1972 South Pacific Touring Series

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1972 South Pacific Touring Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[1] It was the third running of an annual series which had first been contested as the 1970 Tasman Touring Series.

The series was won by John Goss driving for McLeod Ford in a Ford Falcon GTHO.[2]

The series was contested over four rounds:[1][2]

Round[1] Race name Circuit[1] Date[1] Winning driver[2] Winning car[2] Entrant[2]
1 Surfers Paradise International Raceway 6 February Leo Geoghegan Chrysler Valiant Charger Austral Motors
2 Tele-Ads Series Production Touring Car Race[3] Warwick Farm Motor Racing Circuit 13 February Doug Chivas Chrysler Valiant Charger Liverpool Chrysler[3]
3 Autolite South Pacific Tourist Trophy Race[4] Sandown International Motor Race Circuit 20 February John Goss Ford Falcon GTHO McLeod Ford
4 Adelaide International Raceway 27 February Allan Moffat Ford Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd.[1]

Each round was held as a support race to a round of the 1972 Tasman Championship for Drivers.[2][1]

Classes

Competing cars were classified into four classes according to an assessed C.P. Units value for each vehicle.[1] Under this system, the engine capacity of the car (in litres) was multiplied by the retail price of the car (in Australian dollars) to arrive at a CP Unit value.[5]

  • Class A: 0 to 3000 C.P. Units[1]
  • Class B: 3001 to 9000 C.P. Units[1]
  • Class C: 9001 to 18000 C.P. Units[1]
  • Class D: 18001 & over C.P. Units[1]

Points system

Series standings

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI