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1974 Oran Park 100
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CUST Race 5 of 8 in 1974 Tasman Series Oran Park 100 Australia Track map for Oran Park--South circuit.svg Oran Park 100 Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales February 3 1974 Permanent racing facility 1.218 1.960 90 109.20 176.40 Sunny John McCormack AUS Elfin MR5 39.900 Johnnie Walker Lola T330 40.000 AUS Max Stewart AUS Lola T330 Johnnie Walker AUS Lola T330 Warwick Brown AUS Lola T332
The 1974 Oran Park 100, one of three races marketed as the Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 was the fifth round of the 1974 Tasman Series. It was open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula, which permitted Formula 5000-style cars and 2-litre cars. The race and was held at Oran Park Raceway on 3 February 1974.
It was held on the same circuit that would in November be used for the Australian Grand Prix. Australian driver Max Stewart won the race and would go on to win the Grand Prix as well. Wilson Stewart The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix R & T Publishing 1986 0-9588464-0-5 380–387
Classification
Pos Driver Car Laps Time 1 Australia Max Stewart Lola T330 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 90 1h 01m 22.0s 2 Australia Johnnie Walker Lola T330 / Repco 4994cc V8 90 3 Australia Warwick Brown Lola T332 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 90 4 Australia John McCormack Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 90 5 UK Peter Gethin Chevron B24 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 90 6 Belgium Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 90 7 New Zealand Graeme Lawrence Lola T332 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 90 8 Australia John Leffler March 722 / Cosworth 1790cc 4cyl 87 9 Australia Garrie Cooper Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 83 10 New Zealand Baron Robertson Elfin MR5 / Repco 4994cc V8 73 Ret Australia Bob Muir Matich A52 / Repco 4994cc V8 69 Fuel Pump Ret New Zealand David Oxton Begg FM5 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 48 Rocker Stud Ret New Zealand Garry Pedersen McLaren M18 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 48 Driveshaft Ret Australia Errol Richardson Wortmeyer SCV / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 5 Accelerator DSQ New Zealand Graham McRae McRae GM2 / Chevrolet 4995cc V8 4 Disqualified
http://www.sergent.com.au/tas74a.html 1974 Australian Tasman Races 9 October 2008 https://archive.today/20120910043751/http://www.sergent.com.au/tas74a.html 10 September 2012 dead
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Category:Tasman Series
Oran Park 100
Category:Formula 5000 race reports