1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

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The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group C Touring Cars.[1] It was authorised by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.

The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by Holden.[2]

Holden won the championship, with the Torana SL/R 5000 L34 model being its main pointscorer. The example above contested the Bathurst round of the 1974 championship
A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.[1][3]

Round[3] Race title Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winning driver(s)[3] Winning car[3] Entrant Report
1 Chesterfield 250[4] Adelaide International Raceway South Australia 25 August Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Holden Dealer Team[4]
2 Sandown 250[5] Sandown Park Victoria 8 September Canada Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop Allan Moffat Racing[5] Report
3 Hardie-Ferodo 1000[3] Mount Panorama, Bathurst New South Wales 6 October Australia John Goss
Australia Kevin Bartlett		 Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop McLeod Ford-2UW[6] Report
4 Chesterfield 300[7] Surfers Paradise Queensland 10 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Holden Dealer Team[7]
5 RE-PO 500K[8] Phillip Island Victoria 24 November Australia Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 Holden Dealer Team[9] Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.[1]

  • Up to and including 1300 cc[1]
  • 1301 to 2000 cc[1]
  • 2001 to 3000 cc[1]
  • Over 3000 cc[1]

Points system

Results

References

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