1977 Rothmans International Series

The 1977 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing competition^[1] open to Formula 5000 Racing Cars.^[2] The series, which was the second Rothmans International Series,^[3] was won by Warwick Brown driving a Lola T430 Chevrolet.^[1]

1977 Rothmans International Series

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Schedule

Warwick Brown won the series driving this Lola T430 (pictured in 2008)

The series was contested over four rounds with one race per round.^[1]

Round[1]	Name[1]	Circuit[1]	Date[1]	Winning driver[1]	Car[1]	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Oran Park	6 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Report
2		Surfers Paradise	13 February	Warwick Brown	Lola T430 Chevrolet
3		Sandown Park	20 February	Max Stewart	Lola T400 Chevrolet
4		Adelaide International Raceway	27 February	Alan Jones	Lola T332C Chevrolet

Points system

Series points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each round.^[4]

Series results

Position[1]	Driver[1]	Car[4]	Entrant[2]	Ora[1]	Sur[1]	San[1]	Ade[1]	Total[1]
1	Warwick Brown	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	9	9	-	6	24
2	Peter Gethin	Chevron B37 Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	6	6	-	3	15
3	Alan Jones	Lola T332C Chevrolet & Lola T332 Chevrolet	Theodore Racing / Bill Patterson Motors	3	2	-	9	14
4	Max Stewart	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Max Stewart	-	-	9	2	11
=	John Goss	Matich A53 Repco Holden	John Goss Racing	4	3	-	4	11
6	Alfredo Costanzo	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Auto Sprint Motors	1	1	4	-	6
=	Garrie Cooper	Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	-	-	6	-	6
8	John Leffler	Lola T400 Chevrolet	Grace Brothers Race Team	-	4	-	-	4
9	Dave Powell	Matich A51 Repco Holden	Dave Powell	-	-	3	-	3
=	John McCormack	McLaren M23 Leyland	Budget Rent-A-Car System	-	-	2	1	3
11	Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8-C Chevrolet	Ansett Team Elfin	2	-	-	-	2

There were only five classified finishers at the Sandown Park round.^[1]

References

1. Rothmans International, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 84 to 95
2. Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977
3. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 54 to 56
4. Wolfgang Klopfer, Formula 5000 in New Zealand & Australia: Race by Race, page 181

External links

• Rothmans International Series 1977, www.oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org