1974 Australian Sports Car Championship

1974 Australian Sports Car Championship
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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]

The Elfin 360 Repco (foreground) in which Henry Michell won the 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship. The car is pictured in 2008

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86
  2. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 160 to 163
  4. ↑ Official 1974 National calendar, Racing Car News, January 1974
  5. 1 2 3 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
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Steven Chopping, Michell is Champ!, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 48 & 49
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. 1 2 3 Entry list for Round 1, Australian Sports Car Championship, Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, March 31, 1974, page 22
  9. 1 2 Results, ASCC Rd 1, Racing Car News, June 1974
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