1977 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1][2] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[3]
Calendar
[edit]The championship was contested over a six-round series.[4]
- Round 1, Calder, Victoria, January
- Round 2, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 3 April[5]
- Round 3, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 29 May[6]
- Round 4, Lakeside, Queensland
- Round 5, Oran Park, New South Wales, 30 October[7]
- Round 6, Phillip Island, Victoria, 20 November[8]
Classes
[edit]Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.[1]
- Up to and including 2000cc
- Over 2000cc
Results
[edit]| Position[8] | Driver[4][8][9] | No.[5] | Car[4][5][8] | Entrant[5][8] | Points[8] |
| 1 | Alan Hamilton | 9 | Porsche 934 Turbo | Porsche Distributors | 58 |
| John Latham | 64 | Porsche Carrera RSR | Kodak Film | 58 | |
| 3 | Peter Hopwood | 77 | Lotus Elan | Peter Hopwood | 33 |
| 4 | Rusty French | 2 & 3 | de Tomaso Pantera | Rusty French | 31 |
| 5 | Tim Trevor | 47 | Lotus 47 | Tim Trevor Motors Pty Ltd | 21 |
| 6 | Warwick Henderson | 99 | Chevrolet Corvette (C3) | Warwick Henderson | 15 |
| 7 | Bernard Bisseling | 65 | Turner | Bernard Bisseling | 13 |
| 8 | Fernando D'Alberto | 33 | Datsun 260Z | Fernando D'Alberto | 12 |
| 9 | Alan Hanns | 54 | Datsun 2000 | Bolwell Car Club | 10 |
| Matt Pintar | MGB | 10 | |||
| 11 | Ray Winter | MGB | Peter McCabe | 9 | |
| 12 | Bob Kennedy | 60 | Triumph TR5 | Triumph Sports Owners Association | 7 |
| 13 | Peter Woodward | Lotus 47 | 6 | ||
| Bill Evans | 7 | Triumph TR7 | Playboy Racing | 6 | |
| Barry Main | 6 | Bolwell Nagari | Trutra | 6 | |
| 16 | Bob Rowntree | MG Midget | 4 | ||
| Peter Beasley | MG Midget | Peter Beasley | 4 | ||
| 18 | Robbie Rowland | 26 | Austin-Healey 3000 | Robbie Rowland | 3 |
| Johnson | MG | 3 | |||
| 20 | David Henderson | 2 | |||
| Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 911S | 2 | |||
| 22 | John Gourlay | 23 | Bolwell Nagari | John Gourlay | 1 |
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.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 88
- ^ 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 203
- ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS of Motor Sport, page 14-6
- ^ a b c d Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 104-108
- ^ a b c d Entry list, official program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 April 1977
- ^ Archives, Racing Car News, July 1987, page 66
- ^ 10 Years Ago, Racing Car News, Dec/Jan 1987/88, page 25
- ^ a b c d e f Hamilton and Latham Tie, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 28
- ^ Hamilton Moves Up, Chequered Flag, December 1977
- ^ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 76-77