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1972 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1972 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing series for Sports Cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a national title

The championship was won by John Harvey driving a McLaren M6 Repco.

Schedule

The championship was contested over six rounds:

6	Tasmanian Sports Car Championship	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	12 November	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco

Classes and points system

The championship was open to:

Group A Sports Cars (Open)
Group B Sports Cars (Closed)
Group D Production Sports Cars

Cars competed in two classes, Over 2500cc and Up to 2500cc.

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class at each round and on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright placegetters at each round.

Championship standings

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Phi	Ade	War	Sur	Wan	Sym
John Harvey	2, 76, 1	McLaren M6 Repco	Bob Jane Racing	13	13	13	13	2	13	67
Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche 906	Porsche Distributors	12	12	12	11	-	-	47
Phil Moore	6	Elfin 360 Repco	Phil Moore	-	-	8	7	11	12	38
Doug Macarthur		Rennmax Repco	Doug Macarthur	8	8	-	-	-	3	19
Henry Michell	61	Elfin 360 Repco	Henry Michell	5	-	5	4	-	5	19
Howie Sangster	20	McLaren LT170 Chevrolet	Shell Racing	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
Charlie Occhipinti		Elfin ME5 Chevrolet	Monza Motors	-	7	6	-	-	-	13
Ray Hanger	4	Rennmax BMW	Ray Hanger	3	4	-	3	-	-	10
Stan Keen	21	Elfin 400	Stan Keen Motors	-	-	-	9	-	-	9
Stuart Kostera	27	Matich SR3	Stuart Kostera	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
Bruce Gowans	30	Lotus 23B Cosworth	A Ling	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
Chris Royston	47	Lotus 47	Shell Racing	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
Max Thompson		Elfin 400 Ford	Max Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Derek Vince	31	Graduate Mk 11	Derek Vince	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
Alan Nitschke		Ford Special	Vimy Ridge Service Station	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
Bill O'Gorman		Matich SR5 Waggott	Bill O'Gorman Racing	-	-	2	-	-	2	4
Bruce Leer		Milano GT2 Holden	Bruce Leer	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
Gordon Mitchell	37	Austin-Healey Sprite	Gordon Mitchell	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
Terry Southall		Elfin 400B Chevrolet	Terry Southall	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
Barry Bassingthwaite		Nota Sportsman Ford	Barry Bassingthwaite	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
Barry Coleman	55	Bolwell Mk.7	Barry Coleman	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Moss Angliss		Milano GT2 Holden	Bruce Leer	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
Tony McAlinden	36	U2 Mk.8B	Tony McAlinden	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
Graeme Ibbotson	48	Jomax	Graeme Ibbotson	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
Paul Gibson	10	Lotus 23B Ford	Hoot Gibson and Sons	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
Brian Cole	38	MG Midget		-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Keith Murray		Welsor Waggott	Spinning Wheel Tyre Co	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Peter Turnbull		Turnham Climax	Peter Turnbull	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

References

A History Of Australian Motor Sport (1980)
Around The Houses (1980)
Autopics

References

Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1972, pages 86 to 90
and was the fourth [[Australian Sports Car Championship]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20160123221648/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2016-1.pdf2016 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport - Australian Titles, as archived at web.archive.org]
Sports Car Series, Australian Motoring Yearbook 1973 Edition, pages 170 to 179
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180904fw_/http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1972-all.pdf Western Australian Race Results 1972, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org]
Automobiles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1972, pages 189 to 190
Steven Chopping, Wet Wind-Up Down South, Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No. 1, pages 86 & 87

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