1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars.[1] The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's.[2]

A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.[1][3]

Round [3] Race title Circuit [3] State Date [3] Winning driver(s) [3] Winning car [3] Report
1 Chesterfield 250 [4] Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 25 August Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
2 Sandown 250 [5] Sandown Park Victoria 8 September Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Report
3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [3] Mount Panorama New South Wales 6 October John Goss
Kevin Bartlett		 Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop Report
4 Chesterfield 300 [6] Surfers Paradise Queensland 10 November Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
5 RE-PO 500K [7] Phillip Island Victoria 24 November Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.[1]

  • Up to and including 1300 cc [1]
  • 1301 to 2000 cc [1]
  • 2001 to 3000 cc [1]
  • Over 3000 cc [1]

Points system

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 at all rounds except the Bathurst round.[1] 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.[1] Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points.[1]

Results
Position [8] Manufacturer [8] Car Points [8]
1 General Motors-Holden's Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 &
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [3]		 69
2 Ford Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop &
Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop		 64

Note: Championship placings below second position are not known.

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 87
  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. Phillip Island Break-Up Party, Australian Motor Manual, February 1975, page 64
  6. Des White, Toranas top-score, Racing Car News, December 1974, page 54
  7. Tom NcNaughton, K.B. stops Stewart’s run, Racing Car News, January 1975, page 60
  8. Turning point for tin-tops, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 16 to 21
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