1976 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian national motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport [1] as the eighth Australian Sports Car Championship [2] and was the first to be restricted to production based cars.[3]

1976 Australian Sports Car Championship
Previous:	1975	Next:	1977

The championship was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Porsche Carrera.[4]

Schedule

The championship was contested over five rounds:[4]

Round [4]	Circuit [4]	State	Date [4]	Format [3]	Round winner [3]	Car [4]
1	Oran Park	New South Wales	16 May	Two heats	Ian Geoghegan	Porsche Carrera
2	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	30 May	Two heats	Ian Geoghegan	Porsche Carrera
3	Calder	Victoria	8 August	Two heats	Alan Hamilton	Porsche Turbo RSR [5]
4	Hume Weir	Victoria	26 September	Two heats	Alan Hamilton	Porsche Turbo
5	Phillip Island	Victoria	21 November	One race	Alan Hamilton	Porsche 934 Turbo [6]

Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first six places at each round.[4]

Position	Driver [4]	Car [4]	Entrant [7][8][5] [9]	Ora [4]	Ama [4]	Cal [4]	Hum [4]	Phi [4]	Total [4]
1	Ian Geoghegan	Porsche Carrera	Laurex Pty Ltd	9	9	6	6	6	36
2	Alan Hamilton	Porsche Turbo RSR [5] Porsche 934 Turbo [6]	JAG Team Porsche	-	6	9	9	9	33
3	Rusty French	De Tomaso Pantera	Rusty French	6	2	-	4	4	16
4	Peter Hopwood	Lotus Elan	P Hopwood	3	4	-	-	-	7
5	Paul Trevethan	MGB GT V8 [5]	Broadwalk MG Centre	-	-	3	3	-	6
6	Ross Bond	Bolwell Nagari	Ian Morgan	2	3	-	-	-	5
7	Steve Webb	Bolwell Nagari	Eventemp Air Conditioning	4	-	-	-	-	4
=	Peter Woodward	Lotus 47	Peter Woodward	-	-	4	-	-	4
9	Alan Edwards	Bolwell Nagari	Motorfast Datsun	-	-	-	-	3	3
10	Max Grayson	Jaguar E Type		-	-	2	-	-	2
=	John Gourlay	MG Midget	J Gourlay	-	-	-	2	-	2
=	Bob Kennedy	Triumph TR5	Triumph Sports Owners Association	-	-	-	-	2	2
13	Jim Davidson	Lotus Elan	JS Davidson	1	-	-	-	-	1
=	John Latham	Porsche Carrera	J Latham	-	1	-	-	-	1
=	Gay Cesario	Fiat 124 Spider	Gay Cesario	-	-	1	-	-	1
=	Tim Trevor	Lotus 47	Tim Trevor Motors	-	-	-	1	-	1
=	Ken Price	MG Midget [6]	K Price	-	-	-	-	1	1

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