1962 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers [1] of Formula Libre racing cars.[2] The winner of the title, which was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1962 CAMS Gold Star.[1]

1962 Australian Drivers' Championship
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Schedule

The championship was contested over a six race series.[3]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 12-7-5-3-2-1 basis for the six best placed Australian license holders.[1][10] Each driver could count his/her results from the Australian Grand Prix plus the best four results from the remaining races.[11] Ties in the award were determined by the relevant drivers placings in the Australian Grand Prix.[1][9]

Results

Position [11] Driver [11] Car [11] Entrant [11] R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total [11]
1 Bib Stillwell Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF BS Stillwell 7 12 - 7 12 7 45
2 John Youl Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF
Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF
Scuderia Veloce 2 - - - 7 12 21
3 Bill Patterson Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF Bill Patterson Motors 3 5 - 5 - 5 18
4 Greg Cusack Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF Scuderia Veloce - 3 12 3 - - 18
5 David McKay Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF Scuderia Veloce 5 7 - - 5 - 17
6 Lex Davison Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF Ecurie Australie 1 - 12 - - 13
7 Jack Brabham Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF Jack Brabham 12 - - - - - 12
8 Bryan Thomson Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF S/C Ecurie Shepparton - - 7 2 - - 9
9 Tom Ross Lotus 20 Ford T Ross - - 5 - - - 5
10 Arnold Glass BRM P48 Buick Capitol Motors Pty Ltd - - - - - 3 3
11 Clive Nolan Lotus 20 Ford Clive Nolan Motors - - 3 - - - 3
Andy Brown Elfin FJ Ford Autocourse Elfin - - - - 3 - 3
13 Syd Negus Cooper T20 Repco Holden Syd Negus - - - - - 2 2
14 Alwyn Rose Dalro Jaguar Mk II A Rose - 2 - - - - 2
Roy Morris Elfin FJ Climax Climax FWA R Morris - - 2 - - - 2
Bill Pile Cooper Mk. V Climax Climax FWA W Pile - - - - 2 - 2
17 Ted Edwards TS Special E Edwards - - - - - 1 1
18 Ron Marshall Cooper T51 (Replica) Coventry Climax FPF R Marshall 1 - - - - - 1
Ron Halpin Gremlin FJ Ford Gold Coast Auto - - 1 - - - 1
Garrie Cooper Elfin FJ Ford Elfin Sports Cars - - - - 1 - 1

Note:

  • Patterson was awarded third place in the championship due to his superior placing in the Australian Grand Prix.[9]
  • English driver John Surtees (Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his victory in the Longford race
  • New Zealand driver Angus Hyslop (Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his fourth place in the Longford race
  • New Zealand driver Bruce McLaren (Cooper T62 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his victory in the Australian Grand Prix

References

  1. 1963 Amendments to CAMS Manual & National Competition Rules (1962 ed), page 26
  2. Greg Cusack wins Queensland's Gold Star at Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, August 1962, page 34
  3. Guide to the Gold Star, page i, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972
  4. McKay, David. Surtees Cleans Up, Modern Motor, May 1962, pages 27-30 & 74
  5. Bib Scoops Bathurst, Australian Motor Sports, June 1962, pages 34-36
  6. Greg Cusack wins Queensland's Gold Star at Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, August 1962, pages 34-35
  7. Davison wins Victorian road racing title, Australian Motor Sports, November 1962, pages 28-29 & 5
  8. Stillwell clinches Gold Star at Mallala, Australian Motor Sports, November 1962, pages 36-37
  9. McKay, David. AGP to McLaren, Modern Motor, January 1963, pages 18-20
  10. Guide to the Gold Star, pages ii-iii, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972
  11. 1962 Gold Star race results Archived 28 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 9 May 2010

Further reading

  • Jim Sheperd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980
  • John Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
  • The official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986
  • Surtees wins fast Longford International, Australian Motor Sports, May 1962, page 23
  • David McKay, Stillwell's Day, Modern Motor, July 1962, pages 30–32 & 77-78
  • Gold Star at Lowood, Modern Motor, August 1962, page 75
  • David McKay, "Davo" at Sandown, Modern Motor, November 1962
  • David McKay, 'Star' to Bib, Modern Motor, December 1962, page 28
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