The 1975 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 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 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....

 and 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 championship was contested over a single race staged at the Phillip Island circuit

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:...

 in 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....

 on 30 November 1975. The race was run over 30 laps of the 4.76 km circuit, a total of 143 km. Of 58 entries, 40 started the event and 20 were classified as finishers.
This was the only Australian Sports Car Championship in the twenty year history of the title to be contested over a single race rather than over a series of races.

Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Garrie Cooper Garrie Cooper Garrie Clifford Cooper was the founder of the highly successful Elfin Sports Cars and a competitive racing driver in his own right, winning the 1968 Australian 1½ Litre Championship and the 1975 Australian Sports Car Championship...	12	Elfin MS7 Repco-Holden 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....	Reg Orr	30
2	Henry Michelle	1	Elfin 360 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....		29
3	Fred Gibson Fred Gibson (motor racing) Fred Gibson is a former Australian racing driver and race team owner.-Competitor:After a career that began in small production sports cars, first an MGA, and later the first Lotus Elan to run in Australian competition , Gibson quickly moved up into the touring car ranks...	33	Alfa Romeo T33 Alfa Romeo T33 The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports racing prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo factory-backed team between 1967 and 1977. These cars took part for Sport Cars World Championship, Nordic Challenge Cup, Interserie and CanAm series...		29
4	Paul Gibson		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....		28
5	Stuart Kostera	9	Matich Matich The Matich name was applied to a series of sports racing cars and open wheel racing cars produced between 1967 and 1974 under the direction of Australian racing driver Frank Matich.-SR3:...  SR3A		28
6	Barry Singleton		Elfin 360 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....		28
7	Greg Doidge		Elfin 300		27
8	Andrew Roberts		Roberts S2		27
9	Peter Jones		Cheetah Clubman		27
10	Bob Romano		Elfin		27
11	Jim Davidson		Lotus Elan Lotus Elan Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...		26
12	Vince Gregory		ASP Clubman		25
13	Peter Middleton		Nganti Ford		25
14	Jim Doig		Motorlab ASP		25
15	James Bidstrup		ASP Clubman		25
16	Reg Byrne		MGB MG MGB The MGB is a sports car launched by MG Cars in May 1962 to replace the MGA. Introduced as a four-cylinder roadster, a coupé with 2+2 seating was added in 1965...		24
17	Geoff Walker		GP Datsun		24
18	Steve Webb		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:...		24
19	Ray Gymer		Triumph TR5 Triumph TR5 The Triumph TR5 was built for a 13 month period between August 1967 and September 1968 by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry, England....		23
20	Gay Cesario		Fiat 124S Fiat 124 Sport Spider The 124 Sport Spider is a 2+2 convertible marketed by Fiat from 1966 to 1979 – having debuted at the November 1966 Turin Auto Show. Designed and manufactured by Italian carrozzeria Pininfarina, Fiat continued to market the monocoque-bodied car as the 2000 Spider from 1979 to 1982...		23
DNF	Tom Tymons		Farrell C1		23
DNF	Jim Phillips		Rennmax Repco		22
DNF	Graeme Baird		Kregol Ford		22
DNF	Russell Collis		Gordon Clubman		22
DNF	Ray Bell		Hustler		22
DNF	Peter Hopwood		Lotus Elan Lotus Elan Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...		21
DNF	Kevin Norden		Elfin		14
DNF	Alan Gissing		Gissing Holden		12
DNF	Grant Gibson		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...		10
DNF	Keith Poole	37	McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup...  M8D 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...	C&C Autos

Ten other drivers are known to have participated but identities are uncertain.

External links

• 1975 Australian Sports Car racing images including ASCC Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 24/7/2008