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1976 Australian Grand Prix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = CUST

|Description = Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship

|Grand Prix = Australian

|Country = Australia

|Image =

|Official name = XLI Australian Grand Prix

|Location = Sandown International Motor Racing Circuit, Melbourne, Victoria

|Date = 12 September

|Year = 1976

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 1.926

|Course_km = 3.100

|Distance_laps = 47

|Distance_mi = 90.522

|Distance_km = 145.70

|Weather = Sunny

|Pole_Driver = Max Stewart

|Pole_Country = AUS

|Pole_Team = Lola-Chevrolet

|Pole_Time = 1'01.5

|Fast_Driver = John Goss
{{flagicon|AUS}} Vern Schuppan

|Fast_Team = Matich-Repco Holden
Elfin-Chevrolet

|Fast_Time = 1'01.1

|Fast_Country = AUS

|First_Driver = John Goss

|First_Country = AUS

|First_Team = Matich-Repco Holden

|Second_Driver = Vern Schuppan

|Second_Country = AUS

|Second_Team = Elfin-Chevrolet

|Third_Driver = John Leffler

|Third_Country = AUS

|Third_Team = Lola-Chevrolet

}}

The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing CircuitOfficial programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 22 in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81

The race was the forty first Australian Grand Prix and doubled as Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. John Goss won the race driving a Matich A53 Repco-Holden, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international Vern Schuppan who was driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet entered by Ansett Team Elfin. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was John Leffler driving a Lola T400 Chevrolet.

Qualifying results

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Pos.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Stewart |editor1-first=Graham |editor1-last=Howard | title = The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix |year=1986 |publisher=R & T Publishing |location=Gordon, NSW |isbn=0-9588464-0-5 |pages=398–406 |chapter=1976}}

! No.Official programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 39

! Driver

! Car

! Entrant

! Time

! Gap

1

| 16

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Max Stewart

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| M Stewart

| 1:01.5

|align="center" | —

2

| 12

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Vern Schuppan

| Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Ansett Team Elfin

| 1:02.5

| +1.0

3

| 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Goss

| Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8

| John Goss Racing Pty Ltd

| 1:04.1

| +2.6

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jon Davison

| Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8

| Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing

| 1:06.1

| +4.6

5

| 10

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Milton

| McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| John Martin's / Shell Sport

| 1:06.5

| +5.0

6

| 62

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Allison

| Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| B Allison

| 1:07.1

| +5.6

7

| 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Terry Hook

| Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Terry Hook Racing

| 1:08.1

| +6.6

8

| 68

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Edmonds

| Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93

| J Edmonds

| 1:08.5

| +7.0

9

| 6

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Shirvington

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| K Shirvington

| 1:09.1

| +7.6

10

| 23

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Fraser

| Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8

| SH & DG Fraser

| 1:12.9

| +11.4

11

| 39

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Gil Cameron

| McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| VYI's Sunglasses

| 1:13.3

| +11.8

12

| 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Bartlett

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Shellsport K Bartlett

| 1:16.7

| +15.2

13

| 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Leffler

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Grace Bros Racing

| 1:34.9

| +33.4

14

| 20

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Miedecke

| Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4

| Grace Bros Racing

| 1:08.5

| +7.0

15

| 83

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Larner

| Elfin 700 / England 1.6L I4

| P Larner

| 1:08.6

| +7.1

16

| 33

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Stack

| Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L I4

| M Stack

| 1:11.4

| +9.9

17

| 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Millard

| Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4

| Chrystal Millard

| DNP

|

Race results

File:Elfin mr8c.jpg placed second in the race driving an Elfin MR8, similar to that pictured above]]

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Pos.

! No.

! Driver

! Car

! Entrant

! Laps

! Time

1

| align="center" | 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Goss

| Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8

| John Goss Racing Pty Ltd

| align="center" | 47

| 48m 41.4s

2

| align="center" | 12

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Vern Schuppan

| Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Ansett Team Elfin

| align="center" | 47

| 48m 41.9s

3

| align="center" | 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Leffler

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Grace Bros Racing

| align="center" | 46

|

4

| align="center" | 10

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Milton

| McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| John Martin's / Shell Sport

| align="center" | 39

|

5

| align="center" | 20

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Miedecke

| Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl

| Grace Bros Racing

| align="center" | 37

|

Ret

| align="center" | 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kevin Bartlett

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Shellsport K Bartlett

| align="center" | 33

| engine

Ret

| align="center" | 23

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Steven Fraser

| Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8

| SH & DG Fraser

| align="center" | 27

|

Ret

| align="center" | 16

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Max Stewart

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| M Stewart

| align="center" | 26

| engine

Ret

| align="center" | 4

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jon Davison

| Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8

| Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing

| align="center" | 19

| engine

Ret

| align="center" | 83

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Larner

| Elfin 700 / England 1.6L 4cyl

| P Larner

| align="center" | 17

| crash

Ret

| align="center" | 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Terry Hook

| Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| Terry Hook Racing

| align="center" | 12

| engine

Ret

| align="center" | 39

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Gil Cameron

| McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| VYI's Fashion Sunglasses

| align="center" | 8

| engine

Ret

| align="center" | 6

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Shirvington

| Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| K Shirvington

| align="center" | 1

| crash

Ret

| align="center" | 62

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Bruce Allison

| Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8

| B Allison

| align="center" | 1

| stuck throttle / crash

Ret

| align="center" | 68

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Edmonds

| Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8

| J Edmonds

| align="center" | 0

| clutch

DNS

| align="center" | 33

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Stack

| Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl

| M Stack

|

|

DNS

| align="center" | 17

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Millard

| Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl

| Chrystal Millard

|

|

References

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External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps2MEP5Iu14 1976 Australian Grand Prix Sandown, www.youtube.com]

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