1970 Australian Drivers' Championship
Encyclopedia
The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS
sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1
and Australian Formula 2 racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship
, was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.
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Note: There were only five finishers at the Mallala round.
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 1
Australian Formula 1
Australian Formula 1 was a motor sport category for open-wheeler racing cars which was current in Australia from 1970 to 1983.AF1 was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1970, initially restricting cars to unsupercharged engines of no greater than 2.5-litre capacity,...
and Australian Formula 2 racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship
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 awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a six round series with one race per round.- Round 1, The Examiner Tasmanian Road Racing Championship, 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...
, 2 March - Round 2, Governor's Trophy, 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...
, 7 June - Round 3, Diamond Trophy, 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...
, 28 June - Round 4, Sam Hordern Trophy, Warwick FarmWarwick Farm RacewayWarwick Farm Raceway was a motor racing facility which was in operation from 1960 to 1973. Warwick Farm Raceway hosted numerous major events during its life such as the Australian Grand Prix and rounds of both the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Tasman Series.-History:Warwick Farm...
, 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...
, 6 September - Round 5, Victorian Trophy, 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....
, 13 September - Round 6, 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...
, 12 October
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round. Only the best five round results could be obtained by each driver.Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
Lotus 39 Lotus 39 The Lotus 39 was a single seat racing car produced by Team Lotus. It was originally intended for use in Formula One, to be powered by the Coventry Climax 1.5 litre flat-16 engine... 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.... Lotus 59 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.... |
Geoghegan's Sporty Cars | 6 | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Max Stewart Max Stewart Malcolm Clarke Stewart was an Australian racecar driver.... |
Mildren 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.... |
Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E Jane 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 Shell Racing Team | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 9 | - | 25 |
| 4 | 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... |
Elfin 600D 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.... |
Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 16 |
| 5 | Malcolm Ramsay | Elfin 600C 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.... |
Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bob Muir | Rennmax BN3 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.... |
Robert Muir Motors | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 8 |
| 7 | Glyn Scott | Bowin P3 Bowin P3 The Bowin P3 was a 1968 project that gave Australia a fully professional monocoque racing car. The P3 was designed for the Australian National Formula and the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. After the capacity limit for Australian Formula 2 was increased from 1100cc to 1600cc at the beginning of 1969,... 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... Elfin 600 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.... |
Glyn Scott | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| John McCormack John McCormack (racing driver) John McCormack is a former Australian racing driver. Originally from Tasmania McCormack became one of the leading Formula 5000 racers in Australia during the 1970s.... |
Elfin 600C Coventry 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... Elfin 600C 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.... |
John McCormack | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren 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.... |
Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Kirk | Elfin 600K Ford | Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Jack Bono | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford | Graham Collier Tools | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Len Goodwin | 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... M4A 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... |
Len Goodwin | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B Ford | Paul England | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Helene Bittner | Rebelle Ford | Helene Bittner | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ian Ferguson | Bowin P3 Bowin P3 The Bowin P3 was a 1968 project that gave Australia a fully professional monocoque racing car. The P3 was designed for the Australian National Formula and the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. After the capacity limit for Australian Formula 2 was increased from 1100cc to 1600cc at the beginning of 1969,... a Ford |
Ian Ferguson | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Ford | Maurie Quincey | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note: There were only five finishers at the Mallala round.
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
- Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
- Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
External links
- The Early CAMS Gold Star Series – 1957-70
- Images from Australian openwheeler racing – 1970
- West Australian Racing Museum Includes scans of 1970 "Gold Star" race reports.