1970 Australian Drivers' Championship Previous 1969 Next 1971
The 1970 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the fourteenth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1970 CAMS Gold Star.
The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus 39 Repco and a Lotus 59B Waggott.
Calendar
The championship was contested over six rounds with one race per round.
| Round | Race name | Circuit | State | Date | Round winner | Car |
| 1 | Tasmanian Road Racing Championship | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 2 March | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E |
| 2 | Lakeside Governor's Trophy | Lakeside | Queensland | 7 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 3 | Diamond Trophy | Oran Park Raceway | New South Wales | 28 June | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott |
| 4 | Sam Hordern Trophy | Warwick Farm | New South Wales | 6 September | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
| 5 | Victorian Trophy Gold Star 100 | Sandown | Victoria | 13 September | John Harvey | Jane Repco |
| 6 | Mallala | South Australia | 12 October | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 59B Waggott |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each round. Only the best five round results could be retained by each driver.
Results
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Sym | Lak | Ora | War | San | Mal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 39 Repco Lotus 59 Waggott |
Geoghegan's Sporty Cars | 6 | - | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 | Max Stewart | Mildren Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | John Harvey | Repco Brabham BT23E | Bob Jane Shell Racing Team | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | 9 | - | 25 |
| 4 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin 600D Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 16 |
| 5 | Malcolm Ramsay | Elfin 600C Repco | Elfin GT Harrison Racing Team | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Bob Muir | Rennmax BN3 Waggott | Robert Muir Motors | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 8 |
| 7 | Glyn Scott | Bowin P3 Cosworth Elfin 600 Waggott |
Glyn Scott | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| John McCormack | Elfin 600C Coventry Climax Elfin 600C Repco |
John McCormack | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 9 | Kevin Bartlett | Mildren Mono Waggott | Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Kirk | Elfin 600K Ford | Barjan Mobile Auto Electrics | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Jack Bono | Repco Brabham BT2 Ford | Graham Collier Tools | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | |
| 12 | Len Goodwin | McLaren M4A Cosworth | Pat Burke Racing Len Goodwin |
2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 13 | Tony Stewart | Elfin 600B Ford | Paul England | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Helene Bittner | Rebelle Ford | Helene Bittner | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ian Ferguson | Bowin P3A Ford | Ian Ferguson | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Maurie Quincey | Elfin 600B Ford | Maurie Quincey | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Note: There were only five classified finishers at the Mallala round.
Notes and references
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 78
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1970, pages 185
- CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport 1980, page 56
- ^ Australian Competition Yearbook 1971, pages 51 to 63
- ^ Official Programme, Symmons Plains, 28th February, 2 March 1970
- ^ members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ The car is entered in the Official Programme as a Repco Brabham V8 and is shown at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw as a Brabham BT23E
- Official Programme, Lakeside Governor's Trophy, Sunday, June 7, 1970
- ^ Programme, Oran Park Raceway, Sunday, June 28, 1970
- Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sept 6 (1970)
- Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday September 13, 1970
Further reading
- Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971
- Program for Mallala Races, 12 October 1970
- Super Sandown, Racing Car News, October 1970
External links
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