1972 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1972 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to racing cars complying with Australian Formula 2.^[1] It was the sixth Australian Formula 2 Championship.^[2] The title was won by Larry Perkins driving an Elfin 600B/E Ford.

Calendar

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

Round	Circuit	Date	Winner	Car
1	Calder[4]	16 January[4]	Vern Hamilton[4]	Elfin 600B Ford
2	Hume Weir[5]	2 April[5]	Ivan Tighe[5]	Elfin 600B Ford
3	Oran Park[6]	25 June[6]	Jack Bono[6]	Elfin 600B Ford
4	Amaroo Park[7]	23 July[7]	Larry Perkins[7]	Elfin 600B/E Ford
5	Surfers Paradise[8]	27 August[8]	Larry Perkins[8]	Elfin 600B/E Ford
6	Symmons Plains[9]	24 September[9]	Larry Perkins[9]	Elfin 600B/E Ford
7[10]	Adelaide International Raceway[10]	8 October[10]	Larry Perkins[10]	Elfin 600B/E Ford

Note: Rounds 3, 5, 6 & 7 were each run concurrently with rounds of the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship.^[3]

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters.^[1]

Championship results

Position	Driver[11]	Car	Entrant[3]	Cal[12]	Hum[12]	Ora[12]	Ama[12]	Sur[12]	Sym[12]	Ade[12]	Total[11]
1	Larry Perkins	Elfin 600B/E Ford[13]	Provincial Motors	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	36[3]
2	Vern Hamilton	Elfin 600B Ford[14]	Vern Hamilton[4]	9	-	3	-	6	-	-	18
3	Jack Bono	Elfin 600B Ford[14]	Graham Collier[6]	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	15
4	Ivan Tighe	Elfin 600B Ford[13]	Ivan Tighe[5]	-	9	-	2	-	4	-	15
5	Ken Hastings	McLaren M4A Ford[14]	Ken Hastings[4]	3	4	4	-	-	3	-	14[15]
6	Allan Grice	Mildren Waggott[6] & Mildren England[7]	Max Stewart Motors[6] & Alan Grice[7]	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	10
7	Don Uebergang	Elfin 600B[5]	Don Uebergang[4]	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	8
8	Ian Fergusson	Bowin P3a Ford[14]	Ian Fergusson[6]	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	7
9	Clive Millis	Elfin 600B[5]	Clive Millis Motors[5]	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tony Stewart	Dolphin[7] England[9]	AE Stewart[9]	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
11	Peter Larner	Rennmax BN2[4]	Roberts Auto Spares[4]	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
12	Peter Macrow	Cheetah[5]	Peter Macrow[5]	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Chris Milton	Elfin 600B[7]	Shell Racing – Volkwreck[7]	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
14	Garry Campbell	Elfin 600B[4]	Provincial Motors[4]	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
15	Bob Punch	Elfin Mono[4]	Bob Punch[4]	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Michael Hall	Elfin 600B[5]	Michael Hall[5]	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Chris Farrell	Brabham BT6 Ford[14]	BP GordonService Station[6]	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1