The 1972 Australian Sports Car Championship

Australian Sports Car Championship

The Australian Sports Car Championship was the CAMS sanctioned national title for Sports Car drivers in the years from 1969 to 1988. Each championship was contested over a series of races with the exception of the 1975 title, which was awarded on the results of a single race held at the Phillip...

was open to drivers of:

• CAMS Group A Sports Cars
  Group A Sports Cars
  Group A Sports Cars is an Australian motor racing category that CAMS formulated for sports car racing in Australia. Introduced in 1964, it continues today under the name Group 2A Sports Cars....
  
   (Open)
• CAMS Group B Sports Cars (Closed)
• CAMS Group D Production Sports Cars
  Group D Production Sports Cars
  Group D Production Sports Cars was a CAMS motor racing category current in Australia from 1972 to 1981.The Group D category catered for series-production type automobiles, other than those eligible to compete as Touring Cars, which were:...
  
  

The title was contested over a six round series:

• Round 1, Endeavour Cup, Phillip Island
  Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
  The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
  
  , Victoria
  Victoria (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....
  
  , 30 January
• Round 2, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia
  South Australia
  South 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...
  
  , 9 April
• Round 3, RAC Trophy, Warwick Farm
  Warwick Farm Racecourse
  Warwick 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 Wales
  New South Wales
  New 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...
  
  , 30 April
• Round 4, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
  Queensland
  Queensland 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...
  
  , 18 June
• Round 5, Western Australian Sports Car Championship, Wanneroo Park
  Barbagallo Raceway
  Barbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
  
  , Western Australia
  Western Australia
  Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
  
  , 20 August
• Round 6, Tasmanian Sports Car Championship, Symmons Plains
  Symmons Plains Raceway
  Symmons Plains Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Australia, located about 30 kilometres south of Launceston, Tasmania. Since the closure of the Longford circuit in the 1960s it has been Tasmania's premier motor racing facility...
  
  , Tasmania
  Tasmania
  Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
  
  , 12 November

Cars were divided into two classes, Over 2500cc and Up to 2500cc.
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class at each round and on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright placegetters at each round.

Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Rd4	Rd5	Rd6	Total
1	John Harvey John Harvey (motorsport) John Francis Harvey is a retired Australian racing driver. He was a top speedway driver for many years in the 1950s/1960s winning many championship races including NSW Championship 3 successive years, Victorian Championship twice.After switching from speedway to road racing, Harvey drove cars...	2, 76, 1	McLaren M6B 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....	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...  Racing	13	13	13	13	2	13	67
2	Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche 906 Porsche 906 The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. It was announced in January 1966 and 50 examples were subsequently produced, thus meeting the homologation requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 Sports Car category to the letter...	Porsche Distributors	12	12	12	11	-	-	47
3	Phil Moore	6	Elfin 360 Repco	Phil Moore	-	-	8	7	11	12	38
4	Doug Macarthur		Rennmax Rennmax The Rennmax name was applied to a series of open wheel racing cars and sports racing cars constructed by Rennmax Engineering in Sydney, Australia between 1962 and 1978...  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....	Doug Macarthur	8	8	-	-	-	3	19
	Henry Michell	61	Elfin 360 Repco	Henry Michell	5	-	5	4	-	5	19
6	Howie Sangster	20	McLaren LT170	Shell Racing	-	-	-	-	13	-	13
	Charlie Occhipinti		Elfin ME5 Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Monza Motors	-	7	6	-	-	-	13
8	Ray Hanger	4	Rennmax Rennmax The Rennmax name was applied to a series of open wheel racing cars and sports racing cars constructed by Rennmax Engineering in Sydney, Australia between 1962 and 1978...  BMW BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...	Ray Hanger	3	4	-	3	-	-	10
9	Stan Keen	21	Elfin 400	Stan Keen Motors	-	-	-	9	-	-	9
	Stuart Kostera	27	Matich SR3	Stuart Kostera	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
11	Bruce Gowans	30	Lotus 23B Lotus 23 The Lotus 23 was designed by Colin Chapman as a small-displacement sports racing car. Nominally a two-seater , it was a purpose-built for racing with a driver alone. The 23 used a wider version of the Lotus 20 space frame, with the same suspension, clothed in a fibreglass body...  Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries...	A Ling	-	-	-	-	-	8	8
12	Chris Royston	47	Lotus 47	Shell Racing	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
	Max Thompson		Elfin 400 Ford	Max Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
14	Derek Vince	31	Graduate Mk 11	Derek Vince	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
15	Alan Nitschke		Ford Special	Vimy Ridge Service Station	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Bill O'Gorman		Matich SR5 Waggott Waggott Engineering Waggott Engineering was an Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s....	Bill O'Gorman Racing	-	-	2	-	-	2	4
	Bruce Leer		Milano GT2	Bruce Leer	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Gordon Mitchell	37	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...	Gordon Mitchell	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	Terry Southall		Elfin 400B Chevrolet	Terry Southall	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
20	Barry Bassingthwaite		Nota Sportsman Ford	Barry Bassingthwaite	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
21	Barry Coleman	55	Bolwell Bolwell Bolwell is an Australian company that originally produced sports cars between 1962 and 1979. A new company of the same name began production of new cars in 2009 after several years of concept and show cars.-Mk IV:...  Mk.7	Barry Coleman	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Moss Angliss		Milano GT2	Bruce Leer	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Tony McAlinden	36	U2 Mk.8B	Tony McAlinden	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
24	Graeme Ibbotson	48	Jomax	Graeme Ibbotson	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Paul Gibson	10	Lotus 23B	Hoot Gibson and Sons	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
26	Brian Cole	38	MG Midget MG Midget The MG Midget is a small two-seater sports car produced by the MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1961 to 1979. It revived a famous name used on earlier models such as the MG M-type, MG D-type, MG J-type and MG T-type.-MG Midget MkI :...		-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Keith Murray		Welsor Waggott Waggott Engineering Waggott Engineering was an Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s....	Spinning Wheel Tyre Co	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Peter Turnbull		Turnham Climax	Peter Turnbull	-	-	-	-	-	1	1