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. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 94
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-6
  3. Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 176 to 179
  4. Official 1973 Programme, Racing Car News, January 1973, page 24
  5. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 8 April 1973, page 18
  6. Ayers, Rocks 'Em!, Australian Motor Manual, November 1973, page 64
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