1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship

The 1974 Australian Formula 2 Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Australian Formula 2 racing cars.^[1] It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) as an Australian National Title ^[1] and was the eighth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.^[2] The championship was sponsored by Melbourne shirt-maker Van Heusen, which provided $50,000 prizemoney for the eight round series.^[3]

Leo Geoghegan won the championship in this Birrana 274. The car is pictured in 2010.

The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Birrana 274 Ford for the Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team.

Calendar

The championship was contested over an eight round series with one race per round.^[4]

Round	Circuit	State	Date	Winning driver	Car
1	Hume Weir	Victoria	16 June	Leo Geoghegan	Birrana 274 Ford
2	Oran Park	New South Wales	23 June	Leo Geoghegan	Birrana 274 Ford
3	Amaroo Park Raceway[5]	New South Wales	21 July	Bob Muir	Birrana 273 Ford
4	Calder	Victoria	18 August	Leo Geoghegan	Birrana 274 Ford
5	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	22 September	Bob Muir	Birrana 273 Ford
6	Phillip Island	Victoria	13 October	John Leffler	Bowin P8 Ford
7	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	27 October	Bob Muir	Birrana 273 Ford
8	Lakeside	Queensland	8 December	Ray Winter	Mildren Mono Ford

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six eligible finishers at each round.^[1] Only holders of a General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible for points and each driver could retain points only from his/her best seven round results.^[1]

Championship standings

Position [6]	Driver [6]	No.	Car[7]	Entrant	Hum [8]	Ora [8]	Ama [8]	Cal [8]	Sym [8]	Phi [8]	Ade [8]	Lak [8]	Total [6]
1	Leo Geoghegan	1	Birrana 274 Ford	Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team [9]	9	9	6	9	-	2	-	6	41
2	Bob Muir	6 18 & 3	Rennmax BN6 Ford Birrana 273 Ford	Bob & Marj Brown [9]	-	4	9	6	9	-	9	-	37
3	John Leffler	7	Bowin P8 Ford	Grace Bros. Levis Racing Team [9]	-	2	4	4	-	9	6	-	25
4	Ray Winter	27	Mildren Mono Ford	Ray Winter [9]	-	-	3	2	6	-	4	9	24
5	Bruce Allison	62	Birrana 274 Ford	Hobby & Toyland Racing [9]	1	-	-	3	-	4	-	4	12
6	Graeme Crawford	66	Birrana 273 Ford	Graeme Crawford [9]	2	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	11
7	Johnnie Walker	2	Elfin 622 Ford	John Walker Motor Racing [10]	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
8	Wolfgang Prejawa	26	Birrana 274 Ford	Wolfgang Prejawa [9]	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	8
9	Enno Buesselmann	18	Birrana 273 Ford	Bob & Marj Brown [9]	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tony Stewart	21	Brabham BT36 Ford	Tony Stewart Wholesale Cars [10]	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	6
11	Ken Shirvington	21	March 732 Ford	Ken Shirvington [9]	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	4
12	Max Stewart	6	March 722 Ford	Max Stewart Motors [10]	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Chris Farrell	36	Elfin 600B Ford	Chris Farrell [11]	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
	Ian Douglass	77	March 733M/743 Ford	Ian Douglass [11]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
15	Craig McAllister	10	Elfin 622 Ford	Oxford Spares [9]	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
16	Paul Hamilton	88	Elfin 600 Ford	Paul Hamilton [9]	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Mike Stillwell	6	Elfin 622 Ford	B.S. Stillwell Ford [9]	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

• New Zealander Ken Smith (March 712M/732 Ford) finished 4th at Hume Weir and 6th at Amaroo Park but was not eligible for points.
• Malaysian driver Sonny Rajah (March 732 Ford) finished 6th at Hume Weir and 3rd at Symmons Plains but was not eligible for points.
• There were only four eligible finishers at the Symmons Plains round.