1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship
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The 1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group B Sports Sedans.[1] It was the fourth Australian Sports Sedan Championship.[2]
Calendar
The title was contested over a nine round series.[3]
- Round 1, Lakeside, Queensland, 1 April
- Round 2, Oran Park, New South Wales, 29 April
- Round 3, The Advertiser Sports Sedan Challenge, Adelaide International Raceway, South Australia, 3 June
- Round 4, Wanneroo Park, Western Australia, 10 June
- Round 5, Calder, Victoria, 8 August
- Round 6, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, 26 August
- Round 7, Symmons Plains, Tasmania, 16 September
- Round 8, Baskerville, Tasmania, 7 October
- Round 9, Sandown Park, Victoria, 9 December
Rounds 2 & 3 were contested as single races and all other rounds were staged over two heats.[4]
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round.[5] Only the best eight round results could be retained by each driver.[6]
For rounds staged over two heats, points were allocated on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first 14 finishers in each heat. These points were aggregated to determine the first six placegetters for the round. In the event of two or more drivers attaining the same total, the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver who place higher in the final heat.[7]
Points table
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant[8][9] | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Total[9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan Grice | Chevrolet Corvair | Craven Mild Racing | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | - | 52 |
| 2 | Tony Edmondson | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Repco Holden | Donald Elliott | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | 36 |
| 3 | Jim Richards | Ford XC Falcon Chrysler VH Valiant Charger Chevrolet Monza |
Jim Richards Motor Racing Clem Smith Rotax Monza |
9 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 23[10] |
| 4 | Phil Ward | Holden HQ Monaro | Channel 10 - NSW Building Society | - | 4 | - | - | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | 19 |
| 5 | John Briggs | Chevrolet Monza | Computa Car | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | 13 |
| 6 | Ron Harrop | Ford TD Cortina | Pat Crea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |
| 7 | Darryl Wilcox | Holden Torana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Les Swallow | Chevrolet Corvair | Les Swallow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Allan Moffat | Chevrolet Monza | Allan Moffat Racing | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6[10] | |
| 10 | Gordon Mitchell | Morris Marina Rover | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Ken Hastings | Volkswagen Karmann Ghia | Ken Hastings | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| John Pollard | Chevrolet Monza | Gary & Warren Smith | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Martin Sinclair | Holden Torana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||
| Ron King | Holden Torana | Ron King | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | Stephen Land | Holden Torana | Stephen Land | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Brian Rhodes | Holden Torana | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| John Tesoriero | Volvo 242 Chevrolet | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| John White | Holden Monaro | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Bruce Gowans | Toyota Celica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | ||
| Paul Minehan | Holden Torana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| 21 | Fred Sayers | Morris Clubman | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Pat Crea | Ford TD Cortina | Pat Crea | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Graeme Hooley | Holden Torana | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Brian Potts | Holden Torana | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Rob Davies | Ford Escort | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| 26 | Doug Clark | Toyota Celica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bob Stevens | Ford Mustang | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Luigi De Luca | Ford Anglia | Dowidat Belzer Tools | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Kevin Mann | Morris Cooper S | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Peter Phillips | Ford Escort | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Rod Stevens | Ford Falcon | Brian Wood Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1[11] |
Notes and references
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, page 97
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1980, page 59
- ↑ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, pages 140-145
- ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages162-164
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, page 94
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, page 95
- ↑ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, pages 94-95
- ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 3 June 1979, page 29
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Racing Car News, January 1980, page 60
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Racing Car News reported fourth place at the Sandown round as awarded equally to Richards & Moffat but regulations for multi-part rounds in the 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport dictated that the highest place driver in the final heat would be awarded the placing
- ↑ Racing Car News reported sixth place at the Sandown round as awarded equally to four drivers but regulations for multi-part rounds in the 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport dictated that the highest place driver in the final heat would be awarded the placing
