1978 Rothmans International Series

The 1978 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition [1] open to Australian Formula 1 cars.[2] The series, which was the third Rothmans International Series,[3] was won by Warwick Brown, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.[1] [4]

1978 Rothmans International Series
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Schedule

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.[1]

Round [1] Circuit [1] Date [1] Winning driver [1] Car [1] [4]
1 Sandown Park 5 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
2 Adelaide International Raceway [5] 12 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
3 Surfers Paradise 19 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
4 Oran Park 26 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.[4]

Series results
Position [4] Driver [4] Car [6][4] Entrant [6] San [7] Ade [8] Sur [8] Ora [8] Total [4]
1 Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 9 9 9 9 36
2 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin - 6 6 3 15
3 Bruce Allison Chevron B37 Chevrolet Bill Patterson Racing - 3 - 6 9
4 John Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels - 4 3 1 8
5 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 6 - - - 6
= Graham McRae McRae GM3 Chevrolet Graham McRae - 2 - 4 6
7 John Cannon March 761 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 4 - - - 4
= Don Breidenbach Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team - - 4 - 4
= John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 1 1 - 2 4
10 Alan Hamilton Lola T430 Chevrolet Porsche Car Distributors 2 - 1 - 3
= Keith Holland Lola T332 Chevrolet Jon Davison [7] 3 - - - 3
12 John David Briggs Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team - - 2 - 2

References
  1. Rothmans International Series, Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8, pages 68 to 79
  2. Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 3
  3. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 55 to 61
  4. Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 193
  5. Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, front cover
  6. (Entry list), Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 39
  7. Results from Sandown, Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 36
  8. Points for Rounds 2, 3 & 4 have been calculated by applying the points system as published in Wolfgang Klopfer’s Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race to the round results published in Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8
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