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The 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned
The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round.Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No1
An additional round, scheduled to be held at Lakeside in
Australia
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n motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1
Australian Formula 1 (AF1) was a motor sport category for open-wheeler racing cars which was current in Australia from 1970 to 1983.
AF1 was introduced by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport in 1970, initially restricting cars to non-supe ...
and Australian Formula 2
Australian Formula 2, sometimes abbreviated to AF2 or ANF2, is a "wings and slicks" formula racing category in Australia. The category is one of Australia's oldest, dating back to 1964. The current format of AF2 was introduced in 1978. Brian Shead ...
racing cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1972 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 86 & 87 It was the 16th Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category. This category was determined by the Confederation of Australia ...
to be awarded by CAMS.Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4 The championship winner, Frank Matich
Francis Anthony Matich (25 January 193511 May 2015) was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 1970s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to sup ...
, was awarded the 1972 CAMS Gold Star.Matich writes his name in Gold, Australian Motor Racing Annual 1973, pages 7 to 11 & 80 to 82
Calendar
The championship was contested over a six-round series with one race per round.Racing Car News Championship Yearbook No1
An additional round, scheduled to be held at Lakeside in Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
was cancelled.
Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each race. Points from the best five results could be retained by each driver.Guide to the Gold Star, Supplement to Racing Car News, August 1972, page xvChampionship results
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