1979 Australian Drivers' Championship

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A 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 racing cars.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1979, pages 94-96 The championship winner was awarded the 1979 CAMS Gold Star.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160404083424/http://docs.cams.com.au/Manual/About/AC05-Titles-Gold-Star-2016-1.pdf Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, as archived at web.archive.org] The title, which was the 23rd Australian Drivers' Championship,Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, page 214 was won by Johnnie Walker, driving a Lola T332.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook, 1979/80, pages 88-97

Schedule

The championship was contested over a three-round series with one race per round.

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| Name

| Circuit

| State

| Date

| Round winner

| CarWolfgang Kopfler, 1979 Australian Drivers' Championship, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 214

| Report

height="14" align="center" | 1

| Australian Grand Prix

| Wanneroo RacewaySouvenir Programme, Wanneroo Raceway, Australian Grand Prix, 11th March 1979

| Western Australia

| 11 March

| Johnnie Walker

| Lola T332 Chevrolet

| Report

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| Oran Park

| New South Wales

| 29 July

| John Bowe

| Elfin MR8 Chevrolet

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| Rothmans 10,000Official Program, Sandown, 9 September 1979

| Sandown

| Victoria

| 9 September

| Alfredo Costanzo

| Lola T430 Chevrolet

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Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each race.

Results

File:Lola T332 at Goodwood FOS 2008.jpg won the championship driving a Lola T332, similar to the example pictured above]]

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! Position

! Driver

! No.The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 426-434

! Car

! Entrant

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! Ora

! San

! Points

1

| Johnnie Walker

| align="center" | 25

| Lola T332 Chevrolet

| Magnum Wheels

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 19

2

| John Bowe

| align="center" | 11

| Elfin MR8 Chevrolet

| Ansett Team Elfin

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 15

3

| Alfredo Costanzo

| align="center" | 84

| Lola T430 Chevrolet

| Porsche Cars Australia

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 9

rowspan=2 | 4

| Rob Butcher

| align="center" | 10

| Lola T332 Chevrolet

| Rob Butcher

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 8

John Smith

| align="center" | 71

| Ralt RT1 Ford

| John Smith

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 8

6

| John Wright

| align="center" | 76

| Lola T400 Chevrolet

| John Wright

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 6

7

| Graham McRae

| align="center" | 2

| McRae GM3

| Settlement Road WreckersRay Bell, Alfie storms back, Racing Car News, October 1979, pages 28-30

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 3

rowspan=2 | 8

| Chas Talbot

| align="center" | 3

| Lola T332C

| Chas Talbot

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 2

Terry Hook

| align="center" | 15

| Lola T332 Chevrolet

| Terry Hook

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 2

rowspan=3 | 10

| Peter Edwards

| align="center" | 21

| Lola T332

| PJ Edwards

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 1

Paul Hamilton

| align="center" | 88

| Elfin 600

|

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 1

Barry Singleton

| align="center" | 19

| Gardos GL1 Chevrolet

| Barry Singleton

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | -

| align="center" | 1

Championship name

Sources of the time differ as to the actual name of the championship with both Australian Drivers' Championship and Australian Formula 1 Championship being used. "Australian Drivers' Championship" is used by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in its historic documentation and that term has been used here.

References

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