1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship
The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.[3]

Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.
Calendar
The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.[3]
Round [3] | Name | Circuit [3] | State | Date [3] | Winner [3] | Car [3] |
1 | Calder | Victoria | 25 May | Andrew Miedecke | Rennmax BN7 Ford | |
2 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 1 June | Geoff Brabham | Birrana 274 Ford | |
3 | Hume Weir | Victoria | 15 June | Alfredo Costanzo | Birrana 274 Ford | |
4 | Sandown | Victoria | 5 July | Ken Shirvington | March 732 Ford | |
5 | Calder | Victoria | 10 August | Alfredo Costanzo | Birrana 274 Ford | |
6 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 28 September | Geoff Brabham | Birrana 274 Ford | |
7 | Rothmans Trophy [4] | Phillip island | Victoria | 30 November | Geoff Brabham | Birrana 274 Ford |
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.[1]
Results
Position | Driver [5] | No. [3] | Car [3] | Entrant | Cal. [6] | Ama. [6] | Hum. [6] | San. [3] | Cal. [6] | Sym. [6] | Phi. [6] | Total. [5] |
1 | Geoff Brabham | 10 | Birrana 274 Ford | Grace Bros - Levi's Racing Team [7] | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 39 |
2 | Alfredo Costanzo | 5 | Birrana 274 Ford | - | - | 9 | - | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |
3 | Andrew Miedecke | 2 | Rennmax BN7 Ford | Grace Bros - Levi's Racing Team [7] | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 22 |
4 | Ken Shirvington | 3 | March 732 Ford | 3 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 16 | |
5 | Ray Winter | 27 | Mildren Ford | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | |
6 | Chris Farrell | 6 | Elfin 622 Ford | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 8 | |
7 | John Macdonald | Brabham BT41 Ford | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||
= | Tony Stewart | 21 | Brabham BT36 Ford | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 6 [8] | |
9 | Chas Talbot | 12 | Birrana 274 Ford | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | 5 | |
10 | John Leffler | Brabham BT36 Ford | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | ||
11 | Enno Busselmann | Elfin 622 Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
12 | Tony Maw | Elfin 700 Ford | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
= | Graeme Crawford | Biranna 273 Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||
14 | Rob Butcher | Asp 330 Toyota [9] | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
= | Wolfgang Prejawa | 26 | Birrana 274 Ford | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
= | Peter Warren | Birrana 273 Ford | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
= | Doug MacArthur | Lola T360 Ford | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
- Note: No points were awarded at the Sandown round as the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.[3]
Notes and references
- Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
- Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
- Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
- Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
- Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
- Australian Competition Yearbook refers to the Brabham and Miedecke entries as being from the Grace Bros - Levi's team. The official programme for Calder Raceway, Sunday, 16 March 1975 lists the entrant for both cars in the non-championship Van Heusen Formula II Series round as "Grace Bros - Levis Racing Team"
- Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
- The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 13 May 2013
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