Английская Википедия:1974 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.[1]
Th championship, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco.[3]
Calendar
The championship was contested over a four-round series with one race per round.[3]
| Round[3] | Round name | 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 | Endeavour Cup[5] | Phillip Island | 13 October[3] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[6] |
| 4 | Symmons Plains | 11 November[7] | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7[3] Repco Holden[6] |
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[8] | Car[9] | Entrant[9] | Ade.[8] | Cal.[8] | Phi.[8] | Sym.[8] | Total[8] |
| 1 | Henry Michell | Elfin 360 Repco[3] | Henry Michell[10] | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 47 |
| 2 | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco | Lionel Ayers | 13 | 13 | - | - | 26 |
| = | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MS7 Repco Holden[6] | Ansett Team Elfin[7] | - | - | 13 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Bill O'Gorman | Matich SR5 Waggott[7] | Singapore Airlines | - | 6 | 8 | - | 14 |
| 5 | Peter Jones | Farrell Clubman | Motor Improvements[5] | - | 4 | 7 | - | 11 |
| 6 | Robin Pare | Elfin ME5 Chevrolet | Donald Elliott | - | 9 | - | - | 9 |
| 7 | Eric Boord | Boral Ford | Shell Racing Team | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| = | Peter Turnbull | Turnham GM6 Holden | P. Turnbull[7] | - | - | - | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Barry Randall | Rennmax Repco Brabham | Litre Motors | 7 | - | - | - | 7 |
| = | Alan Gissing | Gissing Holden[3] | Alan Gissing | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| 11 | Alan Newton | R&T Chevrolet[3] | A. Newton[5] | - | - | 6 | - | 6 |
| 12 | Stuart Kostera | Kostera SR3A Chevrolet[11] | Stuart Kostera Racing[12] | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| 13 | Doug Clark | Wright Renault | Doug Clark | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| = | Paul Gibson | Lotus 23B Oldsmobile[11] | Paul Gibson | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 15 | John Phillips | Farrell Galant[10] | Kookaburra Racing Team | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| = | Mike Drewer | Farrell CI/P | M. J. Drewer | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| = | Ross Wemyss | Farrell Toyota | Drug Houses of Australia[5] | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 18 | Jim Doig | Motorlab ASP[10] | Motorlab Racing | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| = | Vaughan Gibson | Farrell Clubman[12] | Linc Contemporary[12] | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 20 | Peter Hunter | Lotus Super 7[10] | Peter Hunter | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86
- ↑ Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
- ↑ 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 3,11 3,12 Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 160 to 163
- ↑ Official 1974 National calendar, Racing Car News, January 1974
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Official Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, October 13th (1974)
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 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
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 Steven Chopping, Michell is Champ!, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 48 & 49
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 8,5 Championship Pointscores, Chequered Flag, December 1974 / January 1975, Pages Seventy Six & Seventy Seven
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Entry list for Round 1, Australian Sports Car Championship, Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, March 31, 1974, page 22
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 10,2 10,3 Results, ASCC Rd 1, Racing Car News, June 1974
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 Mark Fogarty, Elfin Flies Home, Chequered Flag, November 1974, Pages Forty Six & Forty Seven
- ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 Program, Calder, May 26 (1974)
