1975 Australian Drivers' Championship

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The 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship was the ninteenth Australian Drivers' Championship. It was contested by drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 Racing cars over a five round series with points awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.

The championship winner was awarded the 1975 CAMS "Gold Star".

[edit] Results

Results of the championship were as follows:

Position Driver No. Car Entrant Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Points
1 John McCormack 9 Elfin MR6 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin 3 - 9 9 6 27
2 John Walker 25 Lola T332 Repco Holden John Walker - 9 3 6 4 22
3 Max Stewart 1 Lola T400 Chevrolet Sharp Racing Team 9 - 6 4 - 19
4 Kevin Bartlett 5 Lola T400 Chevrolet Shell Racing - 4 1 3 9 17
5 John Leffler 7 Bowin P8 Chevrolet Grace Brothers Levis 6 3 4 - 1 14
6 Bruce Allison 62 Lola T332 Chevrolet - 6 - - - 6
7 Ray Winter 27 Mildren Ford 4 - - - - 4
8 Paul Bernasconi 6 Lola T330 Chevrolet Sharp Racing Team - 2 - 2 - 4
9 Enno Busselmann 10 Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann - - - - 3 3
10 Chris Milton McLaren M22 Chevrolet 2 - - 1 - 3
11 Garrie Cooper 2 Elfin MR5 Repco Holden Ansett Team Elfin - - 2 - - 2
Ian Fergusson Bowin P6 Ford Ian Fergusson - - - - 2 2
13 John Goss 2 Matich A53 Repco Holden - 1 - - - 1

[edit] Sources

  • A History Of Australian Motor Sport, 1980
  • Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 edition
  • CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975
  • Racing Car News, January 1976
  • The official 50 year history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986
  • Confederation of Australian Motor Sport