1975 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.^[1] The championship winner was awarded the 1975 CAMS "Gold Star".^[1] The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,^[2] was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden.^[3]

1975 Australian Drivers' Championship

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Calendar

The championship was contested over a five-round series.^[3]

Round[3]	Race name	Circuit[3]	Date[3]	Round format[3]	Round winner[3]	Car[3]	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix[4]	Surfers Paradise	21 August	One race	Max Stewart	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Report
2	Marlboro 100[5]	Sandown	14 September	One race	Johnnie Walker	Lola T332 Repco-Holden
3	Radio 2JJ Gold Star race[6]	Oran Park	21 September	Two heats	John McCormack	Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden
4	TAA Gold Star race[7]	Calder	19 October	Two heats	John McCormack	Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden
5	Phillip Island Classic Cup[8]	Phillip Island	23 November	One race	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T400 Chevrolet

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round.^[1] Only holders of a current and valid full General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible.^[1]

Championship results

Position	Driver[8]	No.	Car[3]	Entrant	Sur[9]	San[9]	Ora[9]	Cal[9]	Phi[9]	Total points[8]
1	John McCormack	9[4]	Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin[8]	3	-	9	9	6	27
2	Johnnie Walker	25[5]	Lola T332 Repco-Holden	John Walker[8]	-	9	3	6	4	22
3	Max Stewart	1[4]	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Sharp Corporation[4]	9	-	6	4	-	19
4	Kevin Bartlett	5[5]	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Shell Racing[8]	-	4	1	3	9	17
5	John Leffler	7[4]	Bowin P8 Chevrolet	Grace Brothers Levis[8]	6	3	4	-	1	14
6	Bruce Allison	62[5]	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Hobby & Toyland Racing[5]	-	6	-	-	-	6
7	Ray Winter	27[4]	Mildren Mono Ford	Ray Winter[10]	4	-	-	-	-	4
8	Paul Bernasconi	6[5]	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Sharp Corporation[5]	-	2	-	2	-	4
9	Enno Busselmann	10[11]	Elfin 622 Ford	Enno Busselmann[8]	-	-	-	-	3	3
10	Chris Milton	10[4]	McLaren M22 Chevrolet	Labrador Pharmacy/Shell Racing[4]	2	-	-	1	-	3
11	Garrie Cooper	12[6]	Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden	Ansett Team Elfin[6]	-	-	2	-	-	2
=	Ian Fergusson		Bowin P6 Ford	Ian Fergusson[8]	-	-	-	-	2	2
13	John Goss	2[5]	Matich A53 Repco-Holden	John Goss Racing P/L[5]	-	1	-	-	-	1

Note: New Zealander Graeme Lawrence placed fourth in the Surfers Paradise round but was not eligible to score championship points.^[3]

Championship name

Contemporary publications used various names for the championship including Australian Formula 1 Championship,^[1] Australian Drivers' Championship^[8] and Australian National Formula One Championship.^[3] CAMS uses the term Australian Drivers' Championship in its historical documentation^[2][12] and this term has been used in this article.