1976 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1976.[1] It was open to Group A Sports Cars [2] and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title.[2] The race, which was the fourteenth Australian Tourist Trophy,[3] was won by Stuart Kostera of Western Australia,[4] driving an Elfin MS7.[1]

Results

Position [5] Driver [5] [6] No. [6] Car [5] [6] Entrant [5] [6] Laps [5]
1 Stuart Kostera 13 Elfin MS7 Repco Holden [7] Kostera Racing 30
2 Barry Singleton 6 McLaren M8 Barry Singleton Motors 30
3 Alan Hamilton 9 Porsche 934 Jag Porsche Team 30
4 Rusty French 6 de Tomaso Pantera Holley Performance 29
5 Geoff Walker 70 GP Datsun Geoff Walker 27
6 Tony Rees 78 Farrell Clubman [8] AG Rees 26
7 Dale Kendall 56 WDC1 Dale Kendall 24
? Dennis Hogan 37 Triton Mk2 Dennis Hogan
? Max Scorer 7 Scorer Sprite Max Scorer
? Murray Wilson 35 Clubman M Wilson
? Tom Crozier 58 Farrell T Crozier
? David Phillips 15 Lotus 23 David K Phillips
? Warwick De Rose 21 Pegasus Warwick De Rose
? G Stoll 38 Gordon G Stoll
? Chris Hocking 74 Gordon C2 Motorfast Datsun
NC Jim Phillips 3 Rennmax Repco Shell Sport
NC Eric Boord 19 Boral Shell Sport
DNF John White 18 Bolwell John White
DNF Greg Doidge 31 Elfin 360 GSD Sheetmetal
DNF Paul Gibson 11 Rennmax Shell Sport
DNF Ken Walters 49 Gissing Ken Walters
DNF Ross Wemyss 4 Farrell Ross Wemyss
DNF Peter Jones 68 Cheetah Motor Improvements Team Toyota
DNF Andrew Newton 59 Hossack 3 Paul Newton
DNF Geoff Watson 21 Watson Corolla Geoff Watson
DNF Kevin Norden 12 Elfin Kevin Norden 1
DNF Vic Butler 34 Lotus 23B VA Butler 1
DNF Ian Burrell 17 Rennmax Oldsmobile Keith Beard 1
DNS John Allison 71 Allison
DNS Bernard Bignell 8 Lotus 23B Bernard Bignell
DNS Graham Docker 36 Bolwell Graham Docker
DNS Col Trengrove 46 ASP 340D Trengrove Racing Cars
DNS Paul Trevethan 20 MGB GT V8 Broadwalk Racing Cars
DNS Leigh Gribble 82 Grimas Leigh Gribble
DNS Alan Newton 54 R&T Chevrolet Alan Newton

Key:

Race Statistics

References & notes

  1. 1 2 Sports Cars, Evan Green, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 28
  2. 1 2 Australian Title Conditions, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
  3. ↑ Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. ↑ Series to Crawford, The Age, Monday, 22 November 1976, page 26
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kostera buys the favourite, Racing Car News, January 1977, pages 30 to 33
  6. 1 2 3 4 Official Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club Limited, Sunday November 21 (&) Sunday November 28 1976
  7. ↑ Results in Racing Car News list Kostera's car as an Elfin MS7. Graham Howard in his article "Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning" in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58, states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine
  8. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
  9. ↑ The Grid Line-up, as published in Racing Car News, January 1977, page 33, shows 35 cars including seven which are listed as DNS (Did Not Start).

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