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1997 Australian Drivers' Championship

Motor racing competition

Motor racing competition

Jason Bright

The 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Holden regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1997 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Drivers' Champion. and the ninth to feature the Formula Holden category which had been developed during 1988. The championship began on 15 March 1997 at the Calder Park Raceway and ended on 3 August at Oran Park Raceway after seven rounds of a series which was promoted as the "Holden Australian Drivers Championship".

Jason Bright, in his second season in Formula Holden and as new team leader of Birrana Racing, raced to the title, winning eight of the 14 races over the course of the season, wrapping up the championship at the sixth round and choosing to miss the final round. SH Racing's Jason Bargwanna finished second just 13 points behind Bright, although 40 of his points came from two wins at Oran Park in Bright's absence. Mark Noske, driving a Lola, was the only driver to take race wins away from the two Jasons. He was in contention for the championship early in the season, but his charge faded mid-year as he experienced problems at Winton and Eastern Creek and lost third place in the points to New Zealand teenager Scott Dixon in the Ralt Australia prepared Reynard.

Drivers

The following drivers competed in the 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship.

url=http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?25/05/1997.ARDCtitle=Australian Racing Drivers Club 25/05/1997 1997 Shell Australian Touring Car Championship Round 6publisher=National Softwaredate=25 May 1997accessdate=10 April 2010archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990824053451/http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?25%2F05%2F1997.ARDCarchive-date=24 August 1999url-status=dead }}NoCarEntrant
Australia Jason Bright2Reynard 91DGarry & Warren Smith
Australia Darren Edwards3Reynard 92DClem Smith
Australia Bruce Williams4Reynard 92DSimoco Pacific P/L
Australia Stan Keen5Shrike NB89HStan Keen
UK James Taylor6Reynard 91D
Australia Adam Kaplan7Reynard 91DHunter Holden
Australia Dean Irwin8Ralt RT21Dean Irwin
Australia Brenton Ramsay9Reynard 91DBirrana Racing Pty Ltd
Australia Mark Noske10Lola T93/50Mark Noske
New Zealand Scott Dixon11Reynard 91DGraham Watson
Australia Tony Blanche12Reynard 90DGraham Watson
Australia Ryan McLeod12Reynard 90D
Australia Graham Watson12Reynard 90D
Australia Chas Talbot14March 87B
Australia Stephen White15Reynard 91D
Australia Darren Pate19Reynard 92D
Reynard 95DArthur Abrahams
Australia Stephen Cramp21Reynard 94DStephen Cramp
Australia Bob Minogue29Reynard 92DBob Minogue
Australia Owen Osborne34Reynard 92DNHP Electrical
Australia Jason Bargwanna47Reynard 92DSH Racing
Australia Bob Power48Ralt RT23
Australia Kevin Weeks70Reynard 91D
Australia Chris Hocking74Reynard 92DGL Knight and Associates
Australia Brian Sampson78Cheetah Mk. 9
Australia Chas Jacobsen87Reynard 92DChas Jacobsen
Australia Al Callegher99Reynard 90DAlbert Callegher

Note: Formula Holden technical regulations mandated that cars be powered by 3.8 litre Holden V6 engines.

Race calendar

The 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship was contested over seven rounds held in three different states. Each round consisted of two races.

Rd.CircuitLocation, StateDateWinner1234567
Calder Park RacewayMelbourne, Victoria15 MarchJason Bright
Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitPhillip Island, Victoria13 AprilJason Bright
Sandown RacewayMelbourne, Victoria27 AprilJason Bright
Winton Motor RacewayBenalla, Victoria18 MayJason Bargwanna
Eastern Creek RacewaySydney, New South Wales25 MayJason Bright
Mallala Motor Sport ParkMallala, South Australia13 JulyMark Noske
Oran Park RacewaySydney, New South Wales3 AugustJason Bargwanna

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places in each race.

Championship results

PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Pts123456789101112=14=16=1819PosDriverRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Pts
Jason Bright1st(5th)1st1st1st1st3rd2nd1st1stRet1st187
Jason Bargwanna3rd(DNS)2nd2nd2ndDNS1st1st2nd2ndRet2nd1st1st182
Scott Dixon5th(4th)4th6th5th5th4th4th4th4thRet4th4th2nd115
Darren Pate2nd(DNS)8th3rdDSQDNS2nd3rd3rdRet2nd5th5th4th110
Darren Edwards10th(DNS)5th5th3rd2nd5th5thDNSDNS3rdRet2nd3rd99
Mark NoskeRet(1st)3rd4th4th3rdRetDNSDNSDNS1st3rd3rd5th96
Bob Minogue12th(8th)7th8th7th6th7th7th6th6th9th8th11th9th44
Brenton Ramsay11th(10th)6th7thRet7thRetRet8th7th5th9th8th6th40
Stephen Cramp7th(6th)13thDNS7th5th4th6th7th8th39
Bruce WilliamsRet(3rd)9th12th6th4thDNSRet5thRet8th7th9th12th35
Adam KaplanRet3rd6th7th22
Owen Osborne8th(7th)10th10th8thDNS6th6thRetRetRetDNS20
Chas Jacobsen6th(11th)Ret9th11th8th10th8th7th10thRet11th20
Kevin Weeks4th(2nd)10
Chris Hocking15th(14th)RetRet10th9thRet8th9th9thRet11th13th14th10
Stan Keen13th(Ret)6th13th12th13th6
Dean Irwin9th(9th)Ret11th9th11thDNSDNSRet12th10th10th6
Chas Talbot8th9th5
Brian Sampson17th(DNS)11th13th14th10th1

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Note: Race 2 at the opening round at Calder was declared a No Race and no championship points were awarded.

References

References

  1. Specific Conditions, 1997 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 7-10
  2. It was the 41st running of the [[Australian Drivers' Championship]],Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. Official Programme, Mallala, 13 July 1997
  4. (25 May 1997). "Australian Racing Drivers Club 25/05/1997 1997 Shell Australian Touring Car Championship Round 6". National Software.
  5. (13 July 1997). "Mallala Motorsport Park 13/07/1997 The 1997 Shell Australian Touring Car Championships - Round 9". National Software.
  6. 1997 HADC Overall Point Score, Formula Holden Association Inc, 14 August 1997
  7. [http://www.formulaholden.com/archive/index.htm 1997 Holden Australian Drivers Championship Points Allocation] Retrieved in December 2001. Site no longer available. [https://web.archive.org/web/20021207203117/http://www.formulaholden.com/archive/index.htm Archived] 2012-02-23.
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