1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group C Touring Cars.[1] It was authorised by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.

The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's.[2]

Calendar
Holden won the championship, with the Torana SL/R 5000 L34 model being its main pointscorer. The example above contested the Bathurst round of the 1974 championship
A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.[1][3]

Round[3] Race title Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winning driver(s)[3] Winning car[3] Entrant Report
1 Chesterfield 250[4] Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 25 August Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team[4]
2 Sandown 250[5] Sandown Park Victoria 8 September Canada Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Allan Moffat Racing[5] Report
3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000[3] Mount Panorama, Bathurst New South Wales 6 October Australia John Goss
Australia Kevin Bartlett		 Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop McLeod Ford-2UW[6] Report
4 Chesterfield 300[7] Surfers Paradise Queensland 10 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team[7]
5 RE-PO 500K[8] Phillip Island Victoria 24 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team[9] Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.[1]

  • Up to and including 1300 cc[1]
  • 1301 to 2000 cc[1]
  • 2001 to 3000 cc[1]
  • Over 3000 cc[1]

Points system

For all rounds except the Bathurst round, championship points were awarded on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright.[1] For the Bathurst round only, championship points were awarded on an 18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright.[1] Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points.[1]

Results
Position Manufacturer[10] Ade.[10] San.[10] Bat.[10] Sur.[10] Phi.[10] Total.[10]
1 Holden 13 11 15 13 13 65
2 Ford 11 13 22 4 9 59
3 Mazda 11 9 18 9 9 56
4 Alfa Romeo 9 9 18 9 9 54
5 Leyland 7 8 18 6 - 39
= Datsun 9 9 12 - 9 39
7 Honda 8 6 12 4 6 36
8 Chrysler - 6 - - - 6

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 89
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. Manufacturers Championships Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 120-145
  4. Official Programme, Chesterfield 250, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, August 25th 1974
  5. Official Programme, Sandown 250, Manchamps Round 2, September 8th (1974)
  6. 1974 Official Programme, Hardie-Ferodo 1000
  7. Des White, Toranas Top-score, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 54 to 57
  8. Tom NcNaughton, K.B. stops Stewart’s run, Racing Car News, January 1975, page 60
  9. Official Souvenir Programme, The Re-Po Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, November 24, 1974
  10. Championship Pointscores, Chequered Flag, December 1974 / January 1975, Page Seventy Six
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