| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship |
| Grand Prix: | Australian |
| Country: | Australia |
| Official Name: | XXXIX Australian Grand Prix |
| Location: | Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Date: | November 17 |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Mi: | 1.628 |
| Course Km: | 2.620 |
| Distance Laps: | 61 |
| Distance Mi: | 99.308 |
| Distance Km: | 159.82 |
| Weather: | Sunny |
| Pole Driver: | Max Stewart |
| Pole Country: | AUS |
| Pole Team: | Lola-Chevrolet |
| Pole Time: | 1'05.2 |
| Fast Driver: | Warwick Brown |
| Fast Team: | Lola-Chevrolet |
| Fast Time: | 1'05.2 |
| Fast Country: | AUS |
| First Driver: | Warwick Brown |
| First Country: | AUS |
| First Team: | Lola-Chevrolet |
| Second Driver: | John McCormack |
| Second Country: | AUS |
| Second Team: | Elfin-Repco Holden |
| Third Driver: | Graeme Lawrence |
| Third Country: | NZL |
| Third Team: | Lola-Chevrolet |
The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.[1] [2] [3] The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.[4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.
Results were as follows:[4]
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |  Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.2 | — | |
| 2 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.3 | +0.1 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.9 | +0.7 | |
| 4 | 1 |  Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.0 | +1.8 | |
| 5 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.5 | +2.3 | |
| 6 | 14 |  Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.8 | |
| 7 | 12 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 | |
| 8 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 | ||
| 9 | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:09.7 | +4.5 | |
| 10 | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.9 | +6.7 | ||
| 11 | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant[5] | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
| 2 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
| 3 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Air New Zealand | 60 | |
| 4 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Jon Davison | 59 | ||
| 5 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | ||
| Ret | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 58 | fuel pick up | |
| Ret | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 49 | harmonic balancer | ||
| Ret | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 47 | oil pump | |
| Ret | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | 26 | valve | |
| DNS | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | engine bearing | |||
| DNS | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | too slow | |||
Max Stewart - 1'05.2
Warwick Brown - 1'05.2, 146.3 km/h (90.9 mph),[4] new outright record[5]