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1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship

Eight running of America's premier open wheel racing series' Sports Car Club

The 1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the eighth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier open wheel racing series. It was the first to be sanctioned jointly by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC), and the first to be held under the "SCCA /USAC Formula 5000 Championship" name.

The championship was open to SCCA Formula 5000 cars and, for the first time, to USAC cars powered by 161 cid turbocharged, 255 cid double overhead camshaft or 305 cid "stock block" engines. It was won by Brian Redman driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.

Race calendar

The championship was contested over seven races.

Race	Date	Name	Circuit	Race distance	Winning driver	Winning car
1	June 2		Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	42 laps	GBR Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
2	June 15		Mosport Park	40 laps	GBR David Hobbs	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
3	July 14		Watkins Glen International	30 laps	USA Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
4	July 28		Road America	25 laps	USA Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
5	September 1	California Grand Prix	Ontario Motor Speedway	34 laps	GBR Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
6	October 13	Monterey Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway	50 laps	GBR Brian Redman	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8
7	October 27	Riverside Grand Prix	Riverside International Raceway	40 laps	USA Mario Andretti	Lola T332 – Chevrolet V8

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each race.

Championship standings

Position	Driver	Car	Points
1	GBR Brian Redman	Lola T332 Chevrolet	105
2	USA Mario Andretti	Lola T332 Chevrolet	97
3	GBR David Hobbs	Lola T332 Chevrolet	55
4	CAN Eppie Wietzes	Lola T332 Chevrolet	49
5	USA Brett Lunger	Eagle Chevrolet	33
6	USA John Gunn	March 73A Chevrolet
Lola T332 Chevrolet	27
7	AUS Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	20
8	NZL Graham McRae	Talon MR1 Chevrolet
Lola T332 Chevrolet
McRae GM2 Chevrolet	19
9	USA Evan Noyes	Lola T332 Chevrolet	18
10	USA Tuck Thomas	Lola T332 Chevrolet	16
11	GBR James Hunt	Lola T332 Chevrolet
Eagle Chevrolet	15
12	USA Jon Woodner	Talon MR1 Chevrolet	15
13	USA Mike Mosley	Lola T332 Chevrolet	11
14	USA Al Unser	Lola T330 Chevrolet	10
15	CAN Horst Kroll	Lola T300 Chevrolet	10
16	USA Sam Posey	Talon MR1 Chevrolet	9
17	USA Tony Settember	Lola T330 Chevrolet	9
18	USA Roger Bighouse	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	8
19	ARG Nestor García-Veiga	Eagle Chevrolet
Lola T330 Chevrolet	6
=	USA Jerry Grant	Lola T332 Chevrolet	6
21	USA Jim Hawes	Lola T330 Chevrolet	5
22	USA Bill Tempero	March 73A Chevrolet	4
=	USA John Morton	Lola T332 Chevrolet
Eagle Chevrolet	4
24	USA Gus Hutchison	March 74A Chevrolet	4
25	USA Johnny Rutherford	Lola T330 Chevrolet	4
26	USA Tom Jones	McLaren M22 Chevrolet	3
27	USA James Dunkel	Chevron B24 Chevrolet	2
=	ITA Lella Lombardi	Eagle Chevrolet
Lola T332 Chevrolet	2
29	USA Dan Furey	Lola T192 Chevrolet
Lola T332 AMC	1

References

[http://www.myf5000.com/race_review.html ''1967-1974'', www.myf5000.com] Retrieved on 6 May 2014
David F Stone, ''Formula 5000'', Automobile Year 1974/75, page 168
Sponsorship by the L&M cigarette brand was not carried forward from the 1973 championship.Wolfgang Kopfler, ''1974 Formula 5000 Championship'', Formula A and Formula 5000 in America - Race by Race, 2003, pages 80 & 81
[http://www.myf5000.com/files/1974_stat.pdf ''1974 Formula 5000 Championship Statistical Review'', www.myf5000.com] Retrieved on 7 May 2014
[http://www.myf5000.com/files/74_p1.pdf ''1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship Review (Part 1)'', www.myf5000.com] Retrieved on 7 May 2014
[http://www.myf5000.com/files/74_p2.pdf ''1974 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship Review (Part 2)'', www.myf5000.com] Retrieved on 7 May 2014

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