1976 Rothmans International Series

The 1976 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition^[1] open to single seater racing cars complying with Australian Formula 1.^[2] The series, which was the first Rothmans International Series,^[3] was won by Vern Schuppan,^[1] driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.^[4]

1976 Rothmans International Series

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Schedule

Vern Schuppan won the series driving a Lola T332 similar to the example pictured

The 1976 Rothmans International Series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.^[3]

Round[3]	Name[5]	Circuit[5]	Date[5]	Winning driver[3]	Car
1	Oran Park 100	Oran Park	1 February	Vern Schuppan	Lola T332 Chevrolet[4]
2	N/A [6]	Adelaide International Raceway[2]	8 February	Ken Smith	Lola T330 Chevrolet[7]
3	Sandown Park Cup	Sandown Park	15 February	John Cannon	March 73A/751 Chevrolet[8]
4	Surfers Paradise 100	Surfers Paradise	29 February	Race cancelled

The final round was postponed for one week due to heavy rain and flooding and the rescheduled race was cancelled after qualifying due to further rain.^[1]

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.^[9]

Series results

Position	Driver[3]	Car[4][7][8][10]	Entrant[11]	Ora[12]	Ade[12]	San[12]	Sur[12]	Total[3]
1	Vern Schuppan	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Theodore Racing	9	6	6	-	21
2	Ken Smith	Lola T330 Chevrolet	La Valise Racing	4	9	3	-	16[13]
3	John Cannon	March 73A/751 Chevrolet	Anglo American Racing	-	-	9	-	9
4	Kevin Bartlett	Lola T400 Chevrolet	K Bartlett Shell Sport	6	2	-	-	8
5	John Goss	Matich A51 Repco Holden	John Goss Racing Pty Ltd	2	-	4	-	6
6	John Leffler	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Grace Bros Race Team	-	4	-	-	4
7	Terry Hook	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Sharp Corporation of Australia	3	-	-	-	3
=	Chris Milton	McLaren M18/22 Chevrolet	John Martins Shell Sport	-	3	-	-	3
9	Jon Davison	Matich A50 Repco Holden	Southern Comfort Racing Team	-	-	2	-	2
10	David Purley	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Richard Oaten Racing	1	-	-	-	1
=	John McCormack	Elfin MR6 Repco Holden	Ansett Team Elfin	-	1	-	-	1
=	Gil Cameron	McLaren M10B Chevrolet	V.Y.I.'s Sunglasses	-	-	1	-	1