The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing competition for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars. [1] [2] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS. [3]
The championship was contested over a six-round series. [4]
Cars competed in two engine capacity classes. [1]
Position [8] | Driver [4] [8] [9] | No. [5] | Car [4] [5] [8] | Entrant [5] [8] | Points [8] |
1 | Alan Hamilton | 9 | Porsche 934 Turbo | Porsche Distributors | 58 |
John Latham | 64 | Porsche Carrera RSR | Kodak Film | 58 | |
3 | Peter Hopwood | 77 | Lotus Elan | Peter Hopwood | 33 |
4 | Rusty French | 2 & 3 | de Tomaso Pantera | Rusty French | 31 |
5 | Tim Trevor | 47 | Lotus 47 | Tim Trevor Motors Pty Ltd | 21 |
6 | Warwick Henderson | 99 | Chevrolet Corvette (C3) | Warwick Henderson | 15 |
7 | Bernard Bisseling | 65 | Turner | Bernard Bisseling | 13 |
8 | Fernando D'Alberto | 33 | Datsun 260Z | Fernando D'Alberto | 12 |
9 | Alan Hanns | 54 | Datsun 2000 | Bolwell Car Club | 10 |
Matt Pintar | MGB | 10 | |||
11 | Ray Winter | MGB | Peter McCabe | 9 | |
12 | Bob Kennedy | 60 | Triumph TR5 | Triumph Sports Owners Association | 7 |
13 | Peter Woodward | Lotus 47 | 6 | ||
Bill Evans | 7 | Triumph TR7 | Playboy Racing | 6 | |
Barry Main | 6 | Bolwell Nagari | Trutra | 6 | |
16 | Bob Rowntree | MG Midget | 4 | ||
Peter Beasley | MG Midget | Peter Beasley | 4 | ||
18 | Robbie Rowland | 26 | Austin-Healey 3000 | Robbie Rowland | 3 |
Johnson | MG | 3 | |||
20 | David Henderson | 2 | |||
Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche 911S | 2 | |||
22 | John Gourlay | 23 | Bolwell Nagari | John Gourlay | 1 |
Note: Hamilton achieved four round wins to Latham's one, however there was no countback process incorporated in the points system to act as a tiebreaker, so the two drivers shared the title. [4]