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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
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 unsuperch ...
and Australian Formula 2 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 was a motor racing championship contested annually from 1957 to 2014 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor ...
to be awarded by CAMS.Records, Titles & Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4 The championship winner, Frank Matich, 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
Lakeside or Lake Side may refer to:
Places Australia
* Lakeside College, Pakenham, Victoria
* Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, Joondalup, Western Australia
* Lakeside, near Reservoir, Victoria
* Lakeside International Raceway, Pine Rivers, Quee ...
in Queensland 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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