1978 Australian Tourist Trophy

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The 1978 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Calder circuit in Victoria, Australia on 3 December 1978. [1] It was open to Group A Sports Cars [2] and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title. [2] The race, which was the sixteenth Australian Tourist Trophy, [3] was won by Greg Doidge driving an Elfin 360. [4]

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Results

The race winning Elfin 360, pictured in 2008 Elfin and ralt rt2.jpg
The race winning Elfin 360, pictured in 2008
Position [1] Driver [1] No. [1] Car [1] Entrant [1] Laps [1]
1Greg Doidge Elfin 360 Repco [5] Stihl Chain Saws50
2Paul Gibson3 Rennmax Repco 5.0 Shellsport50
3Grant Gibson11 Rennmax Repco 3.0 Shellsport49
4Ross WymssAllison Datsun John Allison47
5Peter Jones Cheetah Corolla Motor Improvements47
6Derek Fry Cheetah Corolla Tubeframe Australia47
7Barry Main Bolwell Nagari Brian Wood Ford46
8John HorswellPuma Corolla Wanjay Waste44
DNFHinrichs ? ? ?
DNFWalters ? ? ?
DNFSingleton McLaren  ? ?
DNFDrewer ? ? ?
DNFBignall Lotus 23B  ? ?
DNF ? ? ? ?
DNF ? ? ? ?
DNF ? ? ? ?
DNF ? ? ? ?
DisqKen Hastings Volkswagen Karmann Ghia  ? ?

Race statistics

References & notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Greg Stanfield, Aust. Title to Doidge, Racing Car News, January 1978, pages 58 to 61
  2. 1 2 Australian Title Conditions, 1978 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 88
  3. ↑ Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. ↑ Chris de Fraga, Janson coasts to win at Calder, The Age, Monday, 4 December 1978, page 27
  5. ↑ Australian Tourist Trophy 1978 Standings, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 29 July 2014
  6. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
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