1976 Rothmans Sun-7 Series

The 1976 Rothmans Sun-7 Series was a motor racing competition open to Touring Cars of under 3 litre capacity.^[1] It was contested at the Amaroo Park circuit in New South Wales, Australia^[1] and was the sixth annual Touring Car series to be staged at that circuit. It was won by Allan Grice driving a Mazda RX-3.^[1]

Layout of the Amaroo Park Raceway

Schedule

The series was contested over four rounds with preliminary heats and a 50 lap final at each round.^[1]

Round[1]	Date[1]	Winner of Final[1]	Car[1][2]
1	7 March	Barry Seton	Ford Capri V6
2	30 May	Barry Seton	Ford Capri V6
3	18 July	Allan Grice	Mazda RX-3
4	15 August	Lakis Manticas	Ford Capri V6

Series results

Position[2]	Driver[2]	Car[2]	Entrant	R1[2]	R2[2]	R3[2]	R4[2]	Total[2]
1	Allan Grice	Mazda RX-3	Mazda House[1]	3	3	4 ½	5	15 ½
2	Barry Seton	Ford Capri V6		4 ½	4 ½	1 ½	-	10 ½
3	Bob Morris	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Ron Hodgson[3]	2	-	-	6	8
4	Lakis Manticas	Ford Capri V6		-	-	-	7 ½	7 ½
5	Don Holland	Mazda RX-3		1 ½	-	3	2 ½	7
6	Phil McDonell	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		-	-	2	4	6
7	Lyndon Arnel	Ford Escort RS2000		-	3	-	2	5
8	Bob Holden	Ford Escort RS2000		3	1	-	-	4
9	Bill Stanley	Ford Escort RS2000		-	-	3	-	3
10	Geoff Leeds	Mazda RX-3		2	-	-	-	2
11	Russell Skaife	Ford Capri V6		-	1 ½	-	-	1 ½
12	Peter Granger	BMW 2002		1	-	-	-	1
13	Terry Daley	Ford Escort Twin Cam		-	-	1	-	1

References

1. Rothmans Sun-7 Series, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 114 to 120
2. Evan Green, Sun-7 Rothmans Series 3 Litre Touring Cars - 1976 Results, Evan Green's Word of Motor Sport, 1977, page 196
3. Evan Green, Road & Track, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 1976

Further reading

• Driver wins first title, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 16 August 1976, page 13