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1975 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars. The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 November 1975. The race was run over 30 laps of the 4.76 km circuit, a total race distance of 143 km.

The championship was won by Garrie Cooper, driving an Elfin MS7.

Results

PositionDriverNo.CarEntrantLaps1234567891011121314151617181920DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
Garrie Cooper12Elfin MS7 Repco-HoldenAnsett Team Elfin30
Henry Michelle1Elfin 360 RepcoHenry Michelle29
Fred Gibson33Alfa Romeo T33Alfa Romeo Dealers29
Paul GibsonRennmax RepcoShell Racing28
Stuart Kostera9Repco]]Stuart Kostera28
Barry SingletonElfin 360 RepcoBarry Singleton Motors28
Greg DoidgeElfin 300GSD Sheetmetal27
Andrew RobertsRoberts S2Andrew Roberts27
Peter JonesCheetah Clubman ToyotaMotor Improvements27
Bob RomanoElfin 360Bob Romano27
Jim DavidsonLotus Elan26
Vince GregoryASP 342 Clubman25
Peter MiddletonNganti Ford25
Jim DoigMotorlab ASP25
James BidstrupASP Clubman25
Reg ByrneMGB24
Geoff WalkerGP Datsun24
Steve WebbBolwell Nagari24
Ray GymerTriumph TR523
Gay CesarioFiat 124S23
Tom TymonsFarrell C123
Jim PhillipsRennmax Repco22
Graeme BairdKregol Ford22
Russell CollisGordon Clubman22
Ray BellHustler SC122
Peter HopwoodLotus Elan21
Kevin NordenElfin14
Alan GissingGissing Holden12
Grant GibsonLotus 23B Oldsmobile10
Keith Poole37McLaren M8D ChevroletC&C Autos
Geoff WatsonWatson Corolla
Rex ColliverLotus 47
Chris HockingGordon C2
Peter BeasleyJensen Healey
Doug ClarkWright Renault
David PhillipsLotus 23
Peter WoodwardLotus 47
Ross WemyssFarrell
Doug SheathBolwell
Bob KennedyTriumph TR5
Tim TrevorMG Midget
Richard WarlandASP
John LathamMG Midget
  • Number of entries: 66
  • Number of starters: Unknown
  • Number of finishers: 20
  • Pole position: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7), 1:47.2
  • Winner's race time: 54:44.6
  • Fatstest lap: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7) 1:45.6

Notes & references

References

  1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975, pages 86-87
  2. Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 86-87
  3. It was the seventh [[Australian Sports Car Championship]], and the only one in the twenty-year history of the title to be contested over a single race rather than over a series of races.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150109021052/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC06-Titles-Australian-2015-1.pdf Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au via web.archive.org] Retrieved on 1 November 2015
  4. The Racing Car News race report lists 41 cars in its grid line-up. Australian Competition Yearbook infers that there were 40 starters and names 29, including two (Gymer and Cesario) who are not included in the Racing Car News listing
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