1979 Australian Sports Car Championship

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1979 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1979 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] It was the eleventh Australian Sports Car Championship [2] and the fourth to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations.

Contents

The championship was won by Ross Mathieson driving a Porsche Carrera.

Schedule

The championship was contested over four rounds. [3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] StateDate [3] Format [3] Round winner [3] Car [3]
1 Baskerville Tasmania 22 AprilTwo HeatsPeter Fitzgerald Porsche Carrera [4]
2 Calder Victoria 27 MayOne raceRoss Mathieson Porsche Carrera [5]
3 Winton Victoria 19 August [6] One raceRoss Mathieson Porsche Carrera [6]
4 Calder Victoria 25 NovemberOne raceJohn Gourlay Bolwell Nagari [7]

Class structure

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class at each round and on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places at each round. [1]

For Round 1, the round results, on which championship points were awarded, were determined by allocating race points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the first 14 outright places in each race and aggregating the points for each driver. Where more than one driver attained the same total, the superior round position was awarded to the higher placed driver in the second race. [8]

Results

PositionDriverCar [3] [9] Bas. [10] Cal. [10] Win. [10] Cal. [10] Total [11]
1Ross Mathieson Porsche Carrera 61313638
2Peter Fitzgerald Porsche Carrera 1369937
3Bernie Bisseling Lotus 47 991625
4John Gourlay Bolwell Nagari 9--1322
5Rex Colliver Lotus 47 4-4917
Tim Briglia Lotus Elan -49417
7Murray Bryden Lotus Elan 66--12
8Chris Swingler Triumph TR7 332311
9John Latham Bolwell Nagari --6410
10Warwick Henderson Chevrolet Corvette C3 -9--9
11Neal Swingler Triumph GT6 24--6
12Paul Trevathan MGB GT V8 -4--4
Barry Main Bolwell Nagari [4] 13--4
Alan Edwards Bolwell Nagari --4-4
15Dick Smith Lotus Super Seven -3--3
16Ross Bond Bolwell Nagari 2---2
Gordon Dobie Datsun 2000 [5] -2--2
Steve Wherrett Chevrolet Corvette [6] --2-2
Allan Hanns Bolwell Nagari [12] ---22
20Tim Edmonds MGB [4] 1---1
Peter Boston Austin-Healey 100 [12] -1--1
Geoff Dennis Triumph GT6 [6] -1--1
Ranald MacLurkin TVR Griffith [6] --1-1

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References

  1. 1 2 3 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1979, page 96
  2. ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, pages 190-193
  4. 1 2 3 Steve Chopping, Fitzgerald opens twice, Racing Car News, June 1979, pages 38 & 39
  5. 1 2 Greg Stanfield, Sports spectacular at Calder, Racing Car News, July 1979, pages 58 & 59
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Greg Stanfield, Engel, Mathieson weather the storms, Racing Car News, September 1979, pages 60 & 61
  7. ↑ Program, Calder Raceway, November 25th (1979)
  8. ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1979, pages 94-95
  9. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 179-180
  10. 1 2 3 4 Points per round for the top nine drivers are based the points table published in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, page 193. Points per round for the other drivers are derived from pointscore listings published with respective reports for each round in Racing Car News magazines.
  11. ↑ Totals from points table for top 9 drivers in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, page 193, plus points listing in Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 180
  12. 1 2 Greg Stanfield, Mathieson's title by a point!, Racing Car News, January 1980, pages 26 & 27
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