Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.

The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a seven round series with one race per round.[3]

Round[3] Name Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winner[3] Car[3]
1   Calder Victoria 25 May Andrew Miedecke Rennmax BN7 Ford
2   Amaroo Park New South Wales 1 June Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
3   Hume Weir Victoria 15 June Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
4   Sandown Victoria 5 July Ken Shirvington March 732 Ford
5   Calder Victoria 10 August Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
6   Symmons Plains Tasmania 28 September Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
7 Rothmans Trophy[4] Phillip island Victoria 30 November Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.[1]

Results

Position Driver[5] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant [6] Cal.[7] Ama.[7] Hum.[7] San.[3] Cal.[7] Sym.[7] Phi.[7] Total.[5]
1 Geoff Brabham 10 Birrana 274 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 6 9 6 - - 9 9 39
2 Alfredo Costanzo 5 Birrana 274 Ford Alfredo Costanzo - - 9 - 9 2 4 24
3 Andrew Miedecke 2 Rennmax BN7 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 9 - 3 - - 4 6 22
4 Ken Shirvington 3 March 732 Ford Ken Shirvington 3 - 1 - 6 6 - 16
5 Ray Winter 27 Mildren Ford Ray Winter 4 4 - - - 1 - 9
6 Chris Farrell 6 Elfin 622 Ford Chris Farrell - 3 - - 2 3 - 8
7 John Macdonald   Brabham BT41 Ford   - 6 - - - - - 6
= Tony Stewart 21 Brabham BT36 Ford Tony Stewart 2 - 4 - - - - 6[8]
9 Chas Talbot 12 Birrana 274 Ford Chas. Talbot - - 2 - 3 - - 5
10 John Leffler   Brabham BT36 Ford   - - - - 4 - - 4
11 Enno Busselmann Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann - - - - - - 3 3
12 Tony Maw   Elfin 700 Ford Helena Rubinstein Racing Team - 2 - - - - - 2
= Graeme Crawford   Biranna 273 Ford Graeme Crawford - - - - - - 2 2
14 Rob Butcher   Asp 330 Toyota[9] Rob Butcher 1 - - - - - - 1
= Wolfgang Prejawa 26 Birrana 274 Ford Wolfgang Prejawa - 1 - - - - - 1
= Peter Warren   Birrana 273 Ford   - - - - 1 - - 1
= Doug MacArthur   Lola T360 Ford Doug MacArthur - - - - - - 1 1
  • Note: No points were awarded at the Sandown round as the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.[3]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Conditions for Australian Titles, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1975, pages 84 to 86
  2. ↑ Records, Titles & Awards, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 2002, page 14-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Australian National Formula Two Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 148 to 161
  4. ↑ Tom Naughton, New champ gives a lesson, Racing Car News, January 1976, page 71
  5. 1 2 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 82 to 84
  6. ↑ Calder Souvenir Programme, May 25, 1975
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Round points have been calculated by applying the points system as outlined in the 1975 CAMS Manual to the round placings as published in Australian Competition Yearbook
  8. ↑ Shepherd shows Stewart as scoring a total of five points however race results as published in Australian Competition Yearbook support a score of six points.
  9. ↑ The racing career of Rob Butcher — in detail, www.driverdb.com Retrieved on 13 May 2013
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