1976 Australian Sports Car Championship

1976 Australian Sports Car Championship
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The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian national motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport [1] as the eighth Australian Sports Car Championship [2] and was the first to be restricted to production based cars.[3]

The championship was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Porsche Carrera.[4]

Schedule

The championship was contested over five rounds:[4]

Round [4] Circuit [4] State Date [4] Format [3] Round winner [3] Car [4]
1 Oran Park New South Wales 16 May Two heats Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera
2 Amaroo Park New South Wales 30 May Two heats Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera
3 Calder Victoria 8 August Two heats Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo RSR [5]
4 Hume Weir Victoria 26 September Two heats Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo
5 Phillip Island Victoria 21 November One race Alan Hamilton Porsche 934 Turbo [6]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first six places at each round.[4]

Championship standings

Position Driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [7] [8] [5] [9] Ora [4] Ama [4] Cal [4] Hum [4] Phi [4] Total [4]
1 Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera Laurex Pty Ltd 9 9 6 6 6 36
2 Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo RSR [5]
Porsche 934 Turbo [6]		 JAG Team Porsche - 6 9 9 9 33
3 Rusty French De Tomaso Pantera Rusty French 6 2 - 4 4 16
4 Peter Hopwood Lotus Elan P Hopwood 3 4 - - - 7
5 Paul Trevethan MGB GT V8 [5] Broadwalk MG Centre - - 3 3 - 6
6 Ross Bond Bolwell Nagari Ian Morgan 2 3 - - - 5
7 Steve Webb Bolwell Nagari Eventemp Air Conditioning 4 - - - - 4
= Peter Woodward Lotus 47 Peter Woodward - - 4 - - 4
9 Alan Edwards Bolwell Nagari Motorfast Datsun - - - - 3 3
10 Max Grayson Jaguar E Type - - 2 - - 2
= John Gourlay MG Midget J Gourlay - - - 2 - 2
= Bob Kennedy Triumph TR5 Triumph Sports Owners Association - - - - 2 2
13 Jim Davidson Lotus Elan JS Davidson 1 - - - - 1
= John Latham Porsche Carrera J Latham - 1 - - - 1
= Gay Cesario Fiat 124 Spider Gay Cesario - - 1 - - 1
= Tim Trevor Lotus 47 Tim Trevor Motors - - - 1 - 1
= Ken Price MG Midget [6] K Price - - - - 1 1

References

  1. 1 2 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manaul of Motor Sport, pages 80-83
  2. ↑ cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. 1 2 3 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1979\\80, pages 165-174
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Evan Green's World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 30
  5. 1 2 3 4 Official Programme, Calder, 8 August 1976
  6. 1 2 3 Crawford, Geoghegan wrap up titles, Racing Car News, January 1977, pages 30-31
  7. ↑ Official Programme, Oran Park, 16 May 1976
  8. ↑ Official Programme, Amaroo Park, 30 May 1976
  9. ↑ Official Programme, Phillip Island, 21 & 28 November 1976

Further reading

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