1975 Australian Sports Car Championship Explained

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

Position[4] Driver[5] No.CarEntrantLaps
1Garrie Cooper12Elfin MS7 Repco-HoldenAnsett Team Elfin30
2Henry Michelle1Elfin 360 RepcoHenry Michelle29
3Fred Gibson33Alfa Romeo T33Alfa Romeo Dealers29
4Paul GibsonRennmax RepcoShell Racing28
5Stuart Kostera9Matich SR3A RepcoStuart Kostera28
6Barry SingletonElfin 360 RepcoBarry Singleton Motors28
7Greg DoidgeGSD Sheetmetal27
8Andrew RobertsRoberts S2Andrew Roberts27
9Peter JonesCheetah Clubman ToyotaMotor Improvements27
10Bob RomanoElfin 360Bob Romano27
11Jim DavidsonLotus Elan26
12Vince GregoryASP 342 Clubman25
13Peter MiddletonNganti Ford25
14Jim DoigMotorlab ASP25
15James BidstrupASP Clubman25
16Reg ByrneMGB24
17Geoff WalkerGP Datsun24
18Steve WebbBolwell Nagari24
19Ray Gymer Triumph TR523
20Gay Cesario Fiat 124S23
DNFTom TymonsFarrell C123
DNFJim PhillipsRennmax Repco22
DNFGraeme BairdKregol Ford22
DNFRussell CollisGordon Clubman22
DNFRay BellHustler SC122
DNFPeter HopwoodLotus Elan21
DNFKevin NordenElfin14
DNFAlan GissingGissing Holden12
DNFGrant GibsonLotus 23B Oldsmobile10
DNFKeith Poole37McLaren M8D ChevroletC&C Autos
DNFGeoff WatsonWatson Corolla
DNFRex ColliverLotus 47
DNFChris HockingGordon C2
DNFPeter BeasleyJensen Healey
DNFDoug ClarkWright Renault
DNFDavid PhillipsLotus 23
DNFPeter WoodwardLotus 47
DNFRoss WemyssFarrell
DNFDoug SheathBolwell
DNFBob KennedyTriumph TR5
DNFTim TrevorMG Midget
DNFRichard WarlandASP
DNFJohn Latham MG Midget

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Notes and References

  1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975, pages 86-87
  2. Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 86-87
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20150109021052/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2015-1.pdf Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au via web.archive.org
  4. Cooper Captures Sports Title, Racing Car News, January 1976, pages 70-71
  5. Australian Sports Car Championship Philip Island, Australian Auto Action, 4 December 1975, page 11
  6. 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