1963 Australian Drivers' Championship
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The 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship
was a CAMS
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre
cars with the championship winner awarded the 1963 CAMS Gold Star. The title was contested over a six round series:
Championship points were awarded on a 12-7-5-3-2-1 basis at each round to the top six Australians licence holders.
Race placings gained by drivers who were not Australian lincence holders were disregarded by CAMS when determining placings for points allocation. Each driver could retain points only from the Australian Grand Prix plus his/her best four performances from the other five rounds.
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Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship which has been contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. Since 2005 this category has been Formula...
was a CAMS
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre
Formula Libre
Formula Libre is a form of automobile racing allowing a wide variety of types, ages and makes of purpose-built racing cars to compete "head to head". This can make for some interesting matchups, and provides the opportunity for some compelling driving performances against superior machinery...
cars with the championship winner awarded the 1963 CAMS Gold Star. The title was contested over a six round series:
- Round 1, Australian Grand PrixAustralian Grand PrixThe Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...
, Warwick FarmWarwick Farm RacecourseWarwick Farm Racecourse is a racecourse at Warwick Farm a south-west suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is used as a racecourse for Thoroughbred horse racing.- Races :...
, New South WalesNew South WalesNew South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, 10 February - Round 2, Lakeside International, LakesideLakeside International RacewayLakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, 17 February - Round 3, South Pacific Gold Star Championship, Longford, TasmaniaLongford, TasmaniaLongford is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 175 m above sea level at the convergence of the Macquarie River and the South Esk River, 21 km south of Launceston. It is just south of the Illawarra Road, a road connecting the Bass and Midland Highways. It has a...
, 4 March - Round 4, Victorian Road Racing Championship, SandownSandown RacewaySandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, 15 September - Round 5, Gold Star Championship Race, Mallala, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, 14 October - Round 6, Horden Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 1 December
Championship points were awarded on a 12-7-5-3-2-1 basis at each round to the top six Australians licence holders.
Race placings gained by drivers who were not Australian lincence holders were disregarded by CAMS when determining placings for points allocation. Each driver could retain points only from the Australian Grand Prix plus his/her best four performances from the other five rounds.
Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Total |
| 1 | Bib Stillwell | Repco Repco Repco is an Australian automotive engineering company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and it is best known for spare parts and motor accessories.... Brabham Climax Coventry Climax Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer.-History:The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer, but two years later, following the departure of Stroyer, it was relocated to Paynes Lane, Coventry, and renamed to Coventry-Simplex by H... |
B.S. Stilwell | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 7 | (3) | 41 |
| 2 | John Youl | Cooper Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946... Climax |
John Youl | - | - | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 |
| 3 | David McKay | Repco Brabham | Scuderia Veloce | 7 | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, AO, OBE is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in , and . He was a founder of the Brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name.... |
Repco Brabham BT4 Climax | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Lex Davison | Cooper Climax | Ecurie Australie | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| 6 | Bill Patterson | Cooper Climax | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | 10 | |
| 7 | Frank Matich Frank Matich Frank Matich, born 1935, was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 70s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers... |
Elfin Ford | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
| 8 | Wally Mitchell | MRD Brabham | East Burwood Car Sales | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 |
| 9 | Glyn Scott | Lotus 20 Lotus 20 Lotus 20 was a Formula Junior car built by Lotus for the 1962 season as a successor to the Lotus 18.The chassis was a spaceframe, clothed in fibreglass bodywork. It had front double wishbone suspension, but the rear had a lower wishbone with the driveshaft being fixed length and therefore used as... |
- | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Peter Boyd-Squires | Cooper Climax | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Greg Cusack | Repco Brabham & Elfin Ford | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pat Hawthorn | Aston Martin Aston Martin Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire... |
Clayleigh Service Station | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| ? | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 20B Ford | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| ? | Granton Harrison | Elfin 1500 | Autocourse Elfin | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| ? | Bob Holden | Lynx Peugeot | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ? | Ken Milburn | Lotus 20 Ford | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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- Round 1: Of the 11 finishers, 2nd placed John SurteesJohn SurteesJohn Surtees, OBE is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He was 500cc motorcycle World Champion in 1956 and 1958–60, Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels...
, 3rd placed Bruce McLarenBruce McLarenBruce Leslie McLaren , born in Auckland, New Zealand, was a race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor....
, 6th placed Graham HillGraham HillNorman Graham Hill was a British racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He is the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport — the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Indianapolis 500 and Formula One World Championship.Graham Hill and his son Damon are the only father and son pair both to...
& 7th placed Tony Shelley were not eligible to score points - Round 2: Of the 7 known finishers, 1st placed John Surtees, 2nd placed Graham Hill, 4th placed Chris AmonChris AmonChristopher Arthur Amon MBE is a former motor racing driver. He was active in Formula One - racing in the 1960s and 1970s - and is widely regarded to be one of the best F1 drivers never to win a championship Grand Prix...
& 6th placed Jim Palmer were not eligible to score points. - Round 3: Of the 8 known finishers, 1st placed Bruce McLaren, 4th placed Jim Palmer, 6th placed Tony MaggsTony MaggsAnthony Francis O'Connell "Tony" Maggs was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 27 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 15, 1961...
& 4th placed Chris Amon were not eligible to score points. - Round 4: The 5th placed driver is not known, hence the 2 points awarded for this placing are not shown in the above table.