1976 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1976.[1] It was open to Group A Sports Cars [2] and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian national title.[2] The race, which was the fourteenth Australian Tourist Trophy,[3] was won by Stuart Kostera of Western Australia,[4] driving an Elfin MS7.[1]

Results
Position [5] [6] Driver [5] [7] No. [7] Car [5] [7] Entrant [5] [7] Laps [5]
1 Stuart Kostera 13 Elfin MS7 Repco Holden [8] Kostera Racing 30
2 Barry Singleton 6 McLaren M8 Chevrolet [9] Barry Singleton Motors 30
3 Alan Hamilton 9 Porsche 934 Jag Porsche Team 30
4 Rusty French 6 de Tomaso Pantera Holley Performance 29
5 Geoff Walker 70 GP Datsun Geoff Walker 27
6 Tony Rees 78 Farrell Clubman [10] AG Rees 26
7 Dale Kendall 56 WDC1 Dale Kendall 24
NC Jim Phillips 3 Rennmax Repco [11] Shell Sport
NC Eric Boord 19 Boral Ford [11] Shell Sport
DNF Dennis Hogan 37 Triton Mk2 Dennis Hogan
DNF Max Scorer 7 Scorer Sprite Max Scorer
DNF Murray Wilson 35 Clubman M Wilson
DNF Tom Crozier 58 Farrell T Crozier
DNF David Phillips 15 Lotus 23 David K Phillips
DNF Warwick De Rose 21 Pegasus Warwick De Rose
DNF G Stoll 38 Gordon G Stoll
DNF Chris Hocking 74 Gordon C2 Motorfast Datsun
DNF John White 18 Bolwell John White
DNF Greg Doidge 31 Elfin 360 Repco [11] GSD Sheetmetal 18 [11]
DNF Paul Gibson 11 Rennmax Shell Sport
DNF Ken Walters 49 Gissing Holden [12] Ken Walters
DNF Ross Wemyss 4 Farrell Ross Wemyss
DNF Peter Jones 68 Cheetah Motor Improvements Team Toyota
DNF Andrew Newton 59 Hossack 3 Paul Newton
DNF Geoff Watson 21 Watson Corolla Geoff Watson
DNF Kevin Norden 12 Elfin Kevin Norden 1
DNF Vic Butler 34 Lotus 23B VA Butler 1
DNF Ian Burrell 17 Rennmax Oldsmobile Keith Beard 1
DNS John Allison 71 Allison
DNS Bernard Bignell 8 Lotus 23B Bernard Bignell
DNS Graham Docker 36 Bolwell Graham Docker
DNS Col Trengrove 46 ASP 340D Trengrove Racing Cars
DNS Paul Trevethan 20 MGB GT V8 Broadwalk Racing Cars
DNS Leigh Gribble 82 Grimas Leigh Gribble
DNS Alan Newton 54 R&T Chevrolet Alan Newton

Key:

  • NC = Not classified
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNS = Did not start

Race Statistics
  • Race distance: 30 laps, 88.2 miles, 141.9 km [5]
  • Pole position: Jim Phillips, 1:48.6 [5]
  • Number of starters: 28 [13]
  • Number of classified finishers: 7 [11]
  • Race time of winning car: 57:37.9 [5]
  • Fastest lap: Jim Phillips, 1:48.8 [5]

References and notes
  1. Sports Cars, Evan Green, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 28
  2. Australian Title Conditions, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
  3. Australian Titles, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-5
  4. Series to Crawford, The Age, Monday, 22 November 1976, page 26
  5. Kostera buys the favourite, Racing Car News, January 1977, pages 30 to 33
  6. Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 10, shows "....nine cars being counted as finishers, two of these completing too few laps to be classified"
  7. Official Souvenir Programme, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club Limited, Sunday 21 November (&) Sunday 28 November 1976
  8. Titles Decided, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 1, lists Kostera's car as an Elfin MS7 Repco. Graham Howard in his article "Elfins: the beautiful cars that keep winning" in Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83 pages 46 to 58, states that the one-off Elfin MS7 was powered by a Repco Holden engine
  9. Titles Decided, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 1
  10. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 183
  11. 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy - W.A. Victory!, Australian Auto Action, Thursday, 25 November 1976, page 10
  12. A Win to the West, Chequered Flag, January 1977, page 42
  13. The Grid Line-up, as published in Racing Car News, January 1977, page 33, shows 35 cars including seven which are listed as DNS (Did Not Start).
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