1974 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | November 17, 1974 | ||
Official name | XXXIX Australian Grand Prix | ||
Location | Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 2.620 km (1.628 miles) | ||
Distance | 61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lola- Chevrolet | ||
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Warwick Brown | Lola- Chevrolet | |
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lola- Chevrolet | ||
Second | Elfin- Repco Holden | ||
Third | Lola- Chevrolet |
The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2. [1] [2] [3] The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence. [4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.
Results were as follows: [4]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.2 | — |
2 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.3 | +0.1 | |
3 | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.9 | +0.7 |
4 | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.0 | +1.8 |
5 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.5 | +2.3 |
6 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.8 |
7 | 12 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
8 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 | |
9 | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:09.7 | +4.5 |
10 | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.9 | +6.7 | |
11 | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant [5] | Laps | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
2 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
3 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Air New Zealand | 60 | |
4 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Jon Davison | 59 | ||
5 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | ||
Ret | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 58 | fuel pick up | |
Ret | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 49 | harmonic balancer | ||
Ret | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 47 | oil pump | |
Ret | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | 26 | valve | |
DNS | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | engine bearing | |||
DNS | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | too slow |
1974 Australian Grand Prix | |||
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Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | November 17, 1974 | ||
Official name | XXXIX Australian Grand Prix | ||
Location | Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 2.620 km (1.628 miles) | ||
Distance | 61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lola- Chevrolet | ||
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Warwick Brown | Lola- Chevrolet | |
Time | 1'05.2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lola- Chevrolet | ||
Second | Elfin- Repco Holden | ||
Third | Lola- Chevrolet |
The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2. [1] [2] [3] The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence. [4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.
Results were as follows: [4]
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.2 | — |
2 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.3 | +0.1 | |
3 | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.9 | +0.7 |
4 | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.0 | +1.8 |
5 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.5 | +2.3 |
6 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.8 |
7 | 12 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
8 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 | |
9 | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:09.7 | +4.5 |
10 | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.9 | +6.7 | |
11 | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |
Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant [5] | Laps | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
2 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
3 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Air New Zealand | 60 | |
4 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Jon Davison | 59 | ||
5 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | ||
Ret | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 58 | fuel pick up | |
Ret | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 49 | harmonic balancer | ||
Ret | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 47 | oil pump | |
Ret | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | 26 | valve | |
DNS | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | engine bearing | |||
DNS | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | too slow |