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1970 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1][2] The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,[3] was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.[1]

The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 39 Repco and a Lotus 59B Waggott.

Calendar

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The championship was contested over six rounds with one race per round.[4]

Round[4] Race name Circuit[4] State Date[4] Round winner[4] Car[4]
1 Tasmanian Road Racing Championship[5] Symmons Plains Tasmania 2 March John Harvey Repco Brabham BT23E[5][6][7]
2 Lakeside Governor's Trophy[8] Lakeside Queensland 7 June Max Stewart Mildren Waggott
3 Diamond Trophy[9] Oran Park Raceway[9] New South Wales 28 June Max Stewart Mildren Waggott
4 Sam Hordern Trophy[10] Warwick Farm New South Wales 6 September Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott
5 Victorian Trophy Gold Star 100[11] Sandown Victoria 13 September John Harvey Jane Repco
6 Mallala South Australia 12 October Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott

Points system

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Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.[1] Only the best five round results could be retained by each driver.[1]

Results

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Position Driver[4] Car[4] Entrant[6] Sym[4] Lak[4] Ora[4] War[4] San[4] Mal[4] Total[4]
1 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Repco
Lotus 59 Waggott 		Geoghegan's Sporty Cars 6 - 6 9 3 9 33
2 Max Stewart Mildren Waggott Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd 3 9 9 - - 6 27
3 John Harvey Repco Brabham BT23E[5][6][7] Bob Jane Shell Racing Team 9 6 1 - 9 - 25
4 Garrie Cooper Elfin 600D Repco Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team - - 4 6 6 - 16
5 Malcolm Ramsay Elfin 600C Repco Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team - - 3 3 - 3 9
6 Bob Muir Rennmax BN3 Waggott[6] Robert Muir Motors - - - 4 4 - 8
7 Glyn Scott Bowin P3 Cosworth
Elfin 600 Waggott 		Glyn Scott 1 4 - - - - 5
John McCormack Elfin 600C Coventry Climax[6]
Elfin 600C Repco[6] 		John McCormack - 3 2 - - - 5
9 Kevin Bartlett Mildren Mono Waggott Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd 4 - - - - - 4
Barry Kirk Elfin 600K[4] Ford[6] Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics - - - - - 4 4
Jack Bono Repco Brabham[4] BT2 Ford[6] Graham Collier Tools - 2 - 2 - - 4
12 Len Goodwin McLaren M4A Cosworth Pat Burke Racing[5]
Len Goodwin 		2 1 - - - - 3
13 Tony Stewart Elfin 600B Ford Paul England - - - - 2 - 2
Helene Bittner Rebelle Ford [6] Helene Bittner - - - - - 2 2
15 Ian Ferguson Bowin P3A Ford Ian Ferguson - - - 1 - - 1
Maurie Quincey Elfin 600B Ford Maurie Quincey - - - - 1 - 1

Note: There were only five classified finishers at the Mallala round.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c d CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78
  2. ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 185
  3. ^ CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport 1980, page 56
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51 to 63
  5. ^ a b c d Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 28th February, 2 March 1970
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
  7. ^ a b The car is entered in the Official Programme as a Repco Brabham V8 and is shown at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw as a Brabham BT23E
  8. ^ Official Programme, Lakeside Governor's Trophy, Sunday, June 7, 1970
  9. ^ a b Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, June 28, 1970
  10. ^ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept 6 (1970)
  11. ^ Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 13, 1970

Further reading

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  • Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
  • Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
  • Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
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