1964 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.[1] The winning driver was awarded the CAMS Gold Star and the title of Australian Champion Driver.[1] It was the eight Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.[2]

The championship was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Repco Brabham BT4 Climax.

Schedule

The championship was contested over five races.

Race [3] Race name [3] Circuit [3] State Date [3] Winning driver [3] Car [3]
1 Australian Grand Prix Sandown Victoria 9 February Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT7A Climax
2 South Pacific Gold Star Championship [4] Longford Tasmania 2 March Graham Hill Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
3 Governor's Trophy Lakeside Queensland 13 September Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
4 Craven Filter Trophy [5] Mallala Race Circuit South Australia 12 October Lex Davison Repco Brabham BT4 Climax
5 Horden Trophy Warwick Farm New South Wales 6 December Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford

Points system

Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six place-getters in each race.[1] Only drivers holding a General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible.[1]

Championship standings

Championship standings were as follows:

Position [6] Driver [6] Car [6] [3] Entrant [3] San. [6] Lon. [6] Lak. [6] Mal. [6] War. [6] Total [6]
1 Bib Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF B. S. Stillwell 6 6 9 6 - 27
2 Lex Davison Cooper T62 Climax FPF
Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF 		Ecurie Australie - 3 - 9 3 15
3 Greg Cusack Repco Brabham BT6 Ford [7]
Elfin Catalina Ford 		Scuderia Veloce - 2 6 - 6 14
4 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF Ecurie Vitesse 9 - - - - 9
4 Leo Geoghegan Lotus 32 Ford Total Team - - - - 9 9
4 Arnold Glass Lotus 27 Ford
Cooper T55 Climax FPF 		Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. [8] 3 - 4 - 2 9
4 Frank Matich Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF Total Team - 9 - - - 9
8 John Youl Cooper T55 Climax FPF John C. Youl 4 4 - - - 8
9 Garrie Cooper Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford Elfin Sports Cars - - - 4 - 4
9 Rocky Tresise Cooper T62 Climax FPF Ecurie Australie - - - - 4 4
11 Barry Collison Repco Brabham BT2 Ford [9] Hunter & Delbridge Speed Equipment - - 3 - - 3
11 Bill Pile Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford W. M. Pile - - - 3 - 3
11 Glynn Scott Lotus 27 Ford Glynn Scott Motors - - 2 - 1 3
14 Andy Brown Elfin Catalina Ford Autocourse Elfin - - - 2 - 2
14 David Walker Brabham BT2 Ford David Walker 2 - - - - 2
16 Granton Harrison Elfin Mono Mk1 Ford G. T. Harrison - - - 1 - 1
16 Jack Hobden Cooper T51 Climax FPF Louis Hobden [4] - 1 - - - 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d Conditions for Australian Titles, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport - Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, pages 48 & 49
  2. ^ Australian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2016 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, docs.cams.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h 1964 Gold Star, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ a b Programme, Longford, 3rd South Pacific Championships 1964
  5. ^ Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Races, 12 October 1964
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Australian Drivers' Championship, 1964, Racing Car News, January 1965, page 41
  7. ^ Cusack's car was entered as Repco Brabham in the Longford Programme
  8. ^ Official Programme, Warwick Farm, Sunday, December 6, 1964
  9. ^ Collison's car was entered as Repco Brabham Ford in the Warwick Farm Programme
  • Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 1 (1964)
  • Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 2 (1965)
  • Australian Motor Sport, December 1964
  • Official Programme, Sandown, 9 February 1964
  • Racing Car News, August 1972 (Gold Star Guide)
  • Sports Car World, December 1964
  • The Official 50 Year History of the Australian Grand Prix, © 1986
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