1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
# 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group C Touring Cars. It was authorised by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.

The championship, which was the fourth Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by General Motors-Holden's.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over a five round series with each round being a single race staged over a minimum distance of 250 km.

| Round | Race title | Circuit | State | Date | Winning driver(s) | Winning car | Entrant | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chesterfield 250 | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 25 August | Colin Bond | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | |
| 2 | Sandown 250 | Sandown Park | Victoria | 8 September | Allan Moffat | Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop | Allan Moffat Racing | Report |
| 3 | Hardie-Ferodo 1000 | Mount Panorama, Bathurst | New South Wales | 6 October | John Goss Kevin Bartlett | Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop | McLeod Ford-2UW | Report |
| 4 | Chesterfield 300 | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 10 November | Colin Bond | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team |
| 5 | RE-PO 500K | Phillip Island | Victoria | 24 November | Colin Bond | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | Report |

## Class Structure

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.

* Up to and including 1300 cc
* 1301 to 2000 cc
* 2001 to 3000 cc
* Over 3000 cc

## Points system

For all rounds except the Bathurst round, championship points were awarded on a 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright. For the Bathurst round only, championship points were awarded on an 18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis for the first nine positions in each class plus 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions outright. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points.

## Results

| Position | Manufacturer | Ade. | San. | Bat. | Sur. | Phi. | Total. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Holden | 13 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 65 |
| 2 | Ford | 11 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 59 |
| 3 | Mazda | 11 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo | 9 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 54 |
| 5 | Leyland | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | - | 39 |
| = | Datsun | 9 | 9 | 12 | - | 9 | 39 |
| 7 | Honda | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Chrysler | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
