1976 Australian Sports Car Championship

1976 Australian Sports Car Championship 1975 1977 The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian national motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80-83 It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the eighth Australian Sports Car Championshipcams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org and was the first to be restricted to production based cars.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1979\\80, pages 165-174 The championship was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Porsche Carrera.Evan Green's World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 30 Schedule The championship was contested over five rounds: Round Circuit State Date Format Round winner Car 1 Oran Park New South Wales 16 May Two heats Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera 2 Amaroo Park New South Wales 30 May Two heats Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera 3 Calder Victoria 8 August Two heats Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo RSROfficial Programme, Calder, 8 August 1976 4 Hume Weir Victoria 26 September Two heats Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo 5 Phillip Island Victoria 21 November One race Alan Hamilton Porsche 934 TurboCrawford, Geoghegan wrap up titles, Racing Car News, January 1977, pages 30-31 Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first six places at each round. Championship standings Position Driver Car EntrantOfficial Programme, Oran Park, 16 May 1976Official Programme, Amaroo Park, 30 May 1976Official Programme, Phillip Island, 21 & 28 November 1976 Ora Ama Cal Hum Phi Total 1 Ian Geoghegan Porsche Carrera Laurex Pty Ltd 9 9 6 6 6 36 2 Alan Hamilton Porsche Turbo RSR Porsche 934 Turbo JAG Team Porsche - 6 9 9 9 33 3 Rusty FrenchDe Tomaso Pantera Rusty French 6 2 - 4 4 16 4Peter HopwoodLotus Elan P Hopwood 3 4 - - - 7 5 Paul TrevethanMGB GT V8 Broadwalk MG Centre - - 3 3 - 6 6 Ross BondBolwell Nagari Ian Morgan 2 3 - - - 5 7 Steve WebbBolwell Nagari Eventemp Air Conditioning 4 - - - - 4 = Peter WoodwardLotus 47 Peter Woodward - - 4 - - 4 9 Alan EdwardsBolwell Nagari Motorfast Datsun - - - - 3 3 10 Max GraysonJaguar E Type - - 2 - - 2 = John GourlayMG Midget J Gourlay - - - 2 - 2 = Bob KennedyTriumph TR5 Triumph Sports Owners Association - - - - 2 2 13 Jim DavidsonLotus Elan JS Davidson 1 - - - - 1 = John LathamPorsche Carrera J Latham - 1 - - - 1 = Gay CesarioFiat 124 Spider Gay Cesario - - 1 - - 1 = Tim TrevorLotus 47 Tim Trevor Motors - - - 1 - 1 = Ken PriceMG Midget K Price - - - - 1 1 References Further reading Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Category:Australian Sports Car Championship Sports Car Championship