1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1977 Australian Sports Car Championship was a motor racing competition for Group D Production Sports Cars.^[1][2] It was authorised as an Australian National Title by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS).^[1] It was the ninth Australian Sports Car Championship to be awarded by CAMS.^[3]

1977 Australian Sports Car Championship

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The championship was won jointly by Alan Hamilton and John Latham driving a Porsche 934 Turbo and a Porsche Carrera RSR respectively.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a six-round series.^[4]

Round [4]	Circuit [4]	State	Date	Format	Winning driver	Winning car
1	Calder	Victoria	15 January [5]	Two heats [5]	Rusty French [5]	de Tomaso Pantera[5]
2	Adelaide International Raceway[6]	South Australia	3 April [7]	One race [7]	Alan Hamilton[7]	Porsche 934[7]
3	Amaroo Park	New South Wales	29 May [8]	One race [8]	John Latham [8]	Porsche Carrera[8]
4	Lakeside International Raceway[9]	Queensland	24 July [10]	One race [10]	Alan Hamilton[10]	Porsche 934[10]
5	Oran Park	New South Wales	30 October [11]	One race [11]	Alan Hamilton[11]	Porsche 934[11]
6	Phillip Island	Victoria	20 November [12]	One race [12]	Alan Hamilton[12]	Porsche 934[12]

Classes

Cars competed in two engine capacity classes.^[1]

• Up to and including 2000cc
• Over 2000cc

Results

Position [13]	Driver [13]	No.[6]	Car[4][6][14]	Entrant[6][14]	Points [13]
1	Alan Hamilton	9	Porsche 934 Turbo	Porsche Distributors	58
=	John Latham	64	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kodak Film	58
3	Peter Hopwood	77	Lotus Elan	Peter Hopwood	33
4	Rusty French	2 & 3 [4]	de Tomaso Pantera	Rusty French	31
5	Tim Trevor	47	Lotus 47	Tim Trevor Motors Pty Ltd	21
6	Warwick Henderson	99	Chevrolet Corvette (C3)	Warwick Henderson	15
7	Bernard Bisseling	65	Turner	Bernard Bisseling	13
8	Fernando D'Alberto	33	Datsun 260Z	Fernando D'Alberto	12
9	Alan Hannis	54	Datsun 2000	Bolwell Car Club	10
=	Matt Pintar		MGB	Matt Pintar	10
11	Ray Winter		MGB	Peter McCabe	9
12	Bob Kennedy	60	Triumph TR5	Triumph Sports Owners Association	7
13	Peter Woodward		Lotus 47	Peter Woodward	6
=	Bill Evans	7	Triumph TR7	Playboy Racing	6
=	Barry Main	6	Bolwell Nagari	Barry Main	6
16	Bob Rowntree		MG Midget	Bob Rowntree	4
=	Peter Beasley		MG Midget	Peter Beasley	4
18	Robbie Rowland	26	Austin-Healey 3000	Robbie Rowland	3
=	Bob Johnston [8]		MG Midget	Bob Johnston	3
20	David Henderson		MG Midget	NSSCC	2
=	Peter Fitzgerald		Porsche 911S	Peter Fitzgerald	2
22	John Gourlay	23	Bolwell Nagari	John Gourlay	1

Note: Hamilton achieved four round wins to Latham's one, however there was no countback process incorporated in the points system to act as a tiebreaker, so the two drivers shared the title.^[4]