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1979 Australian Drivers' Championship
Motor racing competition
Motor racing competition
A 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars. The championship winner was awarded the 1979 CAMS Gold Star. The title, which was the 23rd Australian Drivers' Championship, was won by Johnnie Walker, driving a Lola T332.
Schedule
The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round.
| 3 | Rothmans 10,000 | Sandown | Victoria | 9 September | Alfredo Costanzo | Lola T430 Chevrolet |
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Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each race.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Wan | Ora | San | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnie Walker | 25 | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Magnum Wheels | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |||||||||
| John Bowe | 11 | Elfin MR8 Chevrolet | Ansett Team Elfin | 6 | 9 | - | 15 | |||||||||
| Alfredo Costanzo | 84 | Lola T430 Chevrolet | Porsche Cars Australia | - | - | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Rob Butcher | 10 | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Rob Butcher | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
| John Smith | 71 | Ralt RT1 Ford | John Smith | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| John Wright | 76 | Lola T400 Chevrolet | John Wright | - | 6 | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Graham McRae | 2 | McRae GM3 | Settlement Road Wreckers | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Chas Talbot | 3 | Lola T332C | Chas Talbot | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||||
| Terry Hook | 15 | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Terry Hook | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||||||||
| Peter Edwards | 21 | Lola T332 | PJ Edwards | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Paul Hamilton | 88 | Elfin 600 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Barry Singleton | 19 | Gardos GL1 Chevrolet | Barry Singleton | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Championship name
Sources of the time differ as to the actual name of the championship with both Australian Drivers' Championship and Australian Formula 1 Championship being used. "Australian Drivers' Championship" is used by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in its historic documentation and that term has been used here.
References
References
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, pages 94-96
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404083424/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC05-Titles-Gold-Star-2016-1.pdf Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org]
- Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, page 214
- Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, pages 88-97
- Wolfgang Kopfler, 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 214
- Souvenir Programme, Wanneroo Raceway, Australian Grand Prix, 11th March 1979
- Official Program, Sandown, 9 September 1979
- The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 426-434
- Ray Bell, Alfie storms back, Racing Car News, October 1979, pages 28-30
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