Peter Edwards21 Lola T332 Chevrolet Shellsport-426
=John Briggs33 Matich A51 Repco Holden John Roberts Motors Pty Ltd-6-6
7Ian Adams18 Lola T330 Chevrolet I Adams-145
8 Garrie Cooper 12 Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 4--4
9Peter Middleton5 Elfin MR5 Repco Holden P Middleton-3-3
= John Bowe   Elfin MR8 [3] Ansett Team Elfin [3] 3--3
11Bronwyn Taylor14 Matich A50 Repco Holden B Taylor--11

Championship name

The regulations for the championship were published by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport under the name Australian Formula 1 Championship, [1] and the Official Souvenir Program for the 1978 Australian Grand Prix listed the race as "Round 2, 1978 Australian Formula One Championship". [5] However it was reported in the Australian Competition Yearbook (Number 8) as the Australian Drivers' Championship [3] and is recognized by CAMS as the 1978 Australian Drivers' Championship [2] and the latter term has been used for this article.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1978 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86
  2. 1 2 Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 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 Drivers' Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8, pages 92 to 99
  4. 1 2 The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 416 to 424
  5. 1 2 3 Official Souvenir Program, Sandown, 10 September 1978, page 79
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