1979 Australian Tourist Trophy

February 2015 February 2015 thumb|250px|Original club layout of the Winton Motor Raceway The 1979 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Winton circuit in Victoria, Australia on 28 October 1979.Chris de Fraga, A triumph for the Formula 5000s, The Age, Monday, 29 October 1979, page 40 It was open to Group A Sports CarsAustralian Title Conditions, 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 98 and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australia Title. The race, which was the seventeenth Australian Tourist Trophy,Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5 was won by Paul Gibson, driving a Rennmax Repco. Results PositionGreg Stanfield, Gibson's Titanic TT!, Racing Car News, December 1979, pages 55 & 56 Driver No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Paul Gibson 3 Rennmax Repco Adele Phillips 40 2 Stuart Kostera 2Stuart Kostera Elfin MS7 - Winton - 28 October 1979 - Photographer Darren House, autopics.com.au Retrieved on 8 August 2014 Elfin MS7 Stuart Kostera 40 3 Grant Gibson 11James Murcott, Alfie - by a cubic inch, Australian Auto Action, November 8, 1979, Page 14 Rennmax Repco Grant Gibson 40 4 David Richardson 66 Matich SR3A David Richardson 40 5 Peter Jones Cheetah CorollaJim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183 Speco-VHT Motor Products 39 6 Ross Wemyss Allison Datsun John Allison 39 7 A. Roberts Roberts S2 Ford Cosworth FVA A. Roberts 38 8 Dennis Burdon Redwing Leyland Dennis Burdon 36 9 William Dean U2 Corolla William Dean 35 10 Peter Beehag Farrell Peter Beehag 35 Race statistics Race distance: 40 laps, 57.7 miles, 81.2 km Pole Position: Paul Gibson Race time of winning car: 42.30.0 Fastest lap: 61.1 - Paul Gibson & Stuart Kostera Number of starters: Not yet ascertained Number of finishers: Not yet ascertained References & notes External links Paul Gibson, Rennmax & David Richardson, Matich SR3a - Winton - 28 October 1979 - Photographer Darren House, autopics.com.au Category:Australian Tourist Trophy Tourist Trophy Category:Motorsport in Victoria (state)