1978 Australian Tourist Trophy
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The 1978 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Calder circuit in Victoria, Australia on 3 December 1978.[1] It was open to Group A Sports Cars[2] and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian Title.[2] The race, which was the sixteenth Australian Tourist Trophy,[3] was won by Greg Doidge driving an Elfin 360.[4]
The race winning Elfin 360, pictured in 2008
- Race distance: 50 laps, 50 miles, 80.5 km[6]
- Race time of winning car: 37:28.2[1]
- Number of starters: 18[1]
- Number of finishers: 8[1]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Greg Stanfield, Aust. Title to Doidge, Racing Car News, January 1978, pages 58 to 61
- 1 2 Australian Title Conditions, 1978 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 88
- ↑ Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
- ↑ Chris de Fraga, Janson coasts to win at Calder, The Age, Monday, 4 December 1978, page 27
- ↑ Australian Tourist Trophy 1978 Standings, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 29 July 2014
- ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
