1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

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1979 Australian Drivers' Championship
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A 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars. [1] The championship winner was awarded the 1979 CAMS Gold Star. [2] The title, which was the 23rd Australian Drivers' Championship, [3] was won by Johnnie Walker, driving a Lola T332. [4]

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Schedule

The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round. [4]

Round [4] Name [4] Circuit [4] StateDate [4] Round winner [4] Car [5] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix Wanneroo Raceway [6] Western Australia 11 March Johnnie Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet Report
2 Oran Park New South Wales 29 July John Bowe Elfin MR8 Chevrolet
3Rothmans 10,000 [7] Sandown Victoria 9 September Alfredo Costanzo Lola T430 Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each race. [1]

Results

Johnnie Walker won the championship driving a Lola T332, similar to the example pictured above Lola T332 at Goodwood FOS 2008.jpg
Johnnie Walker won the championship driving a Lola T332, similar to the example pictured above
PositionDriver [4] No. [8] [6] [7] CarEntrant [6] [7] Wan [4] Ora [4] San [4] Points [4]
1 Johnnie Walker 25 Lola T332 Chevrolet [8] Magnum Wheels94619
2 John Bowe 11 Elfin MR8 Chevrolet [8] Ansett Team Elfin 69-15
3 Alfredo Costanzo 84 Lola T430 Chevrolet [8] Porsche Cars Australia--99
4Rob Butcher10 Lola T332 Chevrolet [8] Rob Butcher4-48
John Smith71 Ralt RT1 Ford [8] John Smith3328
6John Wright76 Lola T400 Chevrolet [8] John Wright-6-6
7 Graham McRae 2 McRae GM3 [4] Settlement Road Wreckers [9] --33
8Chas Talbot3 Lola T332C [4] Chas Talbot-2-2
Terry Hook15 Lola T332 Chevrolet [8] Terry Hook2--2
10Peter Edwards21 Lola T332 [4] PJ Edwards--11
Paul Hamilton88 Elfin 600 [4] -1-1
Barry Singleton19Gardos GL1 Chevrolet [8] Barry Singleton1--1

Champiomship name

Sources of the time differ as to the actual name of the championship with both Australian Drivers' Championship [4] [9] and Australian Formula 1 Championship [1] [7] being used. "Australian Drivers' Championship" is used by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in its historic documentation [2] and that term has been used here.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, pages 94-96
  2. 1 2 Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ↑ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, page 214
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, pages 88-97
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Kopfler, 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 214
  6. 1 2 3 Souvenir Programme, Wanneroo Raceway, Australian Grand Prix, 11th March 1979
  7. 1 2 3 4 Official Program, Sandown, 9 September 1979
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 426-434
  9. 1 2 Ray Bell, Alfie storms back, Racing Car News, October 1979, pages 28-30
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