1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1][2] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[3]

Calendar

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

Classes

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.[1]

  • Up to and including 2000cc
  • Over 2000cc

Results
Position[8] Driver[4][8][9] No.[5] Car[4][5][8] Entrant[5][8] Points[8]

[10]

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 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 Hanns 54 Datsun 2000 Bolwell Car Club 10
  Matt Pintar   MGB   10
11 Ray Winter   MGB Peter McCabe 9
12 Bob Kennedy 60 Triumph TR5 Triumph Sports Owners Association 7
13 Peter Woodward   Lotus 47   6
  Bill Evans 7 Triumph TR7 Playboy Racing 6
  Barry Main 6 Bolwell Nagari Trutra 6
16 Bob Rowntree   MG Midget   4
  Peter Beasley   MG Midget Peter Beasley 4
18 Robbie Rowland 26 Austin-Healey 3000 Robbie Rowland 3
  Johnson   MG   3
20 David Henderson       2
  Peter Fitzgerald   Porsche 911S   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
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 88
  2. 1977 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 203
  3. Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS of Motor Sport, page 14-6
  4. Sports Car Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 104-108
  5. Entry list, official program, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 April 1977
  6. Archives, Racing Car News, July 1987, page 66
  7. 10 Years Ago, Racing Car News, Dec/Jan 1987/88, page 25
  8. Hamilton and Latham Tie, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 28
  9. Hamilton Moves Up, Chequered Flag, December 1977
  10. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 76-77
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