1979 Rothmans International Series Explained

The 1979 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Australian Formula 5000, World Formula 1 and Australian Formula Pacific cars.^[1] It was the fourth and final Rothmans International Series.^[2] The series was won by Larry Perkins driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet.

Calendar

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Car	Entrant
1	Sandown Park	4 February	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Porsche Cars Australia
2	Adelaide International Raceway	11 February	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Porsche Cars Australia
3	Surfers Paradise	18 February	David Kennedy	Wolf WR4 Ford Cosworth DFV	Theodore Racing
4	Oran Park	25 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS

Points were awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first three rounds.^[4]

Points were awarded on a 15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first fifteen places at the fourth round.^[4]

Position	Driver	No.^[5]	Car	Entrant	San^[6]	Ade	Sur	Ora	Total points
1	Larry Perkins	12	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	4	8	9	14	35
2	Alfredo Costanzo	84	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Porsche Cars Australia	10	10	8	-	28
3	Warwick Brown	111	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	-	-	7	15	22
4	David Kennedy	6	Wolf WR4 Ford Cosworth DFV	Theodore Racing	8	-	10	-	18
=	John Wright	76	Lola T400 Chevrolet	J Wright	-	5	-	13	18
6	Colin Bond	14	Brabham BT43 Chevrolet	Thomson Motor Auctions Pty Ltd	-	2	-	12	14
7	Colin Trengrove	34	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Trengrove Racing Cars	-	3	-	10	13
8	Vern Schuppan	11	Elfin MR8 Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	6	-	6	-	12
9	John McCormack	7	McLaren M23 Leyland	McCormack Uniparts Team	-	-	-	11	11
10	Graham McRae	1	McRae GM3 Chevrolet	Thomson Motor Auctions Pty Ltd	3	7	-	-	10
11	Geoff Lees	8	Ensign MN09 Ford Cosworth DFV	Theodore Racing	9	-	-	-	9
=	John Walker	25	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Magnum Wheels	-	9	-	-	9
=	Bob Johns	32	Ralt RT1 Ford	G Johns	-	-	-	9	9
=	Jim Richards	9	Matich A53 Repco Holden	J Richards	5	-	4	-	9
15	Kevin Bartlett	3	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Thomson Motor Auctions Pty Ltd	7	-	-	-	7
=	Rob Butcher	10	Lola T332 Chevrolet	R Butcher	1	6	-	-	7
17	Jon Davison	24	Lola T332 Chevrolet	JD Davison	-	-	5	-	5
18	Bob Creasy	16	Birrana 273 Ford	Robert Creasy	-	4	-	-	4
19	Salt Walther	77	McRae GM1 Chevrolet	Thomson Motor Auctions Pty Ltd	-	-	3	-	3
20	Terry Hook	15	Lola T332 Chevrolet	TA Hook	2	-	-	-	2
=	Barry Singleton	19	Gardos BL1 Repco Holden	Barry Singleton Motors	-	-	2	-	2
22	Ivan Tighe	38	Chevron B37 Chevrolet	B Allison	-	-	1	-	1

Programme, Oran Park International, 25 February 1979
The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 414
Rothmans International Series, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, pages 178 to 189
Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, pages 204 to 208
Official Programme, Adelaide international Raceway, Sunday 11 February (1979)
Points for each round have been calculated by applying the points system as published in Wolfgang Klopfer's Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race to the round results as published in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80