The 1978 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition[1] open to Australian Formula 1 cars.[2] The series, which was the third Rothmans International Series,[3] was won by Warwick Brown, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.[1][4]

Schedule

Warwick Brown won the series driving a Lola T332 similar to the example pictured above

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.[1]

Round[1] Circuit[1] Date[1] Winning driver[1] Car[1][4]
1 Sandown Park 5 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
2 Adelaide International Raceway[5] 12 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
3 Surfers Paradise International Raceway[6] 19 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet
4 Oran Park 26 February Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet

Points system

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

Series results

Position[4] Driver[4] Car[7][4] Entrant[7] San[8] Ade[9] Sur[9] Ora[9] Total[4]
1 Warwick Brown Lola T332 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 9 9 9 9 36
2 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin - 6 6 3 15
3 Bruce Allison Chevron B37 Chevrolet Bill Patterson Racing - 3 - 6 9
4 John Walker Lola T332 Chevrolet Magnum Wheels - 4 3 1 8
5 Garrie Cooper Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Ansett Team Elfin 6 - - - 6
= Graham McRae McRae GM3 Chevrolet Graham McRae - 2 - 4 6
7 John Cannon March 761 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 4 - - - 4
= Don Breidenbach Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team - - 4 - 4
= John Goss Matich A53 Repco Holden John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 1 1 - 2 4
10 Alan Hamilton Lola T430 Chevrolet Porsche Car Distributors 2 - 1 - 3
= Keith Holland Lola T332 Chevrolet Jon Davison[8] 3 - - - 3
12 John David Briggs Lola T332 Chevrolet Tropicana Racing Team - - 2 - 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rothmans International Series, Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8, pages 68 to 79
  2. ↑ Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 3
  3. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 55 to 61
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 193
  5. ↑ Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, front cover
  6. ↑ Program, Surfers Paradise International Raceway, Sunday, February 19, 1978
  7. 1 2 (Entry list), Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 39
  8. 1 2 Results from Sandown, Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 36
  9. 1 2 3 Points for Rounds 2, 3 & 4 have been calculated by applying the points system as published in Wolfgang Klopfer’s Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race to the round results published in Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8
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