The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing CircuitOfficial programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 22 in

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on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either

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.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81 The race was the forty first

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and doubled as Round 1 of the

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. John Goss won the race driving a

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, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the

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. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international

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who was driving an

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entered by

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. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was

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driving a

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Qualifying results

Race results

References

External links

1976 Australian Grand Prix Sandown, www.youtube.com
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