1977 Rothmans International Series

The 1977 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition[1] open to Formula 5000 Racing Cars.[2] The series, which was the second Rothmans International Series,[3] was won by Warwick Brown driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet.[1]

Schedule
Warwick Brown won the series driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008)

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.[1]

Round[1] Name[1] Circuit[1] Date[1] Winning driver[1] Car[1] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix Oran Park 6 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Report
2 Surfers Paradise 13 February Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet
3 Sandown Park 20 February Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet
4 Adelaide International Raceway 27 February Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.[4]

Series results
Position[1] Driver[1] Car[4] Entrant[2] Ora[1] Sur[1] San[1] Ade[1] Total[1]
1 Warwick Brown Lola T430 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 9 9 - 6 24
2 Peter Gethin Chevron B37 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 6 6 - 3 15
3 Alan Jones Lola T332C Chevrolet
& Lola T332 Chevrolet		 Theodore Racing / Bill Patterson Motors 3 2 - 9 14
4 Max Stewart Lola T400 Chevrolet Max Stewart - - 9 2 11
= John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing 4 3 - 4 11
6 Alfredo Costanzo Lola T332 Chevrolet Auto Sprint Motors 1 1 4 - 6
= Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin - - 6 - 6
8 John Leffler Lola T400 Chevrolet Grace Brothers Race Team - 4 - - 4
9 Dave Powell Matich A51 Repco Holden Dave Powell - - 3 - 3
= John McCormack McLaren M23 Leyland Budget Rent-A-Car System - - 2 1 3
11 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 2 - - - 2

There were only five classified finishers at the Sandown Park round.[1]

References
  1. Rothmans International, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 84 to 95
  2. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977
  3. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 54 to 56
  4. Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 181
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