1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship

Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.

The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.[3]


Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.[3]

Round [3] Name Circuit [3] State Date [3] Winner [3] Car [3]
1   Calder Victoria 25 May Andrew Miedecke Rennmax BN7 Ford
2   Amaroo Park New South Wales 1 June Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
3   Hume Weir Victoria 15 June Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
4   Sandown Victoria 5 July Ken Shirvington March 732 Ford
5   Calder Victoria 10 August Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
6   Symmons Plains Tasmania 28 September Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
7 Rothmans Trophy [4] Phillip island Victoria 30 November Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.[1]

Results

Position Driver [5] No. [3] Car [3] Entrant Cal. [6] Ama. [6] Hum. [6] San. [3] Cal. [6] Sym. [6] Phi. [6] Total. [5]
1 Geoff Brabham 10 Birrana 274 Ford Grace Bros - Levi's Racing Team [7] 6 9 6 - - 9 9 39
2 Alfredo Costanzo 5 Birrana 274 Ford   - - 9 - 9 2 4 24
3 Andrew Miedecke 2 Rennmax BN7 Ford Grace Bros - Levi's Racing Team [7] 9 - 3 - - 4 6 22
4 Ken Shirvington 3 March 732 Ford   3 - 1 - 6 6 - 16
5 Ray Winter 27 Mildren Ford   4 4 - - - 1 - 9
6 Chris Farrell 6 Elfin 622 Ford   - 3 - - 2 3 - 8
7 John Macdonald   Brabham BT41 Ford   - 6 - - - - - 6
= Tony Stewart 21 Brabham BT36 Ford   2 - 4 - - - - 6 [8]
9 Chas Talbot 12 Birrana 274 Ford   - - 2 - 3 - - 5
10 John Leffler   Brabham BT36 Ford   - - - - 4 - - 4
11 Enno Busselmann Elfin 622 Ford   - - - - - - 3 3
12 Tony Maw   Elfin 700 Ford   - 2 - - - - - 2
= Graeme Crawford   Biranna 273 Ford   - - - - - - 2 2
14 Rob Butcher   Asp 330 Toyota [9]   1 - - - - - - 1
= Wolfgang Prejawa 26 Birrana 274 Ford   - 1 - - - - - 1
= Peter Warren   Birrana 273 Ford   - - - - 1 - - 1
= Doug MacArthur   Lola T360 Ford   - - - - - - 1 1

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
  2. ↑ Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
  4. ↑ Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Australian Competition Yearbook refers to the Brabham and Miedecke entries as being from the Grace Bros - Levi's team. The official programme for Calder Raceway, Sunday, March 16 1975 lists the entrant for both cars in the non-championship Van Heusen Formula II Series round as "Grace Bros - Levis Racing Team"
  8. ↑ Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
  9. ↑ The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 13 May 2013