1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship
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The 1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars. It was the eighth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.
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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 motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 2 racing cars. It was the eighth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.
Calendar
The championship was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.- Round 1, Hume Weir, 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....
, 16 June - Round 2, Oran ParkOran Park RacewayOran Park Raceway was a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which was operational from 1962 to 2010....
, 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...
, 23 June - Round 3, Amaroo ParkAmaroo ParkAmaroo Park was a motor racing circuit located in Annangrove, New South Wales, in the present-day western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It opened in 1967, hosting its first motorcycle meeting on 26 February with a 30 lap production race won by Larry Simons on a BSA Spitfire in heavy rain. The...
, 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...
, 21 July - Round 4, Calder Park RacewayCalder Park RacewayCalder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The complex includes a drag strip, a road circuit with several possible configurations, and the "Thunderdome", a high-speed banked oval equipped to race either clockwise or counter-clockwise .-History:Calder Park...
, 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....
,, 18 August - Round 5, Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewaySymmons 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...
, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania 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...
, 22 September - Round 6, Phillip IslandPhillip Island Grand Prix CircuitThe Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
, 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....
, 13 October - Round 7, Adelaide International RacewayAdelaide International RacewayThe Adelaide International Raceway is a permanent circuit owned by Australian Motorsport Club Limited under the auspices of the Bob Jane Corporation. It is located on Port Wakefield Road at Virginia, a small town just north of Adelaide, South Australia, and is round the corner from Speedway City...
, 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...
, 27 October - Round 8, 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...
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Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six eligible finishers at each round. Only holders of a General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible for points and each driver could retain points only from his/her best seven round results.Results
Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Total |
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1 | Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s... |
1 | Birrana 274 Ford | Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | - | 2 | - | 6 | 41 |
2 | Bob Muir | 6 18 & 3 |
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... BN6 Ford Birrana 273 Ford |
Bob & Marj Brown |
- | 4 | 9 | 6 | 9 | - | 9 | - | 37 |
3 | John Leffler John Leffler John Leffler is a former Australian racing driver. Leffler is best known for driving open-wheelers and winning the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1976.Leffler drove Morris Coopers for many years in the 1960s... |
7 | Bowin P8 Bowin P8 The Bowin P8 was a Formula 5000 and Formula 2 class of race car, which was designed and built by John Joyce, the founder of Bowin Cars.-Specifications:... Ford |
Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | 9 | 6 | - | 25 |
4 | Ray Winter | 27 | Mildren Mono Ford | Ray Winter | - | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | 4 | 9 | 24 |
5 | Bruce Allison | 62 | Birrana 274 Ford | Hobby & Toyland Racing | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | 4 | 12 |
6 | Graeme Crawford | 66 | Birrana 273 Ford | Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 |
7 | Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker... |
2 | Elfin 622 Elfin 622 The Elfin 622 is an Australian Formula 2 racing car produced from 1972-1974 by Elfin Sports Cars. Elfin also produced a version of this car optimised for Australian Formula 3 called the Elfin 623.... Ford |
Graeme Crawford | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
8 | Wolfgang Prejawa | 26 | Birrana 274 Ford | Wolfgang Prejawa | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 2 | 8 |
9 | Enno Buesselmann | 18 | Birrana 273 Ford | Bob & Marj Brown | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Tony Stewart | 21 | Brabham BT36 Ford | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
11 | Ken Shirvington | 21 | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 732 Ford |
Ken Shirvington | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Max Stewart Max Stewart Malcolm Clarke Stewart was an Australian racecar driver.... |
6 | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 722 Ford |
- | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
Chris Farrell | 36 | Elfin 600B Ford | Chris Farrell | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
Ian Douglass | 77 | March March Engineering March Engineering was a Formula One constructor and manufacturer of customer racing cars from the United Kingdom. Although only moderately successful in Grand Prix competition, March racing cars enjoyed much better achievement in other categories of competition including Formula Two, Formula Three,... 733M/743 Ford |
Ian Douglass | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
15 | Craig McAllister | 10 | Elfin 622 Elfin 622 The Elfin 622 is an Australian Formula 2 racing car produced from 1972-1974 by Elfin Sports Cars. Elfin also produced a version of this car optimised for Australian Formula 3 called the Elfin 623.... Ford |
Oxford Spares | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
16 | Paul Hamilton | 88 | Elfin 600 Ford | Paul Hamilton | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Mike Stillwell | 6 | Elfin 622 Elfin 622 The Elfin 622 is an Australian Formula 2 racing car produced from 1972-1974 by Elfin Sports Cars. Elfin also produced a version of this car optimised for Australian Formula 3 called the Elfin 623.... Ford |
BS Stillwell Ford | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Note:
- New Zealander Ken Smith (March 712M/732 Ford) finished 4th at Hume Weir and 6th at Amaroo Park but was not eligible for points.
- Malaysian driver Sonny Rajah (March 732 Ford) finished 6th at Hume Weir and 3rd at Symmons Plains but was not eligible for points.
- There were only four eligible finishers at the Symmons Plains round.