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1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a motor racing competition for Group D Production Sports Cars. It was authorised as an Australian National Title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS).

The championship was won jointly by Alan Hamilton and John Latham driving a Porsche 934 Turbo and a Porsche Carrera RSR respectively.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a six-round series.

6Phillip IslandVictoria20 NovemberOne raceAlan HamiltonPorsche 934

Classes

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.

  • Up to and including 2000cc
  • Over 2000cc

Results

22John Gourlay23Bolwell NagariJohn Gourlay1

Note: Hamilton achieved four round wins to Latham's one, however there was no countback process incorporated in the points system to act as a tiebreaker, so the two drivers shared the title.

References

References

  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 to 88
  2. 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 203
  3. It was the ninth [[Australian Sports Car Championship]] to be awarded by CAMS.Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  4. Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 104-108
  5. Greg Stanfield, Rusty's Revenge, Racing Car News, February 1977, pages 36 & 37
  6. Entry list, official program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 April 1977
  7. Ray Bell, Hopwood Hares Ahead, Racing Car News, May 1977, pages 48 & 49
  8. Ray Bell, Lucky Latham, Racing Car News, July 1977, page 28
  9. Official Programme, Lakeside International Raceway, July 24, 1977
  10. Ray Bell, Turbo Too Good At Lakeside, Racing Car News, September 1977, pages 32 & 33
  11. Ray Bell, Hamilton Closes The Gap, Racing Car News, December 1977, pages 54 & 55
  12. Hamilton and Latham Tie, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 28
  13. Racing Car News Masters of Motor Sport '77, pages 24 & 25
  14. Various Racing Car News round reports
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