1970 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1][2] The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,[3] was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.[1]
The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 39 Repco and a Lotus 59B Waggott.
Calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds with one race per round.[4]
| Round [4] | Race name | Circuit [4] | State | Date [4] | Round winner [4] | Car [4] |
| 1 | Tasmanian Road Racing Championship [5] | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 2 March | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E [5] [6][7] |
| 2 | Lakeside Governor's Trophy [8] | Lakeside | Queensland | 7 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 3 | Diamond Trophy [9] | Oran Park Raceway [9] | New South Wales | 28 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 4 | Sam Hordern Trophy [10] | Warwick Farm | New South Wales | 6 September | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
| 5 | Victorian Trophy Gold Star 100 [11] | Sandown | Victoria | 13 September | John Harvey | Jane Repco |
| 6 | Mallala | South Australia | 12 October | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.[1] Only the best five round results could be retained by each driver.[1]
Results
| Position | Driver [4] | Car [4] | Entrant [6] | Sym [4] | Lak [4] | Ora [4] | War [4] | San [4] | Mal [4] | Total [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 39 Repco Lotus 59 Waggott |
Geoghegan's Sporty Cars | 6 | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E [5] [6] [7] | Bob Jane Shell Racing Team | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 9 | - | 25 |
| 4 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin 600D Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 16 |
| 5 | Malcolm Ramsay | Elfin 600C Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bob Muir | Rennmax BN3 Waggott [6] | Robert Muir Motors | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 8 |
| 7 | Glyn Scott | Bowin P3 Cosworth Elfin 600 Waggott |
Glyn Scott | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| John McCormack | Elfin 600C Coventry Climax [6] Elfin 600C Repco [6] |
John McCormack | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren Mono Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Kirk | Elfin 600K [4] Ford [6] | Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Jack Bono | Repco Brabham [4] BT2 Ford [6] | Graham Collier Tools | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Len Goodwin | McLaren M4A Cosworth | Pat Burke Racing [5] Len Goodwin |
2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B Ford | Paul England | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Helene Bittner | Rebelle Ford [6] | Helene Bittner | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ian Ferguson | Bowin P3A Ford | Ian Ferguson | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Ford | Maurie Quincey | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note: There were only five classified finishers at the Mallala round.[4]
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 185
- ^ CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport 1980, page 56
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51 to 63
- ^ a b c d Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 28th February, 2 March, 1970
- ^ a b c d e f g h i members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b The car is entered in the Official Programme as a Repco Brabham V8 and is shown at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw as a Brabham BT23E
- ^ Official Programme, Lakeside Governor's Trophy, Sunday, June 7, 1970
- ^ a b Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, June 28, 1970
- ^ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept 6 (1970)
- ^ Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 13, 1970
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
- Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
- Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
External links
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