The 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1] It was the 16th Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship winner, Frank Matich, was awarded the 1972 CAMS Gold Star.[3]
Calendar
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The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round.[4]
| Round[4] | Race name[4] | Circuit[4] | State | Date[4] | Winner[4] | Car[4] |
| 1 | Victoria Trophy | Sandown Park | Victoria | 16 April | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden |
| 2 | Belle Magazine Trophy | Oran Park | New South Wales | 25 June | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden |
| 3 | Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 27 August | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden |
| 4 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 24 September | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | |
| 5 | Channel 7 Trophy | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 8 October | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T300 Chevrolet |
| 6 | Sam Hordern Trophy | Warwick Farm | New South Wales | 5 November | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden |
An additional round, scheduled to be held at Lakeside in Queensland was cancelled.[3]
Points system
editChampionship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race.[1] Points from the best five results could be retained by each driver.[5]
Championship results
edit| Position | Driver[4] | Car[4] | Entrant[4] | San.[4] | Ora.[4] | Sur.[4] | Sym.[4] | Ade.[4] | War.[4] | Total[4] |
| 1 | Frank Matich | Matich A50 Repco Holden | Frank Matich Racing | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 9 | 36 |
| 2 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Shell / Chesterfield Racing | - | 6 | 3 | - | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 4 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | John Walker | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden & Matich A50 Repco Holden |
5AD / City State Racing | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 14 |
| = | Warwick Brown | McLaren M10B Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Max Stewart | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Max Stewart Motors - Seiko | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Stan Keen | Elfin MR5 Ford | Stan Keen Motors | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 7 |
| 8 | Bob Muir | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Robert Muir Motors | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 9 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 Repco Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 |
| = | Gary Campbell | Lola T300 Chevrolet | Provincial Motors | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Larry Perkins | Elfin 600B Ford | Provincial Motors | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 12 | Tony Stewart | Dolphin England | AE Stewart | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Ivan Tighe | Elfin 600B Ford | I Tighe | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 14 | Ken Hastings | McLaren M4A Ford | K Hastings | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| = | Jack Bono | Elfin 600B Ford[6] | Graham Collier | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
References
edit- ^ a b Conditions for Australian Titles, 1972 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 & 87
- ^ Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
- ^ a b Matich writes his name in Gold, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1973, pages 7 to 11 & 80 to 82
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No1
- ^ Guide to the Gold Star, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972, page xv
- ^ Belle Magazine Trophy, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 January 2013