1974 Australian Sports Car Championship

1974 Australian Sports Car Championship 1973 1975 The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86 It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title. Th championship, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship,Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6 was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco.Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 160 to 163 Calendar thumb|The Elfin 360 Repco (foreground) in which Henry Michell won the 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship. The car is pictured in 2008 The championship was contested over a four-round series with one race per round. Round Round name Circuit Date Winner Car 1 Adelaide International Raceway 31 March Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco 2 Calder Raceway 26 MayOfficial 1974 National calendar, Racing Car News, January 1974 Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco 3 Endeavour CupOfficial Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, October 13th (1974) Phillip Island 13 October Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 Repco HoldenAustralian Competition Yearbook refers to Cooper’s car as an Elfin MS7 Repco. Graham Howard’s article “Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning” (Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58) states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine 4 Symmons Plains 11 NovemberSteven Chopping, Michell is Champ!, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 48 & 49 Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 Repco Holden Classes Cars competed in two engine displacement classes: Up to and including 2,500cc Over 2,500cc Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class. Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four place-getters outright, irrespective of class. Championship results Position DriverChampionship Pointscores, Chequered Flag, December 1974 / January 1975, Pages Seventy Six & Seventy Seven CarEntry list for Round 1, Australian Sports Car Championship, Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, March 31, 1974, page 22 Entrant Ade. Cal. Phi. Sym. Total 1 Henry Michell Elfin 360 Repco Henry MichellResults, ASCC Rd 1, Racing Car News, June 1974 12 11 12 12 47 2 Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco Lionel Ayers 13 13 - - 26 = Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin - - 13 13 26 4 Bill O'Gorman Matich SR5 Waggott Singapore Airlines - 6 8 - 14 5 Peter Jones Farrell Clubman Motor Improvements - 4 7 - 11 6 Robin Pare Elfin ME5 Chevrolet Donald Elliott - 9 - - 9 7 Eric Boord Boral Ford Shell Racing Team 8 - - - 8 = Peter Turnbull Turnham GM6 Holden P. Turnbull - - - 8 8 9 Barry Randall Rennmax Repco Litre Motors 7 - - - 7 = Alan Gissing Gissing Holden Alan Gissing 4 3 - - 7 11 Alan Newton R&T Chevrolet A. Newton - - 6 - 6 12 Stuart Kostera Kostera SR3A ChevroletMark Fogarty, Elfin Flies Home, Chequered Flag, November 1974, Pages Forty Six & Forty Seven Stuart Kostera RacingProgram, Calder, May 26 (1974) - 5 - - 5 13 Doug Clark Wright Renault Doug Clark 4 - - - 4 = Paul Gibson Lotus 23B Oldsmobile Paul Gibson - - 4 - 4 15 John Phillips Farrell Galant Kookaburra Racing Team 3 - - - 3 = Mike Drewer Farrell CI/P M. J. Drewer - 3 - - 3 = Ross Wemyss Farrell Toyota Drug Houses of Australia - - 3 - 3 18 Jim Doig Motorlab ASP Motorlab Racing 2 - - - 2 = Vaughan Gibson Farrell Clubman Linc Contemporary - 2 - - 2 20 Peter Hunter Lotus Super 7 Peter Hunter 1 - - - 1 References Sports Car Championship Category:Australian Sports Car Championship