1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars.^[1] It was the eighth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.^[2]

1 Calendar
2 Points system
3 Results
4 Notes & references
5 External links

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.^[3]

Round 1, Hume Weir, Victoria, 16 June
Round 2, Oran Park, New South Wales, 23 June
Round 3, Amaroo Park, New South Wales, 21 July
Round 4, Calder Park Raceway, Victoria,, 18 August
Round 5, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 22 September
Round 6, Phillip Island, Victoria, 13 October
Round 7, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 27 October
Round 8, Lakeside, Queensland, 8 December

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six eligible finishers at each round.^[1] Only holders of a General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible for points and each driver could retain points only from his/her best seven round results.^[1]

Results

Position	Driver	No.	Car ^[4]	Entrant ^[5]^[6]	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total ^[7]
1	Leo Geoghegan	1	Birrana 274 Ford	Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team	9	9	6	9	-	2	-	6	41
2	Bob Muir	6 18 & 3	Rennmax BN6 Ford Birrana 273 Ford	Bob & Marj Brown	-	4	9	6	9	-	9	-	37
3	John Leffler	7	Bowin P8 Ford	Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team	-	2	4	4	-	9	6	-	25
4	Ray Winter	27	Mildren Mono Ford	Ray Winter	-	-	3	2	6	-	4	9	24
5	Bruce Allison	62	Birrana 274 Ford	Hobby & Toyland Racing	1	-	-	3	-	4	-	4	12
6	Graeme Crawford	66	Birrana 273 Ford	Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team	2	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	11
7	Johnnie Walker	2	Elfin 622 Ford	Graeme Crawford	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
8	Wolfgang Prejawa	26	Birrana 274 Ford	Wolfgang Prejawa	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	8
9	Enno Buesselmann	18	Birrana 273 Ford	Bob & Marj Brown	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
9	Tony Stewart	21	Brabham BT36 Ford		3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	6
11	Ken Shirvington	21	March 732 Ford	Ken Shirvington	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4
12	Max Stewart	6	March 722 Ford		-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Chris Farrell	36	Elfin 600B Ford	Chris Farrell	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Ian Douglass	77	March 733M/743 Ford	Ian Douglass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
15	Craig McAllister	10	Elfin 622 Ford	Oxford Spares	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
16	Paul Hamilton	88	Elfin 600 Ford	Paul Hamilton	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
16	Mike Stillwell	6	Elfin 622 Ford	BS Stillwell Ford	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

New Zealander Ken Smith (March 712M/732 Ford) finished 4th at Hume Weir and 6th at Amaroo Park but was not eligible for points.
Malaysian driver Sonny Rajah (March 732 Ford) finished 6th at Hume Weir and 3rd at Symmons Plains but was not eligible for points.
There were only four eligible finishers at the Symmons Plains round.

Notes & references

^ ^a ^b ^c CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1974, pages 84-85
^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
^ Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 84-101
^ 1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship race results Retrieved from www.oldracingcars.com on 27 February 2010
^ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 27 October 1974, page 45
^ Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 22 September 1974
^ Mark Fogarty, Leo, the King again, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1975, pages 52-56

External links

Image of 1974 Australian Formula 2 Champion Leo Geoghegan