1976_Australian_Sports_Sedan_Championship

1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

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The 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title[1] open to Group B Sports Sedans.[2] The title, which was the inaugural Australian Sports Sedan Championship,[1] was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Chevrolet Monza and a Ford Capri RS3100.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with two heats per round.[3]

Round[3] Name Circuit[3] Date[4] Winning driver[3] Car[3]
1 Surfers Paradise International Raceway[5] 16 May Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
2 The Marlboro Cup[6] Sandown Park 4 July Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
3 Oran Park 1 August Tony Edmondson Chrysler Valiant Charger
4 Wanneroo Park 15 August Allan Moffat Ford Capri RS3100
5 The Advertiser Trophy[7] Adelaide International Raceway[8] 22 August Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
6 Symmons Plains 26 September Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
7 Calder 5 December Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the six best placed drivers at each round.

Results

More information Position, Driver ...

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 31 October 2013
  2. [2]
    Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 3
  3. [3]
    Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 157-158
  4. [4]
    Evan Green, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – 1976 Results, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 32
  5. [5]
    Official Programme, The Opening Round of the 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, 16 May 1976
  6. [6]
    1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship - Rd 2 Sandown Heat 2, www.youtube.com Retrieved on 2/7/2014
  7. [7]
    Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 37
  8. [8]
    Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976
  9. [9]
    Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 295
  10. [10]
    Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 9
  11. [11]
    Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 20
  12. [12]
    "Gardner's Final Round". Auto Action. 9 December 1976. pp. 8–9.
  13. [13]
    Mark Oastler, Pete Geoghegan’s ‘Craven Mild’ Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 21, September / October 2005, page 50
  14. [14]
    Mark Oastler, Bob Jane’s Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 41, January / February 2009, page 60
  15. [15]
    Ross Lawley, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – Round 3 – Oran Park – August 1, Chequered Flag, August 1976, page 60 to 63
  16. [16]
    Stewart Wilson, The official racing history of Holden, 1988, Page 343
  17. [17]
    Tom Naughton, Frank's final, Jimmy's SS, Racing Car News, January 1977, page 48
  18. [18]
    Monza The Best, Chequered Flag, June 1976, pages 43-44

Further reading

  • Gardner Heads Richards, Auto Action, 9 December 1976, pages 18 & 20
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