1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

The 1979 Australian Sports Sedan Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Group B Sports Sedans.^[1] It was the fourth Australian Sports Sedan Championship.^[2]

The championship was won by Allan Grice (left)

The championship was won by Allan Grice driving a Chevrolet Corvair.^[3]

Calendar

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

Round[3]	Name	Circuit[3]	State	Date[3]	Format[4]	Round winner[3]	Car[3]
1		Lakeside	Queensland	1 April	Two heats	Jim Richards	Ford XC Falcon
2		Oran Park	New South Wales	29 April	One race	Allan Grice	Chevrolet Corvair
3	The Advertiser Sports Sedan Challenge[5]	Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	3 June	One race	Tony Edmondson	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Repco Holden
4		Wanneroo Park	Western Australia	10 June	Two heats	Allan Grice	Chevrolet Corvair
5		Calder	Victoria	8 August	Two heats	Tony Edmondson	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Repco Holden
6		Surfers Paradise	Queensland	26 August	Two heats	Phil Ward	Holden HQ Monaro
7		Symmons Plains	Tasmania	16 September	Two heats	Allan Grice	Chevrolet Corvair
8		Baskerville	Tasmania	7 October	Two heats	John Briggs	Chevrolet Monza
9		Sandown Park	Victoria	9 December	Two heats	Ron Harrop	Ford TD Cortina

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round.^[6] Only the best eight round results could be retained by each driver.^[7]

For rounds staged over two heats, points were allocated on a 20–16–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to the first 14 finishers in each heat. These points were aggregated to determine the first six placegetters for the round. In the event of two or more drivers attaining the same total, the relevant round placing was awarded to the driver who place higher in the final heat.^[8]

Points table

Position	Driver	Car	Entrant[5]	Lak	Ora	Ade	Wan	Cal	Sur	Sym	Bas	San	Total[9]
1	Allan Grice	Chevrolet Corvair	Craven Mild Racing	6	9	6	9	3	4	6	9	–	52
2	Tony Edmondson	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Repco Holden	Donald Elliott	4	2	9	6	9	6	–	–	–	36
3	Jim Richards	Ford XC Falcon Chrysler VH Valiant Charger Chevrolet Monza	Jim Richards Motor Racing Clem Smith Rotax Monza[9]	9	6	3	–	–	–	3	–	2	23[10]
4	Phil Ward	Holden HQ Monaro	Channel 10 – NSW Building Society	–	4	–	–	6	9	–	–	–	19
5	John Briggs	Chevrolet Monza	Computa Car	–	–	4	–	–	–	9	–	–	13
6	Ron Harrop	Ford TD Cortina	Pat Crea[9]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	9
7	Darryl Wilcox	Holden Torana		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	6
	Les Swallow	Chevrolet Corvair	Les Swallow[9]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
	Allan Moffat	Chevrolet Monza	Allan Moffat Racing[9]	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6[10]
10	Gordon Mitchell	Morris Marina Rover	Go-Gear[11]	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	–	4
	Ken Hastings	Volkswagen Karmann Ghia	Ken Hastings	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	–	–	4
	John Pollard	Chevrolet Monza	Gary & Warren Smith	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	4
	Martin Sinclair	Holden Torana		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
	Ron King	Holden Torana	Ron King[9]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
15	Stephen Land	Holden Torana	Stephen Land	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	Brian Rhodes	Holden Torana GTR XU-1[11]	Brian Rhodes[11]	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	3
	John Tesoriero	Volvo 142[12]		–	–	–	–	1	2	–	–	–	3
	John White	Holden Monaro		–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	3
	Bruce Gowans	Toyota Celica	Ling Gowans Toyota[13]	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	–	3
	Paul Minehan	Holden Torana		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	3
21	Fred Sayers	Morris Clubman		2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Pat Crea	Ford TD Cortina	Pat Crea	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Graeme Hooley	Holden Torana A9X[11]	Graeme Hooley[11]	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
	Brian Potts	Holden Torana		–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
	Rob Davies	Ford Escort		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2
26	Doug Clark	Toyota Celica		1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Bob Stevens	Ford Mustang		–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Luigi De Luca	Ford Anglia	Dowidat Belzer Tools	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Kevin Mann	Leyland Mini[11]	Kevin Mann[11]	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Peter Phillips	Ford Escort		–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
	Rod Stevens	Ford Falcon	Brian Wood Ford[9]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1[14]