1978 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1978 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group D Production Sports Cars.^[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title ^[2] and it was the tenth Australian Sports Car Championship.^[3]

1978 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The championship was won by Ross Mathiesen ^[4] driving a Porsche Carrera.^[3]

Calendar

The championship was contested over a four-round series.^[4]

Round[4]	Circuit[4]	State	Date[4]	Format[4]	Round winner[4]	Car
1	Calder	Victoria	10 March	Two heats	Ross Bond	Bolwell Nagari
2	Lakeside International Raceway [5]	Queensland	2 April	Two heats	Ross Mathiesen	Porsche Carrera
3	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	21 May	One race	Ross Bond	Bolwell Nagari
4	Winton	Victoria	20 August	Two heats	Ross Mathiesen	Porsche Carrera

Classes

Cars competed in two engine displacement classes.^[2]

• Up to and including 2000cc^[2]
• Over 2000cc^[2]

Points system

Championship points were awarded at each round on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six finishers in each class, and on a 4-3-2-1 to the first four finisher outright, irrespective of class.^[2]

At rounds which were contested over two heats, round placings were determined by allocating "points" to the first fourteen placegetters in each heat on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.^[2] Where more than one driver attained the same total, the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver gaining the higher place in the last heat.^[2] Actual championship points were then awarded based on the calculated round placings.^[2]

Championship results

Position	Driver[4]	Car[4]	Entrant [6]	Class[4]	Calder[7]	Lakeside[7]	Amaroo[7]	Winton[7]	Total[4]
1	Ross Mathiesen	Porsche Carrera[2]	Ross Mathiesen	Over 2000cc	9	13	9	13	44
2	Bill Evans	Triumph TR7	Playboy Racing Team	Up to 2000cc	9	9	4	10	32
=	Ross Bond	Bolwell Nagari	Ross Bond	Over 2000cc	13	6	13	-	32
4	Allan Hanns	Datsun 2000	Allan Hanns	Up to 2000cc	6	4	9	2	21
5	John Latham	Porsche Carrera	John Latham	Over 2000cc	-	9	-	9	18
6	Alan Edwards [8]	Bolwell Nagari	Alan Edwards	Over 2000cc	6	4	2	2	14
7	Ray Julian [9]	Datsun 2000	Ray Julian	Up to 2000cc	1	6	6	-	13
8	Neal Swingler [10]	Triumph GT6	Neal Swingler	Up to 2000cc	3	2	-	6	11
=	Warwick Henderson	Chevrolet Corvette (C3)	W. Henderson	Over 2000cc	4	2	4	1	11
10	Peter Fitzgerald	Porsche 911S	Complan	Over 2000cc	-	-	6	3	9
11	Fernando D'Alberto	Datsun 260Z	Fernando D'Alberto	Over 2000cc	2	-	-	6	8
12	Bob Kennedy	Triumph TR5	Bob Kennedy	Up to 2000cc[11]	4	3	-	-	7
13	Chris Swingler	Triumph Spitfire	Autocarb	Up to 2000cc	2	-	-	3	5
14	Rex Colliver	Lotus 47		Up to 2000cc	-	-	-	4	4
15	Anthony Timmins	Austin-Healey Sprite		Up to 2000cc	-	-	3	-	3
=	Ellen Reed	MG Midget	Ellen Reed	Up to 2000cc	-	1	2	-	3
17	Bernard van Elsen	Bolwell	Bernard van Elsen	Over 2000cc	1	-	-	-	1
=	Michael Finnis	Jaguar E-Type	Michael Finnis	Over 2000cc	-	1	-	-	1
=	Matt Pintar	Bolwell Mark 7[12]		Over 2000cc	-	-	-	1	1
=	Gary Ryan	Triumph Spitfire		Up to 2000cc	-	-	-	1	1