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1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a motor racing competition for Group D Production Sports Cars.[1][2] It was authorised as an Australian National Title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS).[1] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[3]

The championship was won jointly by Alan Hamilton and John Latham driving a Porsche 934 Turbo and a Porsche Carrera RSR respectively.

Calendar

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The championship was contested over a six-round series.[4]

Round [4] Circuit [4] State Date Format Winning driver Winning car
1 Calder Victoria 15 January [5] Two heats [5] Rusty French [5] de Tomaso Pantera [5]
2 Adelaide International Raceway [6] South Australia 3 April [7] One race [7] Alan Hamilton [7] Porsche 934 [7]
3 Amaroo Park New South Wales 29 May [8] One race [8] John Latham [8] Porsche Carrera [8]
4 Lakeside International Raceway [9] Queensland 24 July [10] One race [10] Alan Hamilton [10] Porsche 934 [10]
5 Oran Park New South Wales 30 October [11] One race [11] Alan Hamilton [11] Porsche 934 [11]
6 Phillip Island Victoria 20 November [12] One race [12] Alan Hamilton [12] Porsche 934 [12]

Classes

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Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.[1]

  • Up to and including 2000cc
  • Over 2000cc

Results

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Position [13] Driver [13] No.[6] Car[4][6][14] Entrant[6][14] Points [13]
1 Alan Hamilton 9 Porsche 934 Turbo Porsche Distributors 58
= John Latham 64 Porsche Carrera RSR Kodak Film 58
3 Peter Hopwood 77 Lotus Elan Peter Hopwood 33
4 Rusty French 2 & 3 [4] de Tomaso Pantera Rusty French 31
5 Tim Trevor 47 Lotus 47 Tim Trevor Motors Pty Ltd 21
6 Warwick Henderson 99 Chevrolet Corvette (C3) Warwick Henderson 15
7 Bernard Bisseling 65 Turner Bernard Bisseling 13
8 Fernando D'Alberto 33 Datsun 260Z Fernando D'Alberto 12
9 Alan Hannis 54 Datsun 2000 Bolwell Car Club 10
= Matt Pintar   MGB Matt Pintar 10
11 Ray Winter   MGB Peter McCabe 9
12 Bob Kennedy 60 Triumph TR5 Triumph Sports Owners Association 7
13 Peter Woodward   Lotus 47 Peter Woodward 6
= Bill Evans 7 Triumph TR7 Playboy Racing 6
= Barry Main 6 Bolwell Nagari Barry Main 6
16 Bob Rowntree   MG Midget Bob Rowntree 4
= Peter Beasley   MG Midget Peter Beasley 4
18 Robbie Rowland 26 Austin-Healey 3000 Robbie Rowland 3
= Bob Johnston [8]   MG Midget Bob Johnston 3
20 David Henderson   MG Midget NSSCC 2
= Peter Fitzgerald   Porsche 911S Peter Fitzgerald 2
22 John Gourlay 23 Bolwell Nagari John Gourlay 1

Note: Hamilton achieved four round wins to Latham's one, however there was no countback process incorporated in the points system to act as a tiebreaker, so the two drivers shared the title.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 to 88
  2. ^ 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 203
  3. ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  4. ^ a b c d e f Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 104-108
  5. ^ a b c d Greg Stanfield, Rusty's Revenge, Racing Car News, February 1977, pages 36 & 37
  6. ^ a b c d Entry list, official program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 April 1977
  7. ^ a b c d Ray Bell, Hopwood Hares Ahead, Racing Car News, May 1977, pages 48 & 49
  8. ^ a b c d e Ray Bell, Lucky Latham, Racing Car News, July 1977, page 28
  9. ^ Official Programme, Lakeside International Raceway, July 24 1977
  10. ^ a b c d Ray Bell, Turbo Too Good At Lakeside, Racing Car News, September 1977, pages 32 & 33
  11. ^ a b c d Ray Bell, Hamilton Closes The Gap, Racing Car News, December 1977, pages 54 & 55
  12. ^ a b c d Hamilton and Latham Tie, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 28
  13. ^ a b c Racing Car News Masters of Motor Sport '77, pages 24 & 25
  14. ^ a b Various Racing Car News round reports
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