1974 Australian Grand Prix

June 2026 CUST Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia Track map for Oran Park--Grand Prix circuit.svg XXXIX Australian Grand Prix Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales November 17 1974 Permanent racing facility 1.628 2.620 61 99.308 159.82 Sunny Max Stewart AUS Lola-Chevrolet 1'05.2 Warwick Brown Lola-Chevrolet 1'05.2 AUS Warwick Brown AUS Lola-Chevrolet John McCormack AUS Elfin-Repco Holden Graeme Lawrence NZL Lola-Chevrolet The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 1 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with V8 production pushrod engines of up to 5000cc or free design engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2000cc. The former are commonly referred to as Formula 5000 cars.The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 2 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with engines of up to 1600cc The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship. Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.Wilson Stewart Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 380–387 1974 It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory. Classification Results were as follows: Qualifying Pos Driver No. Official Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, November 17th, 1974 Car Entrant Qual Gap 1 AUS Max Stewart 6 Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Max Stewart Motors 1:05.2 — 2 AUS Warwick Brown 2 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Pat Burke Racing 1:05.3 +0.1 3 AUS Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Chesterfield Filter Racing 1:05.9 +0.7 4 ITA Lella Lombardi 1 Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team 1:07.0 +1.8 5 AUS John McCormack 9 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:07.5 +2.3 6 NZL Graeme Lawrence 14 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Marlboro Racing 1:08.0 +2.8 7 AUS Garrie Cooper 3 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:09.2 +4.0 8 AUS Jon Davison 4 Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 J. Davison 1:09.2 +4.0 9 AUS John Leffler 7 Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 Grace Bros. Race Team 1:09.7 +4.5 10 AUS John Goss 8 Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd. 1:11.9 +6.7 11 AUS Ken Shirvington 15 March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 K. Shirvington 1:14.4 +9.2 Race Pos Driver No. Car Entrant Laps Time 1 AUS Max Stewart 6 Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Max Stewart Motors 61 1h 08m 43.0s 2 AUS John McCormack 9 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 61 1h 09m 43.3s 3 NZL Graeme Lawrence 14 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Marlboro Racing 60 1h 08m 51.2s AJ van Loon, Victory by Default, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 22 to 27 4 AUS Jon Davison 4 Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 J. Davison 59 1h 09m 13.0s 5 AUS Garrie Cooper 3 Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 58 1h 09m 19.9s Ret AUS Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Chesterfield Filter Racing 58 fuel pick up Ret AUS Warwick Brown 2 Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Pat Burke Racing 49 harmonic balancer Ret ITA Lella Lombardi 1 Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Ansett Team 47 oil pump Ret AUS John Leffler 7 Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl Grace Bros. Race Team 26 valve DNS AUS John Goss 8 Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty. Ltd. engine bearing DNQ AUS Ken Shirvington 15 March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl K. Shirvington Did not qualify Notes Attendance: More than 20,000 Pole position: Max Stewart - 1'05.2 Fastest lap: Warwick Brown - 1'05.2, 146.3 km/h (90.9 mph), new outright record Ray Bell, Lucky Stewart Bags AGP, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 60-61 Notes & references Australian Grand Prix 1973 Australian Grand Prix 1974 1975 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Formula 5000 race reports Australian Grand Prix