1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

1977 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.^[1][2] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a six round series.^[4]

• Round 1, Calder, Victoria, January
• Round 2, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 3 April ^[5]
• Round 3, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 29 May ^[6]
• Round 4, Lakeside, Queensland
• Round 5, Oran Park, New South Wales, 30 October ^[7]
• Round 6, Phillip Island, Victoria, 20 November ^[8]

Classes

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.^[1]

• Up to and including 2000cc
• Over 2000cc

Results

Position [8]	Driver [4][8][9]	No.[5]	Car [4][5][8]	Entrant [5][8]	Points [8] [10]
1	Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche 934 Turbo	Porsche Distributors	58
	John Latham	64	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kodak Film	58
3	Peter Hopwood	77	Lotus Elan	Peter Hopwood	33
4	Rusty French	2 & 3	de Tomaso Pantera	Rusty French	31
5	Tim Trevor	47	Lotus 47	Tim Trevor Motors Pty Ltd	21
6	Warwick Henderson	99	Chevrolet Corvette (C3)	Warwick Henderson	15
7	Bernard Bisseling	65	Turner	Bernard Bisseling	13
8	Fernando D'Alberto	33	Datsun 260Z	Fernando D'Alberto	12
9	Alan Hanns	54	Datsun 2000	Bolwell Car Club	10
	Matt Pintar		MGB		10
11	Ray Winter		MGB	Peter McCabe	9
12	Bob Kennedy	60	Triumph TR5	Triumph Sports Owners Association	7
13	Peter Woodward		Lotus 47		6
	Bill Evans	7	Triumph TR7	Playboy Racing	6
	Barry Main	6	Bolwell Nagari	Trutra	6
16	Bob Rowntree		MG Midget		4
	Peter Beasley		MG Midget	Peter Beasley	4
18	Robbie Rowland	26	Austin-Healey 3000	Robbie Rowland	3
	Johnson		MG		3
20	David Henderson				2
	Peter Fitzgerald		Porsche 911S		2
22	John Gourlay	23	Bolwell Nagari	John Gourlay	1

Note: Hamilton achieved four round wins to Latham’s one, however there was no countback process incorporated in the points system to act as a tiebreaker, so the two drivers shared the title.^[4]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 88
2. ↑ 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 203
3. ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS of Motor Sport, page 14-6
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 104-108
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Entry list, official program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 April 1977
6. ↑ Archives, Racing Car News, July 1987, page 66
7. ↑ 10 Years Ago, Racing Car News, Dec/Jan 1987/88, page 25
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Hamilton and Latham Tie, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 28
9. ↑ Hamilton Moves Up, Chequered Flag, December 1977
10. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 76-77

External links

• 1977 Australian Sports Car racing images at www.autopics.com.au