1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship Explained

The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.^[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.^[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.^[3]

Round	Name	Circuit	State	Date	Winner	Car
1		Calder	Victoria	25 May	Andrew Miedecke	Rennmax BN7 Ford
2		Amaroo Park	New South Wales	1 June	Geoff Brabham	Birrana 274 Ford
3		Hume Weir	Victoria	15 June	Alfredo Costanzo	Birrana 274 Ford
4		Sandown	Victoria	5 July	Ken Shirvington	March 732 Ford
5		Calder	Victoria	10 August	Alfredo Costanzo	Birrana 274 Ford
6		Symmons Plains	Tasmania	28 September	Geoff Brabham	Birrana 274 Ford
7	Rothmans Trophy^[4]	Phillip island	Victoria	30 November	Geoff Brabham	Birrana 274 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.^[1]

Results

Position	Driver^[5]	No.	Car	Entrant ^[6]	Cal.^[7]	Ama.	Hum.	San.	Cal.	Sym.	Phi.	Total.
1	Geoff Brabham	10	Birrana 274 Ford	Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team	6	9	6	-	-	9	9	39
2	Alfredo Costanzo	5	Birrana 274 Ford	Alfredo Costanzo	-	-	9	-	9	2	4	24
3	Andrew Miedecke	2	Rennmax BN7 Ford	Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team	9	-	3	-	-	4	6	22
4	Ken Shirvington	3	March 732 Ford	Ken Shirvington	3	-	1	-	6	6	-	16
5	Ray Winter	27	Mildren Ford	Ray Winter	4	4	-	-	-	1	-	9
6	Chris Farrell	6	Elfin 622 Ford	Chris Farrell	-	3	-	-	2	3	-	8
7	John Macdonald		Brabham BT41 Ford		-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Tony Stewart	21	Brabham BT36 Ford	Tony Stewart	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	6^[8]
9	Chas Talbot	12	Birrana 274 Ford	Chas. Talbot	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	5
10	John Leffler		Brabham BT36 Ford		-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
11	Enno Busselmann		Elfin 622 Ford	Enno Busselmann	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
12	Tony Maw		Elfin 700 Ford	Helena Rubinstein Racing Team	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Graeme Crawford		Biranna 273 Ford	Graeme Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
14	Rob Butcher		Asp 330 Toyota^[9]	Rob Butcher	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Wolfgang Prejawa	26	Birrana 274 Ford	Wolfgang Prejawa	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Peter Warren		Birrana 273 Ford		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
=	Doug MacArthur		Lola T360 Ford	Doug MacArthur	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

• Note: No points were awarded at the Sandown round as the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.^[3]

Notes and references

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
2. Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
3. Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
4. Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
5. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
6. Calder Souvenir Programme, May 25, 1975
7. Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
8. Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
9. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/rob-butcher/career/ The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com