1976 Australian Tourist Trophy Explained

The 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1976.[1] It was open to Group A Sports Cars[2] and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title.[2] The race, which was the fourteenth Australian Tourist Trophy,[3] was won by Stuart Kostera of Western Australia,[4] driving an Elfin MS7.[1]

Results

Position[5] [6] Driver[7] No.CarEntrantLaps
1Stuart Kostera13Elfin MS7 Repco Holden[8] Kostera Racing30
2Barry Singleton6 McLaren M8 Chevrolet[9] Barry Singleton Motors30
3Alan Hamilton9Porsche 934Jag Porsche Team30
4Rusty French6de Tomaso PanteraHolley Performance29
5Geoff Walker70GP DatsunGeoff Walker27
6Tony Rees78Farrell Clubman[10] AG Rees26
7Dale Kendall56WDC1Dale Kendall24
NCJim Phillips3Rennmax RepcoShell Sport
NCEric Boord19Boral Ford[11] Shell Sport
DNFDennis Hogan37Triton Mk2Dennis Hogan
DNFMax Scorer7Scorer SpriteMax Scorer
DNFMurray Wilson35 ClubmanM Wilson
DNFTom Crozier58FarrellT Crozier
DNFDavid Phillips15Lotus 23David K Phillips
DNFWarwick De Rose21PegasusWarwick De Rose
DNFG Stoll38GordonG Stoll
DNFChris Hocking74Gordon C2Motorfast Datsun
DNFJohn White 18BolwellJohn White
DNFGreg Doidge31Elfin 360 RepcoGSD Sheetmetal18
DNFPaul Gibson11Shell Sport
DNFKen Walters49Gissing Holden[12] Ken Walters
DNFRoss Wemyss4Farrell Ross Wemyss
DNFPeter Jones68CheetahMotor Improvements Team Toyota
DNFAndrew Newton59Hossack 3Paul Newton
DNFGeoff Watson21Geoff Watson
DNFKevin Norden12ElfinKevin Norden1
DNFVic Butler34Lotus 23BVA Butler1
DNFIan Burrell17Rennmax OldsmobileKeith Beard1
DNSJohn Allison71Allison
DNSBernard Bignell8Lotus 23BBernard Bignell
DNSGraham Docker36BolwellGraham Docker
DNSCol Trengrove46ASP 340DTrengrove Racing Cars
DNSPaul Trevethan20MGB GT V8Broadwalk Racing Cars
DNSLeigh Gribble82GrimasLeigh Gribble
DNSAlan Newton54R&T ChevroletAlan Newton

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Race statistics

External links

Notes and References

  1. Sports Cars, Evan Green, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 28
  2. Australian Title Conditions, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
  3. Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. Series to Crawford, The Age, Monday, 22 November 1976, page 26
  5. Kostera buys the favourite, Racing Car News, January 1977, pages 30 to 33
  6. Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 10, shows "....nine cars being counted as finishers, two of these completing too few laps to be classified"
  7. Official Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club Limited, Sunday 21 November (&) Sunday 28 November 1976
  8. Titles Decided, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 1, lists Kostera's car as an Elfin MS7 Repco. Graham Howard in his article "Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning" in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58, states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine
  9. Titles Decided, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 1
  10. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
  11. 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy - W.A. Victory!, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 10
  12. A Win to the West, Chequered Flag, January 1977, page 42
  13. The Grid Line-up, as published in Racing Car News, January 1977, page 33, shows 35 cars including seven which are listed as DNS (Did Not Start).

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