1974 Australian Grand Prix

  1974 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship
Date	November 17, 1974
Official name	XXXIX Australian Grand Prix
Location	Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.620 km (1.628 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Max Stewart	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Podium
First	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Second	John McCormack	Elfin-Repco Holden
Third	Graeme Lawrence	Lola-Chevrolet

The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula 5000 race held at Oran Park Raceway on November 17, 1974.

It was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix and doubled as round five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship. Australian driver Max Stewart won his first AGP, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.^[1]

Classification

Results were as follows:^[1]

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Qual	Gap
1	6	Max Stewart	Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:05.2	—
2		Warwick Brown	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:05.3	+0.1
3	5	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:05.9	+0.7
4	1	Lella Lombardi	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:07.0	+1.8
5	4	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:07.5	+2.3
6	14	Graeme Lawrence	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	1:08.0	+2.8
7	12	Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:09.2	+4.0
8		Jon Davison	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:09.2	+4.0
9	7	John Leffler	Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4	1:09.7	+4.5
10		John Goss	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	1:11.9	+6.7
11		Ken Shirvington	March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4	1:14.4	+9.2

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	6	Max Stewart	Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	61	1h 08m 43.0s
2	4	John McCormack	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	61	1h 09m 43.3s
3	14	Graeme Lawrence	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	60
4		Jon Davison	Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	59
5		Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	58
Ret	5	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	58	fuel pick up
Ret		Warwick Brown	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	49	harmonic balancer
Ret	1	Lella Lombardi	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	47	oil pump
Ret	7	John Leffler	Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl	26	valve
DNS		John Goss	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8		engine bearing
DNS		Ken Shirvington	March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl		too slow

Notes

• Pole position: Max Stewart - 1'05.2
• Fastest lap: Warwick Brown - 1'05.2

References

1. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1974". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.