1974 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] The title, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco.[3]
Calendar[]
The championship was contested over a four-round series with one race per round.[3]
Round[3] | Circuit[3] | Date | Winner[3] | Car[3] |
1 | Adelaide International Raceway | 31 March[3] | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco |
2 | Calder Raceway | 26 May[4] | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco |
3 | Phillip Island | 13 October[3] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[5] |
4 | Symmons Plains | 11 November[6] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[5] |
Classes[]
Cars competed in two engine displacement classes:[1]
Points system[]
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class.[1] Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four place-getters outright, irrespective of class.[1]
Championship results[]
Position | Driver[6][7] | Car[8] | Entrant[8] | Points[6] |
1 | Henry Michell[3] | Elfin 360 Repco[3] | Henry Michell[9] | 45 |
2 | Lionel Ayers[3] | Rennmax Repco | Lionel Ayers | 26 |
= | Garrie Cooper[3] | Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[5] | Ansett Team Elfin[6] | 26 |
4 | Bill O'Gorman[3] | Matich SR5 Waggott[6] | Singapore Airlines | 14 |
5 | Peter Jones[3] | Farrell Clubman | 11 | |
6 | Robin Pare[3] | Elfin ME5 Chevrolet | Donald Elliott | 9 |
7 | Eric Boord[3] | Boral Ford | Shell Racing Team | 8 |
8 | Barry Randall[3] | Rennmax Repco Brabham | Litre Motors | 7 |
= | Peter Turnbull[3] | Turnham GM6 Holden | P Turnbull | 7 |
10 | Alan Newton[3] | R&T Chevrolet[3] | 6 | |
= | Alan Gissing[3] | Gissing Holden[3] | Alan Gissing | 6 |
12 | Stuart Kostera[3] | SR3A | Stuart Kostera Racing | 4 |
= | Paul Gibson[3] | Lotus 23B | Paul Gibson | 4 |
= | Doug Clark[8] | Wright Renault | Doug Clark | 4 |
15 | Ross Wemyss[3] | Farrell Toyota | 3 | |
= | Mike Drewer[9] | Farrell CI/P | MJ Drewer | 3 |
17 | V Gibson | 2 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 160 to 163
- ^ Official 1974 National calendar, Racing Car News, January 1974
- ^ a b c Australian Competition Yearbook refers to Cooper’s car as an Elfin MS7 Repco. Graham Howard’s article “Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning” (Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58) states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine
- ^ a b c d e Steven Chopping, Michell is Champ!, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 48 & 49
- ^ The Final Pointscore listing published with Chopping's Racing Car News report on Round 4 lists only the initials and family names of the drivers. First names have been added from other references, as shown.
- ^ a b c Entry list for Round 1, Australian Sports Car Championship, Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, March 31, 1974, page 22
- ^ a b Results, ASCC Rd 1, Racing Car News, June 1974
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