1976 Australian Grand Prix

January 2020 October 2011 CUST Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia XLI Australian Grand Prix Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria 12 September 1976 Permanent racing facility 1.926 3.100 47 90.522 145.70 Sunny Max Stewart AUS Lola-Chevrolet 1'01.5 John GossAUS Vern Schuppan Matich-Repco HoldenElfin-Chevrolet 1'01.1 AUS John Goss AUS Matich-Repco Holden Vern Schuppan AUS Elfin-Chevrolet John Leffler AUS Lola-Chevrolet The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing CircuitOfficial programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 22 in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81 The race was the forty first Australian Grand Prix and doubled as Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. John Goss won the race driving a Matich A53 Repco-Holden, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international Vern Schuppan who was driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet entered by Ansett Team Elfin. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was John Leffler driving a Lola T400 Chevrolet. Qualifying results Pos.Wilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 398–406 1976 No.Official programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 39 Driver Car Entrant Time Gap 1 16 AUS Max Stewart Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 M Stewart 1:01.5 — 2 12 AUS Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:02.5 +1.0 3 2 AUS John Goss Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 1:04.1 +2.6 4 4 AUS Jon Davison Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing 1:06.1 +4.6 5 10 AUS Chris Milton McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 John Martin's / Shell Sport 1:06.5 +5.0 6 62 AUS Bruce Allison Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 B Allison 1:07.1 +5.6 7 15 AUS Terry Hook Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Terry Hook Racing 1:08.1 +6.6 8 68 AUS John Edmonds Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93 J Edmonds 1:08.5 +7.0 9 6 AUS Ken Shirvington Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 K Shirvington 1:09.1 +7.6 10 23 AUS Steven Fraser Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8 SH & DG Fraser 1:12.9 +11.4 11 39 AUS Gil Cameron McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 VYI's Sunglasses 1:13.3 +11.8 12 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Shellsport K Bartlett 1:16.7 +15.2 13 7 AUS John Leffler Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grace Bros Racing 1:34.9 +33.4 14 20 AUS Andrew Miedecke Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4 Grace Bros Racing 1:08.5 +7.0 15 83 AUS Peter Larner Elfin 700 / England 1.6L I4 P Larner 1:08.6 +7.1 16 33 AUS Mike Stack Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L I4 M Stack 1:11.4 +9.9 17 17 AUS John Millard Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4 Chrystal Millard DNP Race results thumb|Vern Schuppan placed second in the race driving an Elfin MR8, similar to that pictured above Pos. No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time 1 2 AUS John Goss Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 47 48m 41.4s 2 12 AUS Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 47 48m 41.9s 3 7 AUS John Leffler Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grace Bros Racing 46 4 10 AUS Chris Milton McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 John Martin's / Shell Sport 39 5 20 AUS Andrew Miedecke Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Grace Bros Racing 37 Ret 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Shellsport K Bartlett 33 engine Ret 23 AUS Steven Fraser Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8 SH & DG Fraser 27 Ret 16 AUS Max Stewart Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 M Stewart 26 engine Ret 4 AUS Jon Davison Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing 19 engine Ret 83 AUS Peter Larner Elfin 700 / England 1.6L 4cyl P Larner 17 crash Ret 15 AUS Terry Hook Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Terry Hook Racing 12 engine Ret 39 AUS Gil Cameron McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 VYI's Fashion Sunglasses 8 engine Ret 6 AUS Ken Shirvington Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 K Shirvington 1 crash Ret 62 AUS Bruce Allison Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 B Allison 1 stuck throttle / crash Ret 68 AUS John Edmonds Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 J Edmonds 0 clutch DNS 33 AUS Mike Stack Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl M Stack DNS 17 AUS John Millard Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Chrystal Millard References External links 1976 Australian Grand Prix Sandown, www.youtube.com Australian Grand Prix 1975 Australian Grand Prix 1976 1977 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:Formula 5000 race reports Australian Grand Prix