1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title[1] open to Group B Sports Sedans.[2] The title, which was the inaugural Australian Sports Sedan Championship,[1] was won by Allan Moffat, driving a Chevrolet Monza and a Ford Capri RS3100.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven-round series with two heats per round.[3]

Round [3] Name Circuit [3] Date [4] Winning driver [3] Car [3]
1 Surfers Paradise International Raceway [5] 16 May Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
2 The Marlboro Cup [6] Sandown Park 4 July Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
3 Oran Park 1 August Tony Edmondson Chrysler Valiant Charger
4 Wanneroo Park 15 August Allan Moffat Ford Capri RS3100
5 The Advertiser Trophy [7] Adelaide International Raceway [8] 22 August Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
6 Symmons Plains 26 September Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair
7 Calder 5 December Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the six best placed drivers at each round.

Results
Position [4] Driver [4] Car [4] Entrant [7] Sur [4] San [4] Ora [4] Wan [4] Ade [4] Sym [4] Cal [4] Total [4]
1 Allan Moffat Chevrolet Monza
Ford Capri RS3100 [9]		 Allan Moffat Racing 9 9 2 9 4 - - 33
2 Frank Gardner Chevrolet Corvair John Player Racing - - - - 9 9 9 27
3 Tony Edmondson Chrysler VJ Valiant Charger Repco-Holden [10] Donald Elliott 6 - 9 - - 6 - 21
4 Jim Richards Ford Mustang Sidchrome - 3 - 6 6 - 3 18
5 Ian Diffen Holden LJ Torana [11] Chevrolet [12] World of Tyres 3 - - 4 3 - 4 14
6 Ian Geoghegan Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350 [13] Craven Mild Racing - 6 - - 2 - - 8
Colin Bond Holden LH Torana Repco-Holden [14] Holden Dealer Team [15] - 4 4 - - - - 8
8 Brian Potts Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] - 1 6 - - - - 7
9 Bob Jane Holden HQ Monaro GTS 350 [14] Bob Jane T Marts [17] - - - - - - 6 6
10 Garry Rogers Ford Escort Garry Rogers 2 - 3 - - - - 5
11 Pat Crea Ford TC Cortina [12] Pat Crea's Volkspares - - - - - 4 - 4
Grant Walker Ford Capri RS [9] Grant Walker [18] 4 - - - - - - 4
Vince Gregory Volkswagen 1600TS [7] Chevrolet [4] Gregory Racing - - - - 1 3 - 4
14 Brian Smith Holden Torana - - - 3 - - - 3
15 Stuart Beechen Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] - - - 2 - - - 2
Peter Wells Vauxhall Viva - - - - - 2 - 2
Ron Harrop Holden EH Repco-Holden [14] Ron Harrop [17] - 2 - - - - - 2
John Pollard Chevrolet Camaro John Pollard [17] - - - - - - 2 2
19 Ed Conacher Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [16] - - - - - 1 - 1
Bruce Peacock Ford Anglia - - - 1 - - - 1
Lyndon Arnel Holden Torana - - 1 - - - - 1
Doug Clark Toyota Celica TA22 [18] Brian Hilton [18] 1 - - - - - - 1
Don Halliday Ford Capri Halliday Racing (NZ) [17] - - - - - - 1 1

References
  1. Australian Titles, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 31 October 2013
  2. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 3
  3. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 157-158
  4. Evan Green, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – 1976 Results, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 32
  5. Official Programme, The Opening Round of the 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, 16 May 1976
  6. 1976 Australian Sports Sedan Championship - Rd 2 Sandown Heat 2, www.youtube.com Retrieved on 2/7/2014
  7. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 37
  8. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976
  9. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 295
  10. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 9
  11. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 22 August 1976, page 20
  12. Gardner's Final Round, Auto Action, December 9. 1976, pages 8-9
  13. Mark Oastler, Pete Geoghegan’s ‘Craven Mild’ Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 21, September / October 2005, page 50
  14. Mark Oastler, Bob Jane’s Monaro GTS 350, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 41, January / February 2009, page 60
  15. Ross Lawley, Australian Sports Sedan Championship – Round 3 – Oran Park – August 1, Chequered Flag, August 1976, page 60 to 63
  16. Stewart Wilson, The official racing history of Holden, 1988, Page 343
  17. Tom Naughton, Frank's final, Jimmy's SS, Racing Car News, January 1977, page 48
  18. Monza The Best, Chequered Flag, June 1976, pages 43-44

Further reading
  • Gardner Heads Richards, Auto Action, 9 December 1976, pages 18 & 20
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