1964 Australian Drivers' Championship

1964 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.[1] The winning driver was awarded the CAMS Gold Star and the title of Australian Champion Driver.[1] It was the eight Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.[2]

The championship was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Repco Brabham BT4 Climax.

Schedule

The championship was contested over five races.

Race [3] Race name [3] Circuit [3] State Date [3] Winning driver [3] Car [3]
1 Australian Grand Prix Sandown Victoria 9 February Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT7A Climax
2 South Pacific Gold Star Championship [4] Longford Tasmania 2 March Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
3 Governor's Trophy Lakeside Queensland 13 September Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
4 Craven Filter Trophy [5] Mallala Race Circuit South Australia 12 October Lex Davison Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
5 Horden Trophy Warwick Farm New South Wales 6 December Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford

Points system

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six place-getters in each race.[1] Only drivers holding a General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible.[1]

Championship standings

Championship standings were as follows:

Position [6] Driver [6] Car [6][3] Entrant [3] San.[6] Lon.[6] Lak.[6] Mal.[6] War.[6] Total [6]
1 Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF B. S. Stillwell 6 6 9 6 - 27
2 Lex Davison Cooper T62 Climax FPF
Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF		 Ecurie Australie - 3 - 9 3 15
3 Greg Cusack Repco Brabham BT6 Ford[7]
Elfin Catalina Ford		 Scuderia Veloce - 2 6 - 6 14
4 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF Ecurie Vitesse 9 - - - - 9
4 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team - - - - 9 9
4 Arnold Glass Lotus 27 Ford
Cooper T55 Climax FPF		 Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd.[8] 3 - 4 - 2 9
4 Frank Matich Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF Total Team - 9 - - - 9
8 John Youl Cooper T55 Climax FPF John C. Youl 4 4 - - - 8
9 Garrie Cooper Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Elfin Sports Cars - - - 4 - 4
9 Rocky Tresise Cooper T62 Climax FPF Ecurie Australie - - - - 4 4
11 Barry Collison Repco Brabham BT2 Ford[9] Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment - - 3 - - 3
11 Bill Pile Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford W. M. Pile - - - 3 - 3
11 Glynn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glynn Scott Motors - - 2 - 1 3
14 Andy Brown Elfin Catalina Ford Autocourse Elfin - - - 2 - 2
14 David Walker Brabham BT2 Ford David Walker 2 - - - - 2
16 Granton Harrison Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford G. T. Harrison - - - 1 - 1
16 Jack Hobden Cooper T51 Climax FPF Louis Hobden [4] - 1 - - - 1

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Conditions for Australian Titles, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport - Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, pages 48 & 49
  2. ↑ Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1964 Gold Star, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. 1 2 Programme, Longford, 3rd South Pacific Championships 1964
  5. ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Races, 12 October 1964
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Australian Drivers' Championship, 1964, Racing Car News, January 1965, page 41
  7. ↑ Cusack's car was entered as Repco Brabham in the Longford Programme
  8. ↑ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sunday, December 6, 1964
  9. ↑ Collison's car was entered as Repco Brabham Ford in the Warwick Farm Programme
  • Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 1 (1964)
  • Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 2 (1965)
  • Australian Motor Sport, December 1964
  • Official Programme, Sandown, 9 February 1964
  • Racing Car News, August 1972 (Gold Star Guide)
  • Sports Car World, December 1964
  • The Official 50 Year History of the Australian Grand Prix, © 1986
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