1970 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars.[1][2] The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,[3] was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.[1]

1970 Australian Drivers' Championship
Previous: 1969 Next: 1971

The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 39 Repco and a Lotus 59B Waggott.

Calendar

The championship was contested over six rounds with one race per round.[4]

Round [4] Race name Circuit [4] State Date [4] Round winner [4] Car [4]
1 Tasmanian Road Racing Championship [5] Symmons Plains Tasmania 2 March John Harvey Repco Brabham BT23E [5] [6][7]
2 Lakeside Governor's Trophy [8] Lakeside Queensland 7 June Max Stewart Mildren Waggott
3 Diamond Trophy [9] Oran Park Raceway [9] New South Wales 28 June Max Stewart Mildren Waggott
4 Sam Hordern Trophy [10] Warwick Farm New South Wales 6 September Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott
5 Victorian Trophy Gold Star 100 [11] Sandown Victoria 13 September John Harvey Jane Repco
6 Mallala South Australia 12 October Leo Geoghegan Lotus 59B Waggott

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round.[1] Only the best five round results could be retained by each driver.[1]

Results
Position Driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [6] Sym [4] Lak [4] Ora [4] War [4] San [4] Mal [4] Total [4]
1 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 39 Repco
Lotus 59 Waggott		 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars 6 - 6 9 3 9 33
2 Max Stewart Mildren Waggott Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd 3 9 9 - - 6 27
3 John Harvey Repco Brabham BT23E [5] [6] [7] Bob Jane Shell Racing Team 9 6 1 - 9 - 25
4 Garrie Cooper Elfin 600D Repco Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team - - 4 6 6 - 16
5 Malcolm Ramsay Elfin 600C Repco Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team - - 3 3 - 3 9
6 Bob Muir Rennmax BN3 Waggott [6] Robert Muir Motors - - - 4 4 - 8
7 Glyn Scott Bowin P3 Cosworth
Elfin 600 Waggott		 Glyn Scott 1 4 - - - - 5
John McCormack Elfin 600C Coventry Climax [6]
Elfin 600C Repco [6]		 John McCormack - 3 2 - - - 5
9 Kevin Bartlett Mildren Mono Waggott Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd 4 - - - - - 4
Barry Kirk Elfin 600K [4] Ford [6] Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics - - - - - 4 4
Jack Bono Repco Brabham [4] BT2 Ford [6] Graham Collier Tools - 2 - 2 - - 4
12 Len Goodwin McLaren M4A Cosworth Pat Burke Racing [5]
Len Goodwin		 2 1 - - - - 3
13 Tony Stewart Elfin 600B Ford Paul England - - - - 2 - 2
Helene Bittner Rebelle Ford [6] Helene Bittner - - - - - 2 2
15 Ian Ferguson Bowin P3A Ford Ian Ferguson - - - 1 - - 1
Maurie Quincey Elfin 600B Ford Maurie Quincey - - - - 1 - 1

Note: There were only five classified finishers at the Mallala round.[4]

Notes and references
  1. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78
  2. CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 185
  3. CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport 1980, page 56
  4. Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51 to 63
  5. Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 28th February, 2 March, 1970
  6. members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
  7. The car is entered in the Official Programme as a Repco Brabham V8 and is shown at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw as a Brabham BT23E
  8. Official Programme, Lakeside Governor's Trophy, Sunday, June 7, 1970
  9. Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, June 28, 1970
  10. Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept 6 (1970)
  11. Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 13, 1970

Further reading
  • Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
  • Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
  • Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970


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