1975 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 November 1975.[2] The race was run over 30 laps of the 4.76 km circuit, a total race distance of 143 km.[2] It was the seventh Australian Sports Car Championship, and the only one in the twenty-year history of the title to be contested over a single race rather than over a series of races.[3]
The championship was won by Garrie Cooper, driving an Elfin MS7.[2]
Results[edit]
| Position[2][4] | Driver[2][4][5] | No.[2] | Car[2][4] | Entrant[4] | Laps[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrie Cooper | 12 | Elfin MS7 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 30 |
| 2 | Henry Michelle | 1 | Elfin 360 Repco | Henry Michelle | 29 |
| 3 | Fred Gibson | 33 | Alfa Romeo T33 | Alfa Romeo Dealers | 29 |
| 4 | Paul Gibson | Rennmax Repco | Shell Racing | 28 | |
| 5 | Stuart Kostera | 9 | Matich SR3A[4] Repco[5] | Stuart Kostera | 28 |
| 6 | Barry Singleton | Elfin 360 Repco | Barry Singleton Motors | 28 | |
| 7 | Greg Doidge | Elfin 300 | GSD Sheetmetal | 27 | |
| 8 | Andrew Roberts | Roberts S2 | Andrew Roberts | 27 | |
| 9 | Peter Jones | Cheetah Clubman Toyota | Motor Improvements | 27 | |
| 10 | Bob Romano | Elfin 360 | Bob Romano | 27 | |
| 11 | Jim Davidson | Lotus Elan | 26 | ||
| 12 | Vince Gregory | ASP 342 Clubman | 25 | ||
| 13 | Peter Middleton | Nganti Ford | 25 | ||
| 14 | Jim Doig | Motorlab ASP | 25 | ||
| 15 | James Bidstrup | ASP Clubman | 25 | ||
| 16 | Reg Byrne | MGB | 24 | ||
| 17 | Geoff Walker | GP Datsun | 24 | ||
| 18 | Steve Webb | Bolwell Nagari | 24 | ||
| 19 | Ray Gymer | Triumph TR5 | 23 | ||
| 20 | Gay Cesario | Fiat 124S | 23 | ||
| DNF | Tom Tymons | Farrell C1 | 23 | ||
| DNF | Jim Phillips | Rennmax Repco | 22 | ||
| DNF | Graeme Baird | Kregol Ford | 22 | ||
| DNF | Russell Collis | Gordon Clubman | 22 | ||
| DNF | Ray Bell | Hustler SC1 | 22 | ||
| DNF | Peter Hopwood | Lotus Elan | 21 | ||
| DNF | Kevin Norden | Elfin | 14 | ||
| DNF | Alan Gissing | Gissing Holden | 12 | ||
| DNF | Grant Gibson | Lotus 23B[4] Oldsmobile[5] | 10 | ||
| DNF | Keith Poole | 37 | McLaren M8D Chevrolet | C&C Autos[2] | |
| DNF | Geoff Watson | Watson Corolla | |||
| DNF | Rex Colliver | Lotus 47 | |||
| DNF | Chris Hocking | Gordon C2 | |||
| DNF | Peter Beasley | Jensen Healey | |||
| DNF | Doug Clark | Wright Renault | |||
| DNF | David Phillips | Lotus 23 | |||
| DNF | Peter Woodward | Lotus 47 | |||
| DNF | Ross Wemyss | Farrell | |||
| DNF | Doug Sheath | Bolwell | |||
| DNF | Bob Kennedy | Triumph TR5 | |||
| DNF | Tim Trevor | MG Midget | |||
| DNF | Richard Warland | ASP | |||
| DNF | John Latham | MG Midget |
- Number of entries: 66[4]
- Number of starters: Unknown[6]
- Number of finishers: 20[2][4]
- Pole position: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7), 1:47.2
- Winner's race time: 54:44.6
- Fatstest lap: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7) 1:45.6
Notes & references[edit]
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975, pages 86-87
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 86-87
- ^ Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 1 November 2015
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cooper Captures Sports Title, Racing Car News, January 1976, pages 70-71
- ^ a b c Australian Sports Car Championship Philip Island, Australian Auto Action, 4 December 1975, page 11
- ^ The Racing Car News race report lists 41 cars in its grid line-up. Australian Competition Yearbook infers that there were 40 starters and names 29, including two (Gymer and Cesario) who are not included in the Racing Car News listing
Further reading[edit]
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 173-174