1972 Australian Drivers' Championship

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

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

Championship 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

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

  1. ^ a b Conditions for Australian Titles, 1972 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 & 87
  2. ^ Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. ^ a b Matich writes his name in Gold, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1973, pages 7 to 11 & 80 to 82
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No1
  5. ^ Guide to the Gold Star, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972, page xv
  6. ^ Belle Magazine Trophy, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 10 January 2013
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