The 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars with the winner awarded the 1974 CAMS "Gold Star".[1] It was the 18th Australian Drivers' Championship.
The championship was won by Max Stewart driving a Lola T330 Chevrolet.
Calendar
editThe championship was contested over six rounds:[2]
| Round | Name | Circuit | State | Date | Format |
| 1 | Chesterfield Filter Cup | Oran Park | New South Wales | 4 August | Two Heats |
| 2 | The Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 1 September | Two Heats |
| 3 | Calder | Victoria | 20 October | Two Heats | |
| 4 | Marlboro 100 (Incorporating the Victorian Trophy Race)[3] |
Sandown Park | Victoria | 3 November | One race |
| 5 | Australian Grand Prix | Oran Park | New South Wales | 17 November | One race |
| 6 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 24 November | One race |
Points system
editChampionship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a CAMS General Competition Licence were eligible, therefore any placings gained by international licence holders were ignored by CAMS when allocating championship points.[1]
Championship standings
edit| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Ora. | Sur. | Cal. | San. | Ora. | Phi. | Total[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 51 |
| 2 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Chesterfield Filter Racing | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Phil Moore | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| 4 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | John McCormack | Elfin ML6 Leyland Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden |
Ansett Team Elfin | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 8 |
| 6 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 Ford | Grace Bros - Levi's Team | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| Jon Davison | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | Jon Davison | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | |
| 8 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 9 | John Goss | Matich A53 Repco-Holden | McLeod Ford[3] | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Kurt Seeberg | Brabham BT36 Ford | Ken Dykes Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| 11 | Bruce Allison | Birrana 274 Ford | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 12 | Chas Talbot | Birrana 274 Ford | Chas Talbot[5] | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References
editFurther reading
edit- Graham Howard; Stewart Wilson; Ray Bell; Des White; Noel Tuckey; John Medley; Mark Durham; Terry Walker (1986). The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. R&T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 67-68
- Racing Car News, December 1974, Sandown report, pages 38–40
- Racing Car News, December 1974, Oran Park AGP report, pages 60–61
- Racing Car News, January 1975, Phillip Island report, page 60