1973 Australian Grand Prix

December 2019 December 2011 CUST Race 4 of 5 in 1973 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia XXXVIII Australian Grand Prix Sandown Raceway, Melbourne, Victoria 4 November 1973 Permanent racing facility 1.92 3.1 52 99.84 161.2 Sunny John McCormack AUS Elfin-Repco Holden 1'01.2 Graham McRae McRae-Chevrolet 1'02.6 NZL Graham McRae NZL McRae-Chevrolet John McCormack AUS Elfin-Repco Holden Johnnie Walker AUS Lola-Repco Holden The 1973 Australian Grand Prix was a race for Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars,CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1973, page 92 the former class incorporating Formula 5000 cars. It was held on 4 November at SandownCover, Official Programme, 38th Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, November 4, www.progcovers.com Retrieved 21 September 2020 and was the second AGP in a row to be held at that circuit. It was the thirty eighth Australian Grand Prix and doubled as round four of the 1973 Australian Drivers' Championship. Defending winner Graham McRae won his second AGP ahead of John McCormack and Johnnie Walker.Wilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 370–378 1973 Classification Results as follows: Qualifying Pos No.Official Programme, 38th Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, November 4 Driver Car Entrant Qual Gap 1 3 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:01.2 — 2 25 AUS Johnnie Walker Lola T330 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Waker Motor Racing 1:01.4 +0.2 3 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Chesterfield Filter Racing 1:01.7 +0.5 4 1 NZL Graham McRae McRae GM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Graham McRae 1:01.8 +0.6 5 6 AUS Max Stewart Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Seiko Service Centre 1:01.9 +0.7 6 14 AUS Howie Sangster McLaren M18/M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 4 Nov 1973, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 21 September 2020 Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty. Ltd. 1:03.7 +2.5 7 2 AUS Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:05.0 +3.8 8 16 AUS John Leffler Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Seiko Service Centre 1:05.1 +3.9 9 18 AUS Enno Buesselmann Birrana 273 / Ford 1.6L I4 Bob & Marj Brown 1:09.2 +8.0 10 19 AUS Leo Geoghegan Birrana 273 / Ford 1.6L I4 Grace Bros. Racing Team 1:10.6 +9.4 11 90 AUS Ken Hastings Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4 B.B. Cameron 1:12.3 +11.1 12 31 AUS Alfredo Costanzo Elfin Mono / Ford 1.6L I4 A. Costanzo 1:13.8 +12.6 13 38 AUS Chas Talbot Elfin 600E / Ford 1.6L I4 Chas Talbot 1:14.8 +13.6 Race Pos No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time 1 1 NZL Graham McRae McRae GM2 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Graham McRae 52 57m 54.8s 2 3 AUS John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 52 57m 56.5s 3 25 AUS Johnnie Walker Lola T330 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Waker Motor Racing 50 4 14 AUS Howie Sangster McLaren M18/M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Don O'Sullivan Racing Pty. Ltd. 50 5 2 AUS Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 49 6 16 AUS John Leffler Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Seiko Service Centre 49 7 18 AUS Enno Buesselmann Birrana 273 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Bob & Marj Brown 46 8 90 AUS Ken Hastings Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl B.B. Cameron 45 9 5 AUS Kevin Bartlett Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Chesterfield Filter Racing 43 10 31 AUS Alfredo Costanzo Elfin Mono / Ford 1.6L I4 A. Costanzo 41 NC 6 AUS Max Stewart Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Seiko Service Centre 31 DNS 19 AUS Leo Geoghegan Birrana 273 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Grace Bros. Racing Team DNS 38 AUS Chas Talbot Elfin 600E / Ford 1.6L I4 Chas Talbot Notes Pole position: John McCormack – 1'01.2 Fastest lap: Graham McRae – 1'01.6 References Australian Grand Prix 1972 Australian Grand Prix 1973 1974 Australian Grand Prix External links Image, Graham McRae, McRae GM2, 1973 Australian Grand Prix, autopics.com.au Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:Formula 5000 race reports Australian Grand Prix