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Warwick Brown
Warwick Brown (born 24 December 1949 in Sydney) is a former racing driver from Australia. Racing career Brown participated in a single Formula One Grand Prix, on 10 October 1976. He drove a Wolf–Williams Racing car at the 1976 United States Grand Prix and finished 14th, five laps behind the winner James Hunt. Brown suffered the loss of third and fifth gears during the race, as well as rear brake problems.Young, Eoin, "James Hunt: Against All Odds", Hamlyn, 1977, p. 132. Brown was more successful in the Tasman Series, which he won in 1975, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet. He also won the Rothmans International Series in Australia twice, in 1977 driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet and in 1978 driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet, both for the VDS Team. In the course of winning these series Brown also won the 1975 New Zealand Grand Prix and the 1977 Australian Grand Prix. After competing in the SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship in North America from 1974 to 1976, Brown contested the Can-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosworth
Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream automotive industries. Cosworth is based in Northampton, England, with American facilities in Indianapolis and Mooresville, North Carolina. Cosworth has collected 176 wins in Formula One (F1) as engine supplier, ranking third with most wins, behind Ferrari and Mercedes. Corporate history The company was founded as a British racing internal combustion engine maker in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth. Its company name, "Cosworth", was derived as a portmanteau of the surnames of its two founders (Costin and Duckworth). Both of the co-founders were former employees of Lotus Engineering Ltd., and Cosworth initially maintained a strong relationship with Colin Chapman; and initial revenues of the company came almost exclusively from Lotus. When the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Rothmans International Series
The 1978 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition''Rothmans International Series'', Australian Competition Yearbook, Number 8, pages 68 to 79 open to Australian Formula 1 cars.Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 12 February 1978, page 3 The series, which was the third Rothmans International Series,Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 55 to 61 was won by Warwick Brown, driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 193 Schedule The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round. Points system Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round. Series results {, class="wikitable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7 , - style="font-weight:bold" , height="14" align="center" , Position , Driver , Car(Entry list), Programme, Adelaide International Racew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Rothmans International Series
The 1977 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competitionRothmans International, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 84 to 95 open to Formula 5000 Racing Cars.Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977 The series, which was the second Rothmans International Series,Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 54 to 56 was won by Warwick Brown driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet. Schedule The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round. Points system Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 181 Series results {, class="wikitable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7 , - style="font-weight:bold" , height="14" align="center" , Position , Driver , Car , Entrant , align="center" , Ora , align="center" , Sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship Season
The 1976 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the tenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier open wheel racing series and the third to be co-sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and the United States Auto Club (USAC).Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula A and Formula 5000 in America - Race by Race, 2003, page 81 The championship was won by Brian Redman driving a Lola T332 Chevrolet.Wolfgang Kopfler, ''1976 Formula 5000 Championship'', Formula A and Formula 5000 in America - Race by Race, 2003, pages 101 & 102 It was Redman's third consecutive SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship title win.Gordon Kirby, ''The Season in the USA'', Automobile Year 1976/77, pages 191 to 192 For the first time in three years, a vehicle other than a Lola won a race, with March and Shadow winning one race each. 1976 also marked the first race win by a non-Chevrolet powered car since the 1971 season, with a Dodge-powered Shadow winning at Road America. 1976 was to be the final yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship
The 1975 SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship was the ninth running of the Sports Car Club of America's SCCA Continental Championship, professional open wheel automobile racing series and the second to be sanctioned jointly by the Sports Car Club of America and the United States Automobile Club. ''1967-1974'', myf5000.com Retrieved on 22 May 2014 The championship was open to cars complying with the SCCA's 5 litre (305 cid) American stock block engine specifications and to cars complying with the USAC's 161 cid turbocharger, turbocharged, 255 cid Double overhead camshaft, DOHC or 320 cid stock block engine regulations.''Facts Sheet'', www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 22 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
