Английская Википедия:1970 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1][2] The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,[3] was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.[1]
The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 39 Repco and a Lotus 59B Waggott.
Calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds with one race per round.[4]
| Round[4] | Race name | Circuit[4] | State | Date[4] | Round winner[4] | Car[4] |
| 1 | Tasmanian Road Racing Championship[5] | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 2 March | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E[5][6][7] |
| 2 | Lakeside Governor's Trophy[8] | Lakeside | Queensland | 7 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 3 | Diamond Trophy[9] | Oran Park Raceway[9] | New South Wales | 28 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 4 | Sam Hordern Trophy[10] | Warwick Farm | New South Wales | 6 September | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
| 5 | Victorian Trophy Gold Star 100[11] | Sandown | Victoria | 13 September | John Harvey | Jane Repco |
| 6 | Mallala | South Australia | 12 October | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.[1] Only the best five round results could be retained by each driver.[1]
Results
| Position | Driver[4] | Car[4] | Entrant[6] | Sym[4] | Lak[4] | Ora[4] | War[4] | San[4] | Mal[4] | Total[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 39 Repco Lotus 59 Waggott |
Geoghegan's Sporty Cars | 6 | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E[5][6][7] | Bob Jane Shell Racing Team | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 9 | - | 25 |
| 4 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin 600D Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 16 |
| 5 | Malcolm Ramsay | Elfin 600C Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bob Muir | Rennmax BN3 Waggott[6] | Robert Muir Motors | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 8 |
| 7 | Glyn Scott | Bowin P3 Cosworth Elfin 600 Waggott |
Glyn Scott | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| John McCormack | Elfin 600C Coventry Climax[6] Elfin 600C Repco[6] |
John McCormack | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren Mono Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Kirk | Elfin 600K[4] Ford[6] | Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Jack Bono | Repco Brabham[4] BT2 Ford[6] | Graham Collier Tools | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Len Goodwin | McLaren M4A Cosworth | Pat Burke Racing[5] Len Goodwin |
2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B Ford | Paul England | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Helene Bittner | Rebelle Ford [6] | Helene Bittner | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ian Ferguson | Bowin P3A Ford | Ian Ferguson | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Ford | Maurie Quincey | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note: There were only five classified finishers at the Mallala round.[4]
Notes and references
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 185
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport 1980, page 56
- ↑ 4,00 4,01 4,02 4,03 4,04 4,05 4,06 4,07 4,08 4,09 4,10 4,11 4,12 4,13 4,14 4,15 4,16 4,17 Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51 to 63
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 28th February, 2 March 1970
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 6,4 6,5 6,6 6,7 6,8 members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 The car is entered in the Official Programme as a Repco Brabham V8 and is shown at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw as a Brabham BT23E
- ↑ Official Programme, Lakeside Governor's Trophy, Sunday, June 7, 1970
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, June 28, 1970
- ↑ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept 6 (1970)
- ↑ Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 13, 1970
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
- Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
- Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
External links
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