1974 Australian Grand Prix
# 1974 Australian Grand Prix

The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2. The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence. It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.

## Classification

Results were as follows:

## Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Qual | Gap |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.2 | — |
| 2 | | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.3 | +0.1 |
| 3 | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:05.9 | +0.7 |
| 4 | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.0 | +1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:07.5 | +2.3 |
| 6 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | 1:08.0 | +2.8 |
| 7 | 12 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
| 8 | | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:09.2 | +4.0 |
| 9 | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:09.7 | +4.5 |
| 10 | | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | 1:11.9 | +6.7 |
| 11 | | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L I4 | 1:14.4 | +9.2 |

## Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Car | Entrant | Laps | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Max Stewart Motors | 61 | 1h 08m 43.0s |
| 2 | 4 | John McCormack | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 61 | 1h 09m 43.3s |
| 3 | 14 | Graeme Lawrence | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | Air New Zealand | 60 | |
| 4 | | Jon Davison | Matich A50 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Jon Davison | 59 | |
| 5 | | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | Ansett Team Elfin | 58 | |
| Ret | 5 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | | 58 | fuel pick up |
| Ret | | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 | | 49 | harmonic balancer |
| Ret | 1 | Lella Lombardi | Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | | 47 | oil pump |
| Ret | 7 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | | 26 | valve |
| DNS | | John Goss | Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 | | | engine bearing |
| DNS | | Ken Shirvington | March 732 / Hart 1.6L 4cyl | | | too slow |
