1976 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was a national motor racing title for drivers of CAMS Group D Production Sports Cars. The title was contested over a five round series:

• Round 1, Oran Park, New South Wales, 16 May
• Round 2, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 30 May
• Round 3, Calder, Victoria, 8 August
• Round 4, Hume Weir, New South Wales, 26 September
• Round 5, Phillip Island, Victoria, 21 November

This was the first Australian Sports Car Championship to be restricted to production based cars.

[edit] Results

Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Total
1	Ian Geoghegan	1	Porsche 911S	Ian Geoghegan	9	9	6	6	6	36
2	Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche RSR Turbo Porsche 934 Turbo	JAG Team Porsche	-	6	9	9	9	33
3	Rusty French	6	De Tomaso Pantera	Holley Performance	6	2	-	4	4	16
4	Peter Hopwood		Lotus Elan		3	4	-	-	-	7
5	Paul Trevethan		MGB GT V8	Broadwalk MG Centre	-	-	3	3	-	6
6	Ross Bond		Bolwell Nagari		2	3	-	-	-	5
7	Steve Webb		Bolwell Nagari		4	-	-	-	-	4
	Peter Woodward		Lotus 47		-	-	4	-	-	4
9	Alan Edwards		Bolwell Nagari	Motorfast Datsun	-	-	-	-	3	3
10	Max Grayson		Jaguar E Type		-	-	2	-	-	2
	John Gourlay		Turner		-	-	-	2	-	2
	Bob Kennedy		Triumph TR5	Triumph Sports Owners Association	-	-	-	-	2	2
13	Jim Davidson		Lotus Elan		1	-	-	-	-	1
	John Latham		Porsche Carrera		-	1	-	-	-	1
	Dick Smith		MGB		-	-	1	-	-	1
	Tim Trevor		Lotus 47		-	-	-	1	-	1
	Ken Price		MG Midget	Ken Price	-	-	-	-	1	1

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters in each round.

[edit] References

• A History of Australian Motor Sport, © 1980
• Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977
• CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1976
• Evan Green's World Of Motor Sport © 1977
• Racing Car News, January 1977
• www.camsmanual.com.au
• Australian Motor Racing Year, 1986/87, Page 84