1974 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars with the winner awarded the 1974 CAMS "Gold Star".[1] It was the 18th Australian Drivers' Championship.

The championship was won by Max Stewart driving a Lola T330 Chevrolet.

Calendar

The championship was contested over six rounds:[2]

Round	Name	Circuit	State	Date	Format
1	Chesterfield Filter Cup	Oran Park	New South Wales	4 August	Two Heats
2	The Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	1 September	Two Heats
3		Calder	Victoria	20 October	Two Heats
4	Marlboro 100 (Incorporating the Victorian Trophy Race)[3]	Sandown Park	Victoria	3 November	One race
5	Australian Grand Prix	Oran Park	New South Wales	17 November	One race
6		Phillip Island	Victoria	24 November	One race

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a CAMS General Competition Licence were eligible, therefore any placings gained by international licence holders were ignored by CAMS when allocating championship points.[1]

Championship standings

Position	Driver	Car	Entrant	Ora.	Sur.	Cal.	San.	Ora.	Phi.	Total[4]
1	Max Stewart	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Max Stewart Motors	9	9	9	9	9	6	51
2	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Chesterfield Filter Racing	-	4	6	6	-	9	25
3	Phil Moore	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	3	6	3	4	-	-	16
4	Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	-	1	4	-	3	3	11
5	John McCormack	Elfin ML6 Leyland Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	2	-	-	-	6	-	8
6	John Leffler	Bowin P8 Ford	Grace Bros - Levi's Team	1	2	2	2	-	-	7
	Jon Davison	Matich A50 Repco-Holden	Jon Davison	-	-	-	3	4	-	7
8	Warwick Brown	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Pat Burke Racing	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
9	John Goss	Matich A53 Repco-Holden	McLeod Ford[3]	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Kurt Seeberg	Brabham BT36 Ford	Ken Dykes Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
11	Bruce Allison	Birrana 274 Ford		-	3	-	-	-	-	3
12	Chas Talbot	Birrana 274 Ford	Chas Talbot[5]	-	-	1	-	-	-	1

References

1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1974, pages 84-85
2. Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975, pages 68-83
3. Official Programme, Sandown, November 3rd, 1974
4. Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 6-11 and 96-97
5. Official Program, Calder Raceway, October 20, 1974

Further reading

• Graham Howard; Stewart Wilson; Ray Bell; Des White; Noel Tuckey; John Medley; Mark Durham; Terry Walker (1986). The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. R&T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
• Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 67-68
• Racing Car News, December 1974, Sandown report, pages 38–40
• Racing Car News, December 1974, Oran Park AGP report, pages 60–61
• Racing Car News, January 1975, Phillip Island report, page 60

External links

• Australian Drivers' Championship records from www.camsmanual.com.au
• 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship round results from www.oldracingcars.com