1974 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] The title, which was the sixth Australian Sports Car Championship,[2] was won by Henry Michell driving an Elfin 360 Repco.[3]

The Elfin 360 Repco (foreground) in which Henry Michell won the 1974 Australian Sports Car Championship. The car is pictured in 2008
1974 Australian Sports Car Championship
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Calendar

The championship was contested over a four-round series with one race per round.[3]

Round [3] Circuit [3] Date Winner [3] Car [3]
1 Adelaide International Raceway 31 March [3] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
2 Calder Raceway 26 May [4] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
3 Phillip Island 13 October [3] Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 [3] Repco Holden [5]
4 Symmons Plains 11 November [6] Garrie Cooper Elfin MS7 [3] Repco Holden [5]

Classes

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes:[1]

  • Up to and including 2,500cc [1]
  • Over 2,500cc [1]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class.[1] Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four place-getters outright, irrespective of class.[1]

Championship results
Position Driver [6][7] Car [8] Entrant [8] Points [6]
1 Henry Michell [3] Elfin 360 Repco [3] Henry Michell [9] 45
2 Lionel Ayers [3] Rennmax Repco Lionel Ayers 26
= Garrie Cooper [3] Elfin MS7 [3] Repco Holden [5] Ansett Team Elfin [6] 26
4 Bill O'Gorman [3] Matich SR5 Waggott [6] Singapore Airlines 14
5 Peter Jones [3] Farrell Clubman 11
6 Robin Pare [3] Elfin ME5 Chevrolet Donald Elliott 9
7 Eric Boord [3] Boral Ford Shell Racing Team 8
8 Barry Randall [3] Rennmax Repco Brabham Litre Motors 7
= Peter Turnbull [3] Turnham GM6 Holden P Turnbull 7
10 Alan Newton [3] R&T Chevrolet [3] 6
= Alan Gissing [3] Gissing Holden [3] Alan Gissing 6
12 Stuart Kostera [3] SR3A Stuart Kostera Racing 4
= Paul Gibson [3] Lotus 23B Paul Gibson 4
= Doug Clark [8] Wright Renault Doug Clark 4
15 Ross Wemyss [3] Farrell Toyota 3
= Mike Drewer [9] Farrell CI/P MJ Drewer 3
17 V Gibson 2

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 86
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 160 to 163
  4. Official 1974 National calendar, Racing Car News, January 1974
  5. Australian Competition Yearbook refers to Cooper’s car as an Elfin MS7 Repco. Graham Howard’s article “Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning” (Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58) states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine
  6. Steven Chopping, Michell is Champ!, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 48 & 49
  7. The Final Pointscore listing published with Chopping's Racing Car News report on Round 4 lists only the initials and family names of the drivers. First names have been added from other references, as shown.
  8. Entry list for Round 1, Australian Sports Car Championship, Official Program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, March 31, 1974, page 22
  9. Results, ASCC Rd 1, Racing Car News, June 1974
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