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1974 Australian Drivers' Championship
Motor racing competition
Motor racing competition
The 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars with the winner awarded the 1974 CAMS "Gold Star". It was the 18th Australian Drivers' Championship.
The championship was won by Max Stewart driving a Lola T330 Chevrolet.
Calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds:
| 6 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 24 November | One race |
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Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a CAMS General Competition Licence were eligible, therefore any placings gained by international licence holders were ignored by CAMS when allocating championship points.
Championship standings
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Ora. | Sur. | Cal. | San. | Ora. | Phi. | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 51 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Chesterfield Filter Racing | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 9 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Phil Moore | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 16 | |||||||||||
| Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||
| John McCormack | Elfin ML6 Leyland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 8 | ||||||||||||
| John Leffler | Bowin P8 Ford | Grace Bros - Levi's Team | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 | |||||||||||
| Jon Davison | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | Jon Davison | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | |||||||||||
| Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Goss | Matich A53 Repco-Holden | McLeod Ford | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |||||||||||
| Kurt Seeberg | Brabham BT36 Ford | Ken Dykes Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Allison | Birrana 274 Ford | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chas Talbot | Birrana 274 Ford | Chas Talbot | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References
References
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1974, pages 84-85
- Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975, pages 68-83
- Official Programme, Sandown, November 3rd, 1974
- Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 6-11 and 96-97
- Official Program, Calder Raceway, October 20, 1974
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