1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.[3]

Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Name Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winner[3] Car[3]
1   Calder Victoria 25 May Andrew Miedecke Rennmax BN7 Ford
2   Amaroo Park New South Wales 1 June Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
3   Hume Weir Victoria 15 June Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
4   Sandown Victoria 5 July Ken Shirvington March 732 Ford
5   Calder Victoria 10 August Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
6   Symmons Plains Tasmania 28 September Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
7 Rothmans Trophy[4] Phillip island Victoria 30 November Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.[1]

Results
Position Driver[5] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant [6] Cal.[7] Ama.[7] Hum.[7] San.[3] Cal.[7] Sym.[7] Phi.[7] Total.[5]
1 Geoff Brabham 10 Birrana 274 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 6 9 6 - - 9 9 39
2 Alfredo Costanzo 5 Birrana 274 Ford Alfredo Costanzo - - 9 - 9 2 4 24
3 Andrew Miedecke 2 Rennmax BN7 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 9 - 3 - - 4 6 22
4 Ken Shirvington 3 March 732 Ford Ken Shirvington 3 - 1 - 6 6 - 16
5 Ray Winter 27 Mildren Ford Ray Winter 4 4 - - - 1 - 9
6 Chris Farrell 6 Elfin 622 Ford Chris Farrell - 3 - - 2 3 - 8
7 John Macdonald   Brabham BT41 Ford   - 6 - - - - - 6
= Tony Stewart 21 Brabham BT36 Ford Tony Stewart 2 - 4 - - - - 6[8]
9 Chas Talbot 12 Birrana 274 Ford Chas. Talbot - - 2 - 3 - - 5
10 John Leffler   Brabham BT36 Ford   - - - - 4 - - 4
11 Enno Busselmann Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann - - - - - - 3 3
12 Tony Maw   Elfin 700 Ford Helena Rubinstein Racing Team - 2 - - - - - 2
= Graeme Crawford   Biranna 273 Ford Graeme Crawford - - - - - - 2 2
14 Rob Butcher   Asp 330 Toyota[9] Rob Butcher 1 - - - - - - 1
= Wolfgang Prejawa 26 Birrana 274 Ford Wolfgang Prejawa - 1 - - - - - 1
= Peter Warren   Birrana 273 Ford   - - - - 1 - - 1
= Doug MacArthur   Lola T360 Ford Doug MacArthur - - - - - - 1 1
  • Note: No points were awarded at the Sandown round as the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.[3]

Notes and references
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
  2. Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
  3. Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
  4. Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
  5. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
  6. Calder Souvenir Programme, May 25, 1975
  7. Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
  8. Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
  9. The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 13 May 2013
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