1964 Australian Drivers' Championship Previous 1963 Next 1965
The 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship was open to drivers of Racing Cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. The title was contested over a five-round series.
- Round 1, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 9 February
- Round 2, South Pacific Trophy, Longford, Tasmania, 2 March
- Round 3, Lakeside, Queensland, 13 September
- Round 4, Craven Filter Trophy, Mallala Motor Sport Park, South Australia, 12 October
- Round 5, Horden Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 6 December
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Australian resident place-getters in each round with the championship winner awarded the 1964 CAMS "Gold Star".
Results
Championship results were as follows.
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bib Stillwell | Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF | BS Stillwell | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | 27 |
| 2 | Lex Davison | Cooper T62 Climax Repco Brabham Climax FPF |
Ecurie Australie | - | 3 | - | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Greg Cusack | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford Elfin |
Scuderia Veloce | - | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF | Ecurie Vitesse | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 4 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 32 Ford | Total Team | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Arnold Glass | Lotus 27 Ford Cooper Climax FPF |
Capitol Motor Pty Ltd | 3 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Frank Matich | Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF | Total Team | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
| 8 | John Youl | Cooper T55 Climax FPF | John C Youl | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 |
| 9 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin Monocoque | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 9 | Rocky Tresise | Cooper Climax FPF | Ecurie Australie | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Barry Collison | Brabham Ford | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| 11 | Bill Pile | Elfin Monocoque | WM Pile | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 11 | Glynn Scott | Lotus 27 Ford | Glynn Scott Motors | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Andy Brown | Elfin 1500 | Autocourse Elfin | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 14 | David Walker | Brabham BT2 Ford | David Walker | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 16 | Granton Harrison | Elfin Monocoque | GT Harrison | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 16 | Jack Hobden | Cooper T51 Climax FPF | Louise Hobden | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References
- Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 1 (1964)
- Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 2 (1965)
- Australian Motor Sport, December 1964
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1964
- Official Programme, Sandown, 9 February 1964
- Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Races, 12 October 1964
- Racing Car News, August 1972 (Gold Star Guide)
- Racing Car News, January 1965
- Sports Car World, December 1964
- The Official 50 Year History of the Australian Grand Prix, © 1986
External links
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