The 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 November 1975.[2] The race was run over 30 laps of the 4.76 km circuit, a total race distance of 143 km.[2] It was the seventh Australian Sports Car Championship, and the only one in the twenty-year history of the title to be contested over a single race rather than over a series of races.[3]
The championship was won by Garrie Cooper, driving an Elfin MS7.[2]
Results
- Number of entries: 66[4]
- Number of starters: Unknown[6]
- Number of finishers: 20[2][4]
- Pole position: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7), 1:47.2
- Winner's race time: 54:44.6
- Fatstest lap: Garrie Cooper (Elfin MS7) 1:45.6
Notes & references
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975, pages 86-87
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 86-87
- ^ Australian Titles, www.camsmanual.com.au via web.archive.org Retrieved on 1 November 2015
- ^ a b c d e f g h Cooper Captures Sports Title, Racing Car News, January 1976, pages 70-71
- ^ a b c Australian Sports Car Championship Philip Island, Australian Auto Action, 4 December 1975, page 11
- ^ The Racing Car News race report lists 41 cars in its grid line-up. Australian Competition Yearbook infers that there were 40 starters and names 29, including two (Gymer and Cesario) who are not included in the Racing Car News listing
Further reading
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 173-174
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