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1975 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition

The 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars. The championship winner was awarded the 1975 CAMS "Gold Star". was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five-round series.

5	Phillip Island Classic Cup	Phillip Island	23 November	One race	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T400 Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a current and valid full General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible.

Championship results

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Sur	San	Ora	Cal	Phi
John McCormack	9	Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	3	-	9	9	6	27
Johnnie Walker	25	Lola T332 Repco-Holden	John Walker	-	9	3	6	4	22
Max Stewart	1	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Sharp Corporation	9	-	6	4	-	19
Kevin Bartlett	5	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Shell Racing	-	4	1	3	9	17
John Leffler	7	Bowin P8 Chevrolet	Grace Brothers Levis	6	3	4	-	1	14
Bruce Allison	62	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Hobby & Toyland Racing	-	6	-	-	-	6
Ray Winter	27	Mildren Mono Ford	Ray Winter	4	-	-	-	-	4
Paul Bernasconi	6	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Sharp Corporation	-	2	-	2	-	4
Enno Busselmann	10	Elfin 622 Ford	Enno Busselmann	-	-	-	-	3	3
Chris Milton	10	McLaren M22 Chevrolet	Labrador Pharmacy/Shell Racing	2	-	-	1	-	3
Garrie Cooper	12	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	-	-	2	-	-	2
Ian Fergusson		Bowin P6 Ford	Ian Fergusson	-	-	-	-	2	2
John Goss	2	Matich A53 Repco-Holden	John Goss Racing P/L	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note: New Zealander Graeme Lawrence placed fourth in the Surfers Paradise round but was not eligible to score championship points.

Championship name

Contemporary publications used various names for the championship including Australian Formula 1 Championship, and this term has been used in this article.

References

''Conditions for Australian Titles'', 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 85
The title, which was the nineteenth [[Australian Drivers' Championship]],''Past Title winners'', 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 56
''Australian National Formula One Review'', Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 116 to 128
[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=A75A ''Australian Grand Prix'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 6 March 2014
[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=A75B ''Marlboro 100'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 6 March 2014
[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=A75C ''Radio 2JJ Gold Star race'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 6 March 2014
[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=A75D ''TAA Gold Star race'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 6 March 2014
Tom Naughton, ''McCormack's second 'Star', Racing Car News'', January 1976, page 24
Points for each round have been calculated by applying the points system as detailed in the 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport to the round results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition
Des White, Splashing Surfers AGP to Stewart, Racing Car News, October 1975, pages 64 & 65
[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=A75E ''Phillip Island Classic Cup'', www.oldracingcars.com] Retrieved on 6 March 2014

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