1974 Australian Grand Prix

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.

1974 Australian Grand Prix
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 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Max Stewart	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Time	1'05.2
Podium
First	Warwick Brown	Lola-Chevrolet
Second	John McCormack	Elfin-Repco Holden
Third	Graeme Lawrence	Lola-Chevrolet

Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.[4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.

Classification

Results were as follows:[4]

Qualifying

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

Race

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

Notes

• Pole position: Max Stewart - 1'05.2
• Fastest lap: Warwick Brown - 1'05.2, 146.3 km/h (90.9 mph),[4] new outright record [5]

Notes & references

1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
2. The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 1 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with V8 production pushrod engines of up to 5000cc or free design engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2000cc. The former are commonly referred to as Formula 5000 cars.
3. The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 2 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with engines of up to 1600cc
4. Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1974". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
5. Ray Bell, Lucky Stewart Bags AGP, Racing Car News, December 1974, pages 60-61

Preceded by 1973 Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix 1974	Succeeded by 1975 Australian Grand Prix