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1976 Australian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship
Grand Prix	Australian
Country	Australia
Official name	XLI Australian Grand Prix
Location	Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria
Date	12 September
Year	1976
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.926
Course_km	3.100
Distance_laps	47
Distance_mi	90.522
Distance_km	145.70
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Max Stewart
Pole_Country	AUS
Pole_Team	Lola-Chevrolet
Pole_Time	1'01.5
Fast_Driver	John Goss
AUS Vern Schuppan
Fast_Team	Matich-Repco Holden
Elfin-Chevrolet
Fast_Time	1'01.1
Fast_Country	AUS
First_Driver	John Goss
First_Country	AUS
First_Team	Matich-Repco Holden
Second_Driver	Vern Schuppan
Second_Country	AUS
Second_Team	Elfin-Chevrolet
Third_Driver	John Leffler
Third_Country	AUS
Third_Team	Lola-Chevrolet

AUS Vern Schuppan Elfin-Chevrolet

The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.

The race was the forty first Australian Grand Prix and doubled as Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. John Goss won the race driving a Matich A53 Repco-Holden, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international Vern Schuppan who was driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet entered by Ansett Team Elfin. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was John Leffler driving a Lola T400 Chevrolet.

Qualifying results

last1=Wilson	first1=Stewart	editor1-first=Graham	editor1-last=Howard	title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix	year=1986
16	AUS Max Stewart	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	M Stewart	1:01.5	—
12	AUS Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	1:02.5	+1.0
2	AUS John Goss	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	John Goss Racing Pty Ltd	1:04.1	+2.6
4	AUS Jon Davison	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing	1:06.1	+4.6
10	AUS Chris Milton	McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	John Martin's / Shell Sport	1:06.5	+5.0
62	AUS Bruce Allison	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	B Allison	1:07.1	+5.6
15	AUS Terry Hook	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Terry Hook Racing	1:08.1	+6.6
68	AUS John Edmonds	Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	J Edmonds	1:08.5	+7.0
6	AUS Ken Shirvington	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	K Shirvington	1:09.1	+7.6
23	AUS Steven Fraser	Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8	SH & DG Fraser	1:12.9	+11.4
39	AUS Gil Cameron	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	VYI's Sunglasses	1:13.3	+11.8
5	AUS Kevin Bartlett	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Shellsport K Bartlett	1:16.7	+15.2
7	AUS John Leffler	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Grace Bros Racing	1:34.9	+33.4
20	AUS Andrew Miedecke	Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4	Grace Bros Racing	1:08.5	+7.0
83	AUS Peter Larner	Elfin 700 / England 1.6L I4	P Larner	1:08.6	+7.1
33	AUS Mike Stack	Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L I4	M Stack	1:11.4	+9.9
17	AUS John Millard	Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4	Chrystal Millard	DNP

Race results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Entrant	Laps
2	AUS John Goss	Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	John Goss Racing Pty Ltd	47	48m 41.4s
12	AUS Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Ansett Team Elfin	47	48m 41.9s
7	AUS John Leffler	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Grace Bros Racing	46
10	AUS Chris Milton	McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	John Martin's / Shell Sport	39
20	AUS Andrew Miedecke	Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl	Grace Bros Racing	37
5	AUS Kevin Bartlett	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Shellsport K Bartlett	33	engine
23	AUS Steven Fraser	Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8	SH & DG Fraser	27
16	AUS Max Stewart	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	M Stewart	26	engine
4	AUS Jon Davison	Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing	19	engine
83	AUS Peter Larner	Elfin 700 / England 1.6L 4cyl	P Larner	17	crash
15	AUS Terry Hook	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	Terry Hook Racing	12	engine
39	AUS Gil Cameron	McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	VYI's Fashion Sunglasses	8	engine
6	AUS Ken Shirvington	Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	K Shirvington	1	crash
62	AUS Bruce Allison	Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8	B Allison	1	stuck throttle / crash
68	AUS John Edmonds	Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8	J Edmonds	0	clutch
33	AUS Mike Stack	Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl	M Stack
17	AUS John Millard	Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl	Chrystal Millard

References

Official programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 22
Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
Official programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 39
''Australian National Formula One Review'', Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93

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