1979 Australian Tourist Trophy

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Original club layout of the Winton Motor Raceway Winton Motor Raceway (Australia) track map -- original track.svg
Original club layout of the Winton Motor Raceway

The 1979 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Winton circuit in Victoria, Australia on 28 October 1979. [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 seventeenth Australian Tourist Trophy, [3] was won by Paul Gibson, driving a Rennmax Repco. [1]

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Results

Position [4] Driver [4] No. [4] Car [4] Entrant [4] Laps [4]
1Paul Gibson3 Rennmax Repco Adele Phillips40
2Stuart Kostera2 [5] Elfin MS7 Stuart Kostera40
3Grant Gibson11 [6] Rennmax Repco Grant Gibson40
4David Richardson66 Matich SR3A David Richardson40
5Peter Jones Cheetah Corolla [7] Speco-VHT Motor Products39
6Ross WemyssAllison Datsun [7] John Allison39
7A. RobertsRoberts S2 Ford Cosworth FVA A. Roberts38
8Dennis BurdonRedwing Leyland Dennis Burdon36
9William DeanU2 Corolla William Dean35
10Peter BeehagFarrellPeter Beehag35

Race statistics

References & notes

  1. 1 2 Chris de Fraga, A triumph for the Formula 5000s, The Age, Monday, 29 October 1979, page 40
  2. 1 2 Australian Title Conditions, 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 98
  3. ↑ Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Greg Stanfield, Gibson's Titanic TT!, Racing Car News, December 1979, pages 55 & 56
  5. ↑ Stuart Kostera Elfin MS7 - Winton - 28 October 1979 - Photographer Darren House, autopics.com.au Retrieved on 8 August 2014
  6. 1 2 James Murcott, Alfie - by a cubic inch, Australian Auto Action, November 8, 1979, Page 14
  7. 1 2 3 4 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
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