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1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

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The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group C Touring Cars. It was authorised by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.

The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's.

Calendar

Holden won the championship, with the Torana SL/R 5000 L34 model being its main pointscorer. The example above contested the Bathurst round of the 1974 championship
A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.

Round Race title Circuit State Date Winning driver(s) Winning car Entrant Report
1 Chesterfield 250 Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 25 August Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team
2 Sandown 250 Sandown Park Victoria 8 September Canada Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Allan Moffat Racing Report
3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 Mount Panorama, Bathurst New South Wales 6 October Australia John Goss
Australia Kevin Bartlett 		Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop McLeod Ford-2UW Report
4 Chesterfield 300 Surfers Paradise Queensland 10 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team
5 RE-PO 500K Phillip Island Victoria 24 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.

  • Up to and including 1300 cc
  • 1301 to 2000 cc
  • 2001 to 3000 cc
  • Over 3000 cc

Points system

For all rounds except the Bathurst round, championship points were awarded on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright. For the Bathurst round only, championship points were awarded on an 18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points.

Results

Position Manufacturer Ade. San. Bat. Sur. Phi. Total.
1 Holden 13 11 15 13 13 65
2 Ford 11 13 22 4 9 59
3 Mazda 11 9 18 9 9 56
4 Alfa Romeo 9 9 18 9 9 54
5 Leyland 7 8 18 6 - 39
= Datsun 9 9 12 - 9 39
7 Honda 8 6 12 4 6 36
8 Chrysler - 6 - - - 6

References

  1. ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 89
  2. Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
  3. ^ Manufacturers Championships Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 120-145
  4. ^ Official Programme, Chesterfield 250, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, August 25th 1974
  5. ^ Official Programme, Sandown 250, Manchamps Round 2, September 8th (1974)
  6. 1974 Official Programme, Hardie-Ferodo 1000
  7. ^ Des White, Toranas Top-score, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 54 to 57
  8. Tom NcNaughton, K.B. stops Stewart’s run, Racing Car News, January 1975, page 60
  9. Official Souvenir Programme, The Re-Po Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, November 24, 1974
  10. ^ Championship Pointscores, Chequered Flag, December 1974 / January 1975, Page Seventy Six
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