1979_Australian_Drivers'_Championship

1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

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A 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars.[1] The championship winner was awarded the 1979 CAMS Gold Star.[2] The title, which was the 23rd Australian Drivers' Championship,[3] was won by Johnnie Walker, driving a Lola T332.[4]

Schedule

The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round.[4]

Round[4] Name[4] Circuit[4] State Date[4] Round winner[4] Car[5] Report
1 Australian Grand Prix Wanneroo Raceway[6] Western Australia 11 March Johnnie Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet Report
2 Oran Park New South Wales 29 July John Bowe Elfin MR8 Chevrolet
3 Rothmans 10,000[7] Sandown Victoria 9 September Alfredo Costanzo Lola T430 Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each race.[1]

Results

Johnnie Walker won the championship driving a Lola T332, similar to the example pictured above
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Championship name

Sources of the time differ as to the actual name of the championship with both Australian Drivers' Championship[4][9] and Australian Formula 1 Championship[1][7] being used. "Australian Drivers' Championship" is used by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in its historic documentation[2] and that term has been used here.

References

  1. [1]
    CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, pages 94-96
  2. [2]
    Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. [3]
    Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, page 214
  4. [4]
    Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, pages 88-97
  5. [5]
    Wolfgang Kopfler, 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 214
  6. [6]
    Souvenir Programme, Wanneroo Raceway, Australian Grand Prix, 11th March 1979
  7. [7]
    Official Program, Sandown, 9 September 1979
  8. [8]
    The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 426-434
  9. [9]
    Ray Bell, Alfie storms back, Racing Car News, October 1979, pages 28-30
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