1976 Australian Sports Car Championship

1976 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was a national motor racing title for drivers of CAMS Group D Production Sports Cars. The title was contested over a five round series:

• Round 1, Oran Park, New South Wales, 16 May
• Round 2, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 30 May
• Round 3, Calder, Victoria, 8 August
• Round 4, Hume Weir, New South Wales, 26 September
• Round 5, Phillip Island, Victoria, 21 November

This was the first Australian Sports Car Championship to be restricted to production based cars.

Results

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Total
1	Ian Geoghegan	1	Porsche 911S	Ian Geoghegan	9	9	6	6	6	36
2	Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche RSR Turbo Porsche 934 Turbo	JAG Team Porsche	-	6	9	9	9	33
3	Rusty French	6	De Tomaso Pantera	Holley Performance	6	2	-	4	4	16
4	Peter Hopwood		Lotus Elan		3	4	-	-	-	7
5	Paul Trevethan		MGB GT V8	Broadwalk MG Centre	-	-	3	3	-	6
6	Ross Bond		Bolwell Nagari		2	3	-	-	-	5
7	Steve Webb		Bolwell Nagari		4	-	-	-	-	4
	Peter Woodward		Lotus 47		-	-	4	-	-	4
9	Alan Edwards		Bolwell Nagari	Motorfast Datsun	-	-	-	-	3	3
10	Max Grayson		Jaguar E Type		-	-	2	-	-	2
	John Gourlay		Turner		-	-	-	2	-	2
	Bob Kennedy		Triumph TR5	Triumph Sports Owners Association	-	-	-	-	2	2
13	Jim Davidson		Lotus Elan		1	-	-	-	-	1
	John Latham		Porsche Carrera		-	1	-	-	-	1
	Dick Smith		MGB		-	-	1	-	-	1
	Tim Trevor		Lotus 47		-	-	-	1	-	1
	Ken Price		MG Midget	Ken Price	-	-	-	-	1	1

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.

References

• A History of Australian Motor Sport, © 1980
• Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977
• CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1976
• Evan Green's World Of Motor Sport © 1977
• Racing Car News, January 1977
• www.camsmanual.com.au
• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87, Page 84