1973 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1973 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was the fifth Australian Sports Car Championship.[2] The title was won by South Australian Phil Moore,[2] driving a 2.5 litre Repco V8 - engined Elfin 360.[3]

Calendar

Phil Moore won the championship driving an Elfin 360 Repco similar to the ex Henry Michell example shown above

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

Round Circuit[3] State Date[4] Winning driver[3] Car[3]
1 Phillip Island Victoria 28 January Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
2 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 8 April[5] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
3 Sandown Victoria 8 July Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
4 Wanneroo Park Western Australia 12 August[6] Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco
5 Symmons Plains Tasmania 11 November Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco
6 Oran Park New South Wales 8 December Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco

Classes and points system

Car competed in two engine displacement classes:[1]

  • Up to and including 2500cc[1]
  • Over 2500cc[1]

Championship points were allocated on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class[1] at each round. Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright place-getters, regardless of class,[1] at each round.

Results

Position[3] Driver[3] Car[3] Entrant[5] Phillip Is.[3] Adelaide[3] Sandown[3] Wanneroo[3] Symmons[3] Oran Pk.[3] Total[3]
1 Phil Moore Elfin 360 Repco   13 - 13 - 13 13 52
2 Lionel Ayers Rennmax Repco Lionel Ayers - 13 12 13 - - 38
3 Ray Strong Chevron B8 BMW McLean-Strong Auto Clinic - 8 5 4 - 9 26
4 Graeme Crawford Elva BMW Graeme Crawford 9 - 8 7 - - 24
= Henry Michell Elfin 360 Repco H Michell - 12 - 12 - - 24
6 Robin Pare Elfin ME5 Chevrolet   - - - - 12 - 12
7 John Latham Bolwell Nagari   - - - - - 10 10
8 Dick Sorenson Elfin 300C Ford Cosworth FVA   4 5 - - - - 9
9 Stuart Kostera Matich SR3 Ford Stuart Kostera Racing - - - 8 - - 8
= Max Thompson Elfin 400 Ford   - - - - 8 - 8

Only the top ten championship positions are shown in the above table.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 94
  2. ^ a b Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 176 to 179
  4. ^ Official 1973 Programme, Racing Car News, January 1973, page 24
  5. ^ a b Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 8 April 1973, page 18
  6. ^ Ayers, Rocks 'Em!, Australian Motor Manual, November 1973, page 64