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]
Calendar
The championship was contested over a six round series with one race per round.[4]
- Round 1, The Examiner Tasmanian Road Racing Championship, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 2 March
- Round 2, Governor's Trophy, Lakeside, Queensland, 7 June
- Round 3, Diamond Trophy, Oran Park, New South Wales, 28 June
- Round 4, Sam Hordern Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 6 September
- Round 5, Victorian Trophy, Sandown, Victoria, 13 September
- Round 6, Mallala, South Australia, 12 October
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round. Only the best five round results could be obtained by each driver.[1]
Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | 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 Jane Repco |
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 | 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 Elfin 600C Repco |
John McCormack | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren Mono Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Kirk | Elfin 600K Ford | Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Jack Bono | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | Graham Collier Tools | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Len Goodwin | McLaren M4A Cosworth | Len Goodwin | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B Ford | Paul England | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Helene Bittner | Rebelle Ford | 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 finishers at the Mallala round.
Notes and references
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51-63
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
- Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
- Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
External links
- The Early CAMS Gold Star Series – 1957-70
- Images from Australian openwheeler racing – 1970
- West Australian Racing Museum Includes scans of 1970 "Gold Star" race reports.
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