1974 Australian Drivers' Championship
# 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 racing cars with the winner awarded the 1974 CAMS "Gold Star". It was the 18th Australian Drivers' Championship.

The championship was won by Max Stewart driving a Lola T330 Chevrolet.

## Calendar

The championship was contested over six rounds:

| Round | Name | Circuit | State | Date | Format |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chesterfield Filter Cup | Oran Park | New South Wales | 4 August | Two Heats |
| 2 | The Glynn Scott Memorial Trophy | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | 1 September | Two Heats |
| 3 | | Calder | Victoria | 20 October | Two Heats |
| 4 | Marlboro 100 (Incorporating the Victorian Trophy Race) | Sandown Park | Victoria | 3 November | One race |
| 5 | Australian Grand Prix | Oran Park | New South Wales | 17 November | One race |
| 6 | | Phillip Island | Victoria | 24 November | One race |

## Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a CAMS General Competition Licence were eligible, therefore any placings gained by international licence holders were ignored by CAMS when allocating championship points.

## Championship standings

| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Ora. | Sur. | Cal. | San. | Ora. | Phi. | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Max Stewart | Lola T330 Chevrolet | Max Stewart Motors | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 51 |
| 2 | Kevin Bartlett | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Chesterfield Filter Racing | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | - | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Phil Moore | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 16 |
| 4 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | John McCormack | Elfin ML6 Leyland Elfin MR5 Repco-Holden | Ansett Team Elfin | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 8 |
| 6 | John Leffler | Bowin P8 Ford | Grace Bros - Levi's Team | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
| 6 | Jon Davison | Matich A50 Repco-Holden | Jon Davison | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 7 |
| 8 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 Chevrolet | Pat Burke Racing | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 9 | John Goss | Matich A53 Repco-Holden | McLeod Ford | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| 9 | Kurt Seeberg | Brabham BT36 Ford | Ken Dykes Racing | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Bruce Allison | Birrana 274 Ford | | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 12 | Chas Talbot | Birrana 274 Ford | Chas Talbot | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
