The 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, The Australian Formula 1 Championship, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81 It was authorised by the

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as an Australian National Title with the winner awarded the CAMS Gold Star. The title was the 20th

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.Australian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-4 The championship was won by

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driving a Lola T400.Evan Green, Evan Green's World of Motor Sport, page 15

Calendar

Allan Grice-John Leffler 1978 2nd place Bathurst

The championship was contested over a four-round series.Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six place-getters at each round. For Round 3 only, round placings were determined by allocating points to the first fourteen place-getters in each heat on a 20–16–13–11–10–9–8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis. Championship points were then awarded on the standard 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top six drivers for that round. Only holders of current and valid full General Competition Licenses issued by CAMS were eligible for the championship.

Results

Note: * There were only five classified finishers at the

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round. *

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) placed second at the Sandown Park round but was not eligible to score championship points.

Championship name

The championship has been referred to by various names including the 1976 Australian Formula 1 Championship, the 1976 Gold Star Championship, the 20th Australian Formula 1 Drivers Championship for the 1976 C.A.M.S. Gold Star Award and the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. The latter term is used by CAMS in historical recordsAustralian Drivers’ Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au
As archived at www.webcitation.org on 14 April 2014 and has been used in this article.

References

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