1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian national motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars.^[1] The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's.^[2]

A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship

Contents

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  1 Calendar
  


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  2 Class Structure
  


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  3 Points system
  


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  4 Results
  


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  5 References
  

Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.^[1][3]

Round [3]	Race title	Circuit [3]	State	Date [3]	Winning driver(s) [3]	Winning car [3]	Report
1	Chesterfield 250 [4]	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	25 August	Colin Bond	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
2	Sandown 250 [5]	Sandown Park	Victoria	8 September	Allan Moffat	Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop	Report
3	Hardie-Ferodo 1000 [3]	Mount Panorama	New South Wales	6 October	John Goss Kevin Bartlett	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	Report
4	Chesterfield 300 [6]	Surfers Paradise	Queensland	10 November	Colin Bond	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000
5	RE-PO 500K [7]	Phillip Island	Victoria	24 November	Colin Bond	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000	Report

Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.^[1]

• Up to and including 1300 cc ^[1]
  


• 1301 to 2000 cc ^[1]
  


• 2001 to 3000 cc ^[1]
  


• Over 3000 cc ^[1]
  

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright at all rounds except the Bathurst round.^[1] For the Bathurst round only, championship points were awarded on an 18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright.^[1] Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points.^[1]

Results

Position [8]	Manufacturer [8]	Car	Points [8]
1	General Motors-Holden's	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 & Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [3]	69
2	Ford	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop & Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop	64

Note: Championship placings below second position are not known.

References

1. 
   ^ ^abcdefghij Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 87
   


2. 
   ^ Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4
   


3. 
   ^ ^abcdefgh Manufacturers Championships Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 120-145
   


4. 
   ^ Official Programme, Chesterfield 250, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, August 25th 1974
   


5. 
   ^ Phillip Island Break-Up Party, Australian Motor Manual, February 1975, page 64
   


6. 
   ^ Des White, Toranas top-score, Racing Car News, December 1974, page 54
   


7. 
   ^ Tom NcNaughton, K.B. stops Stewart’s run, Racing Car News, January 1975, page 60
   


8. 
   ^ ^abc Turning point for tin-tops, Australian Motor Racing Annual, 1975, pages 16 to 21
   

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