1972 Australian Grand Prix

March 2024 December 2019 CUST Race 7 of 8 in 1972 Tasman Series Australian Australia XXXVII Australian Grand Prix Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria 20 February 1972 Permanent racing facility 1.92 3.1 52 99.84 161.2 Sunny Frank Matich AUS Matich-Repco Holden 1'01.3 Graham McRae Leda-Chevrolet 1'02.4 NZL Graham McRae NZL Leda-Chevrolet Frank Gardner AUS Lola-Chevrolet David Hobbs GBR McLaren-Chevrolet The 1972 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for cars complying with the Tasman Formula, which admitted both Formula 5000 and 2-litre racing cars. It was held at Sandown International Raceway, Victoria, Australia on 20 February 1972. The race was the thirty seventh Australian Grand Prix and it was held only 3 months after the 1971 race. It was also round seven of the 1972 Tasman Series. The race had 19 starters. Defending winner Frank Matich started the race from pole position in his Repco Holden powered Matich A50 which had won the 1971 race on debut. New Zealand's Graham McRae started alongside Matich on the front row in his Leda GM1-Chevrolet. Matich led from the start but was out after just 5 laps with a failed scavenge pump. McRae recorded the first of three AGP wins (all won at Sandown) by 3 seconds from the Lola T300-Chevrolet of Frank Gardner who had qualified 3rd. British International driver David Hobbs finished 3rd in his McLaren M18/M22-Chevrolet after starting from 4th on the grid. McRae's win gave him an unassailable points lead in the 1972 Tasman Series with one round remaining. Classification thumb|Graham McRae won the race driving a Leda GM1, later to be known as the McRae GM1 (pictured above in 2008) Results as follows:Bruce Sergent 1972 Rounds 5–8 Australia http://www.sergent.com.au/tas72a.html 7 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828214520/http://www.sergent.com.au/tas72a.html 28 August 2008 dead Wilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 362–368 1972 Qualifying Pos NoOfficial Programme, 37th Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Driver Car Entrant Qual Gap 1 3 AUS Frank Matich Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Frank Matich Pty. Ltd. 1:01.3 — 2 22 NZL Graham McRae Leda GM1 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grid International (N.Z.) Ltd. 1:01.8 +0.5 3 1 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Lola Cars Ltd. 1:01.8 +0.5 4 10 GBR David Hobbs McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Hobbs Racing London 1:02.3 +1.0 5 4 AUS Bob Muir Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Robert Muir Motors P/L 1:02.7 +1.4 6 9 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Team Elfin 1:02.8 +1.5 7 2 GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Team Surtees 1:03.0 +1.7 8 34 BEL Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Racing Team V.D.S. 1:03.2 +1.9 9 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing 1:03.5 +2.2 10 12 AUS Warwick Brown McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Pat Burke Racing 1:03.9 +2.6 11 6 AUS Max Stewart Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre 1:04.4 +3.1 12 76 AUS John Harvey Brabham BT36 / Waggott 2.0L I4 Bob Jane Racing 1:05.2 +3.9 13 8 AUS Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Team Elfin 1:05.3 +4.0 14 50 NZL Frank Radisich McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Henderson Central Motors 1:06.5 +5.2 15 30 CAN Dave McConnell GRD 272 / Hart 2.0L I4 D.W.M. Racing Ltd. 1:07.1 +5.8 16 11 AUS Colin Hyams Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Colin Hyams 1:08.2 +6.9 17 17 AUS Gary Campbell Elfin 600B / Waggott 2.0L I4 Provincial Motors P/L 1:08.3 +7.0 18 60 NZL Robbie Francevic McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Wright Machinery Ltd. 1:10.2 +8.9 19 15 AUS Tony Stewart Mildren (Rennmax) / Waggott 1.9L I4 Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre 1:11.5 +10.2 Race Pos No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time 1 22 NZL Graham McRae Leda GM1 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grid International (N.Z.) Ltd. 52 54m 59.4s 2 1 AUS Frank Gardner Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Lola Cars Ltd. 52 55m 02.1s 3 10 GBR David Hobbs McLaren M18/M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Hobbs Racing London 52 55m 11.8s 4 2 GBR Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Team Surtees 51 5 12 AUS Warwick Brown McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Pat Burke Racing 50 6 34 BEL Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Racing Team V.D.S. 50 7 76 AUS John Harvey Brabham BT36 / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl Bob Jane Racing 50 8 60 NZL Robbie Francevic McLaren M10A / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Wright Machinery Ltd. 49 9 8 AUS Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Team Elfin 49 10 30 CAN Dave McConnell GRD 272 / Hart 2.0L 4cyl D.W.M. Racing Ltd. 49 11 17 AUS Gary Campbell Elfin 600B / Waggott 2.0L 4cyl Provincial Motors P/L 47 12 15 AUS Tony Stewart Mildren (Rennmax) / Waggott 1.9L 4cyl Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre 44 13 50 NZL Frank Radisich McLaren M10B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Henderson Central Motors 26 Ret 11 AUS Colin Hyams Lola T192 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Colin Hyams 30 Ret 4 AUS Bob Muir Lola T300 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Robert Muir Motors P/L 19 engine Ret 6 AUS Max Stewart Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Max Stewart Motors - Seiko Service Centre 16 engine Ret 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Kevin Bartlett Shell Racing 6 transmission Ret 3 AUS Frank Matich Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Frank Matich Pty. Ltd. 5 scavenge pump Ret 9 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Team Elfin 4 gearbox Notes Attendance: 30,000 Pole position: Frank Matich – 1:01.3 Fastest lap: Graham McRae – 1:02.4 (111.23 mph)Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in Australia & New Zealand, Race by Race, page 89 – New outright lap recordRacing Car News Championship Yearbook No.1, page 30 References External links Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 20 Feb 1972, www.oldracingcars.com Australian Grand Prix 1971 Australian Grand Prix 1972 1973 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:Formula 5000 race reports Category:Tasman Series Australian Grand Prix