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1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship

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1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship
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The 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 2 regulations.[1] It was the ninth Australian Formula 2 Championship to be awarded by CAMS.[2] The championship was won by Geoff Brabham, driving a Birrana 274 Ford.[3]

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Geoff Brabham won the 1975 Australian Formula 2 Championship in a Grace Bros sponsored Birrana 274, similar to that pictured above.
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Calendar

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

Round[3] Name Circuit[3] State Date[3] Winner[3] Car[3]
1   Calder Victoria 25 May Andrew Miedecke Rennmax BN7 Ford
2   Amaroo Park New South Wales 1 June Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
3   Hume Weir Victoria 15 June Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
4   Sandown Victoria 5 July Ken Shirvington March 732 Ford
5   Calder Victoria 10 August Alfredo Costanzo Birrana 274 Ford
6   Symmons Plains Tasmania 28 September Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
7 Rothmans Trophy[4] Phillip island Victoria 30 November Geoff Brabham Birrana 274 Ford
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Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round.[1]

Results

Position Driver[5] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant [6] Cal.[7] Ama.[7] Hum.[7] San.[3] Cal.[7] Sym.[7] Phi.[7] Total.[5]
1 Geoff Brabham 10 Birrana 274 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 6 9 6 - - 9 9 39
2 Alfredo Costanzo 5 Birrana 274 Ford Alfredo Costanzo - - 9 - 9 2 4 24
3 Andrew Miedecke 2 Rennmax BN7 Ford Grace Bros-Levi's Racing Team 9 - 3 - - 4 6 22
4 Ken Shirvington 3 March 732 Ford Ken Shirvington 3 - 1 - 6 6 - 16
5 Ray Winter 27 Mildren Ford Ray Winter 4 4 - - - 1 - 9
6 Chris Farrell 6 Elfin 622 Ford Chris Farrell - 3 - - 2 3 - 8
7 John Macdonald   Brabham BT41 Ford   - 6 - - - - - 6
= Tony Stewart 21 Brabham BT36 Ford Tony Stewart 2 - 4 - - - - 6[8]
9 Chas Talbot 12 Birrana 274 Ford Chas. Talbot - - 2 - 3 - - 5
10 John Leffler   Brabham BT36 Ford   - - - - 4 - - 4
11 Enno Busselmann Elfin 622 Ford Enno Busselmann - - - - - - 3 3
12 Tony Maw   Elfin 700 Ford Helena Rubinstein Racing Team - 2 - - - - - 2
= Graeme Crawford   Biranna 273 Ford Graeme Crawford - - - - - - 2 2
14 Rob Butcher   Asp 330 Toyota[9] Rob Butcher 1 - - - - - - 1
= Wolfgang Prejawa 26 Birrana 274 Ford Wolfgang Prejawa - 1 - - - - - 1
= Peter Warren   Birrana 273 Ford   - - - - 1 - - 1
= Doug MacArthur   Lola T360 Ford Doug MacArthur - - - - - - 1 1
  • Note: No points were awarded at the Sandown round as the race was stopped early due to heavy rain.[3]

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