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]
| Position [4] | Driver [4] | No. [4] | Car [4] | Entrant [4] | Laps [4] |
| 1 | Paul Gibson | 3 | Rennmax Repco | Adele Phillips | 40 |
| 2 | Stuart Kostera | 2 [5] | Elfin MS7 | Stuart Kostera | 40 |
| 3 | Grant Gibson | 11 [6] | Rennmax Repco | Grant Gibson | 40 |
| 4 | David Richardson | 66 | Matich SR3A | David Richardson | 40 |
| 5 | Peter Jones | Cheetah Corolla [7] | Speco-VHT Motor Products | 39 | |
| 6 | Ross Wemyss | Allison Datsun [7] | John Allison | 39 | |
| 7 | A. Roberts | Roberts S2 Ford Cosworth FVA | A. Roberts | 38 | |
| 8 | Dennis Burdon | Redwing Leyland | Dennis Burdon | 36 | |
| 9 | William Dean | U2 Corolla | William Dean | 35 | |
| 10 | Peter Beehag | Farrell | Peter Beehag | 35 |
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