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1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship


The 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group B Sports Sedans. The title, which was the inaugural Australian Sports Sedan Championship, was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Chevrolet Monza and a Ford Capri RS3100.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with two heats per round.

7Calder5 DecemberFrank GardnerChevrolet Corvair

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the six best placed drivers at each round.

Results

PositionDriverCarEntrantSurSanOraWanAdeSymCalTotal123456891011141519
Allan MoffatChevrolet Monza
Ford Capri RS3100Allan Moffat Racing99294--33
Frank GardnerChevrolet CorvairJohn Player Racing----99927
Tony EdmondsonChrysler VJ Valiant Charger Repco-HoldenDonald Elliott6-9--6-21
Jim RichardsFord MustangSidchrome-3-66-318
Ian DiffenHolden LJ Torana ChevroletWorld of Tyres3--43-414
Ian GeogheganHolden HQ Monaro GTS 350Craven Mild Racing-6--2--8
Colin BondHolden LH Torana Repco-HoldenHolden Dealer Team-44----8
Brian PottsHolden Torana GTR XU-1-16----7
Bob JaneHolden HQ Monaro GTS 350Bob Jane T Marts------66
Garry RogersFord EscortGarry Rogers2-3----5
Pat CreaFord TC CortinaPat Crea's Volkspares-----4-4
Grant WalkerFord Capri RSGrant Walker4------4
Vince GregoryVolkswagen 1600TS ChevroletGregory Racing----13-4
Brian SmithHolden Torana---3---3
Stuart BeechenHolden Torana GTR XU-1---2---2
Peter WellsVauxhall Viva-----2-2
Ron HarropHolden EH Repco-HoldenRon Harrop-2-----2
John PollardChevrolet CamaroJohn Pollard------22
Ed ConacherHolden Torana GTR XU-1-----1-1
Bruce PeacockFord Anglia---1---1
Lyndon ArnelHolden Torana--1----1
Doug ClarkToyota Celica TA22Brian Hilton1------1
Don HallidayFord CapriHalliday Racing (NZ)------11

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130428094009/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC07_Titles_Australian.pdf ''Australian Titles'', docs.cams.com.au as archived at web.archive.org]
  2. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 3
  3. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 157-158
  4. Evan Green, ''Australian Sports Sedan Championship – 1976 Results'', Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 32
  5. Official Programme, The Opening Round of the 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, 16 May 1976
  6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-nJwz3RS0 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship - Rd 2 Sandown Heat 2, www.youtube.com] Retrieved on 2/7/2014
  7. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 37
  8. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976
  9. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 295
  10. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 9
  11. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 20
  12. (9 December 1976). "Gardner's Final Round". Auto Action.
  13. Mark Oastler, ''Pete Geoghegan’s ‘Craven Mild’ Monaro GTS 350'', Australian Muscle Car, Issue 21, September / October 2005, page 50
  14. Mark Oastler, ''Bob Jane’s Monaro GTS 350'', Australian Muscle Car, Issue 41, January / February 2009, page 60
  15. Ross Lawley, ''Australian Sports Sedan Championship – Round 3 – Oran Park – August 1'', Chequered Flag, August 1976, page 60 to 63
  16. Stewart Wilson, The official racing history of Holden, 1988, Page 343
  17. Tom Naughton, ''Frank's final, Jimmy's SS'', Racing Car News, January 1977, page 48
  18. ''Monza The Best'', Chequered Flag, June 1976, pages 43-44
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