1979 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group C Touring Cars.[1] It began at Symmons Plains and ended at Adelaide International Raceway after eight rounds.[2] The title, which was the 20th Australian Touring Car Championship,[3] was won by Bob Morris driving a Holden Torana.[2]
1979 was the first time since the ATCC went to a championship series in 1969 rather than the single race it had been previously that a single make and model car had won all rounds of the championship with all 8 rounds being won by the Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback. Including the current season (2016), such a single car domination has only happened once since in the series, that being when the Ford Sierra RS500 won all rounds of the 1988 championship.
Calendar
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The 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship was contested over an eight-round series.[4]
- Round 3 of the championship at Oran Park featured two separate races, the first for Under 3 litre cars and the second for Over 3 litre cars.[6]
Teams and drivers
[edit]The following teams and drivers competed in the 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship.
Classes
[edit]For championship points allocation purposes, cars competed in two displacement classes:[1]
Points system
[edit]Championship points were awarded on a 9,6,4,3,2,1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class and on a 4,3,2,1 basis to the first four placegetters irrespective of class[1] (at each round). Only the best seven results counted towards the total[6] (for each driver).
Championship results
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- Drivers marked with a * competed in the under 3000 cc class.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Conditions for Australian Titles, 1979 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pp. 96–97.
- ^ a b c d e f Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, pp. 68–87.
- ^ Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pp. 14-17.
- ^ 2005 V8 Supercars TV Guide, p. 73.
- ^ The Breville Trophy, Official Souvenir Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 29 July 1979, pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b c d e Graham Howard, Stewart Wilson, David Greenhalgh, Privateer pips them, The official history – Australian Touring Car Championship – 50 Years, pp. 190–199.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 74.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 81.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 80.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 68.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 83.
- ^ Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 75.
- ^ a b Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1979/80, p. 85.