1978 Rothmans International Series

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The 1978 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition [1] open to Australian Formula 1 cars. [2] The series, which was the third Rothmans International Series, [3] was won by Warwick Brown, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet. [1] [4]

Schedule

Warwick Brown won the series driving a Lola T332 similar to the example pictured above Lola T332.jpg
Warwick Brown won the series driving a Lola T332 similar to the example pictured above

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

Round [1] Circuit [1] Date [1] Winning driver [1] Car [1] [4]
1 Sandown Park 5 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
2 Adelaide International Raceway [5] 12 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
3 Surfers Paradise International Raceway [6] 19 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
4 Oran Park 26 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 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 [4] Driver [4] Car [7] [4] Entrant [7] San [8] Ade [9] Sur [9] Ora [9] Total [4]
1 Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS999936
2 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin -66315
3Bruce Allison Chevron B37 Chevrolet Bill Patterson Racing -3-69
4 John Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels-4318
5 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 6---6
= Graham McRae McRae GM3 Chevrolet Graham McRae-2-46
7 John Cannon March 761 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing4---4
=Don Breidenbach Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team--4-4
= John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing Pty Ltd11-24
10Alan Hamilton Lola T430 Chevrolet Porsche Car Distributors2-1-3
= Keith Holland Lola T332 Chevrolet Jon Davison [8] 3---3
12John David Briggs Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team--2-2

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rothmans International Series, Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8, pages 68 to 79
  2. ↑ Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 3
  3. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 55 to 61
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 193
  5. ↑ Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, front cover
  6. ↑ Program, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, February 19, 1978
  7. 1 2 (Entry list), Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 39
  8. 1 2 Results from Sandown, Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 36
  9. 1 2 3 Points for Rounds 2, 3 & 4 have been calculated by applying the points system as published in Wolfgang Klopfer’s Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race to the round results published in Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8
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