1977 Rothmans International Series

November 2014 November 2014 1977 Rothmans International Series 1976 1978 The 1977 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competitionRothmans International, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 84 to 95 open to Formula 5000 Racing Cars.Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977 The series, which was the second Rothmans International Series,Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 54 to 56 was won by Warwick Brown driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet. Schedule thumb|Warwick Brown won the series driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008) The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round. Round Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car Report 1 Australian Grand Prix Oran Park 6 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Report 2 Surfers Paradise 13 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet 3 Sandown Park 20 February Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet 4 Adelaide International Raceway 27 February Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet Points system Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 181 Series results Position Driver Car Entrant Ora Sur San Ade Total 1 Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 9 9 - 6 24 2 Peter Gethin Chevron B37 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 6 - 3 15 3 Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet & Lola T332 Chevrolet Theodore Racing / Bill Patterson Motors 3 2 - 9 14 4 Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet Max Stewart - - 9 2 11 = John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing 4 3 - 4 11 6 Alfredo Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet Auto Sprint Motors 1 1 4 - 6 = Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin - - 6 - 6 8 John Leffler Lola T400 Chevrolet Grace Brothers Race Team - 4 - - 4 9 Dave Powell Matich A51 Repco Holden Dave Powell - - 3 - 3 = John McCormack McLaren M23 Repco Leyland Budget Rent-A-Car System - - 2 1 3 11 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 2 - - - 2 There were only five classified finishers at the Sandown Park round. References External links Rothmans International Series 1977, www.oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org Category:Rothmans International Series Rothmans Category:Formula 5000