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Elfin 620
Elfin Sports Cars Pty Ltd (formerly known as Elfin Sports Cars) is an Australian car manufacturer company that was founded by Garrie Cooper. It has been an Australian manufacturer of sports cars and motor racing cars since 1959. Elfin Sports Cars is currently owned by Young Timers Garage (YTG) after being purchased by the company in May 2023 from the Walkinshaw Group. It was previously owned by businessmen and historic racing enthusiasts Bill Hemming and Nick Kovatch (who remains as technical director) who purchased it in 1998. Elfin is the oldest continuous sports car maker in Australia and one of the most successful with 29 championships and major Grand Prix titles. The original factory was located at Conmurra Avenue, Edwardstown, South Australia, Edwardstown in suburban Adelaide, South Australia. The company is currently located in Keysborough, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. History The company was founded in South Australia as Elfin Sports Cars in October 1959 by Garri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Australian Sports Car Championship
The 1973 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title open to Group A Sports Cars and Group D Production Sports Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 94 It was the fifth Australian Sports Car Championship.Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Australian Motor Sport, page 14-6 The title was won by South Australian Phil Moore, driving a 2.5 litre Repco V8 - engined Elfin 360.Sports Car Championships, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 176 to 179 Calendar The championship was contested over a six round series with one race per round. Classes and points system Car competed in two engine displacement classes: * Up to and including 2500cc * Over 2500cc Championship points were allocated on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six place-getters in each class at each round. Additional points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright place-getters, regardless o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Tourist Trophy
The Australian Tourist Trophy is a Confederation of Australian Motor Sport-sanctioned national motor racing title, contested between 1956 and 1979 by Group A Sports Cars, Sports Cars and, since 2007, by Australian GT Championship, GT cars. The trophy is currently awarded to the outright winners of the Bathurst 12 Hour. History The title was awarded for the first time in 1956 and then annually from 1958 until the introduction by CAMS of an Australian Sports Car Championship for 1969. It was reinstituted in 1975, restricted for the first time to Production Sports Cars and contested over two heats rather than as a single race. In 1976, with the Production Sports Car class now contesting the Australian Sports Car Championship, the Australian Tourist Trophy once again became a contest for purpose built Group A Sports Cars until it was discontinued after the 1979 event. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Rothmans International Series
The 1979 Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series open to Australian Formula 5000, World Formula 1 and Australian Formula Pacific cars.Programme, Oran Park International, 25 February 1979 It was the fourth and final Rothmans International Series.The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, 1986, page 414 Despite his best placing in the series being a 2nd in the final round at Oran Park, the series was won by ex-F1 driver Larry Perkins driving an Australian designed and Elfin MR8 Chevrolet. The series included three Formula One cars, though only one featured prominently in the series. Irishman David Kennedy drove a Wolf WR4 powered by the Cosworth DFV to 4th place in the series including winning the Surfers Paradise round and setting the circuits outright lap record of 1:04.400 seconds (this record wasn't beaten until 1986). English driver Geoff Lees drove a Cosworth powered Ensign MN09, though luck deserted him after a second place finished in the opening ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rothmans International Series
The Rothmans International Series was an Australian motor racing series which was staged annually from 1976 to 1979. Initially open to Australian Formula 1 cars (commonly referred to as Formula 5000s), for the final year it was for ‘’Australian Formula 5000’’, ‘’World Formula 1’’ and ‘’Australian Formula Pacific’’ cars.Programme, Oran Park International, 25 February 1979, page 17 History When the joint Australian-New Zealand open-wheeler series, the Tasman Series was discontinued after the 1975 series, the four Australian former Tasman races became the Rothmans International Series. The series was run during February of each year from 1976 to 1979, with races at Sandown, Adelaide International Raceway, Oran Park and Surfers Paradise International Raceway. Future (1983) 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan, driving for Theodore Racing, won the 1976 Rothmans International Series in a Lola T332-Chevrolet with the final round at Surfers Paradise being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1975 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Australian Formula 1 cars and Australian Formula 2 cars.''Conditions for Australian Titles'', 1975 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 84 to 85 The championship winner was awarded the 1975 CAMS "Gold Star". The title, which was the nineteenth Australian Drivers' Championship,''Past Title winners'', 1980 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 56 was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR6 Repco-Holden.''Australian National Formula One Review'', Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition, pages 116 to 128 Calendar The championship was contested over a five-round series. Points system Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the first six placegetters at each round. Only holders of a current and valid full General Competition License issued by CAMS were eligible. Championship results Note: New Zealander Graeme Lawrence Graeme Harry Lawrence (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1973 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title open to drivers of Australian Formula 1 and Australian Formula 2 cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 92 to 93 It was the seventeenth Australian Drivers' ChampionshipRecords, Titles and Awards : Australian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4 and the championship winner was awarded the 1973 CAMS "Gold Star". The championship was won by John McCormack driving an Elfin MR5 Repco Holden. Schedule The championship was contested over a five-round series with one race per round.Australian Formula One Championship, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 60 to 77 There was to be a round at Symmons Plains on 23 September in an event shared with the 1973 Australian Formula 2 Championship. However, as just four Formula 5000 cars were entered, organisers decided to run the event only for Formu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship is a motor racing championship contested annually since 1957 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category. This category was determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport until 2023. From 2024 the championship is contested by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Australian Auto Sport Alliance. Each year, the winner is awarded a Gold Star - from 1957 - 2023 the CAMS Gold StarAustralian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 14 April 2014 and from 2024 the AASA Gold Star. The Australian Drivers' Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver To Europe Series
The 1982 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition for Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula Ford regulations.TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series - Round 1, Official Programme, Sandown, 11–14 February 1982 It was the thirteenth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.Pedr Davis, The Macquarrie Dictionary of Motoring, page 170 The series was won by Jeff Summers driving an Elfin 620B.Australian Motor Racing Yearbook 1982/83, pages 224-225 Schedule The series was contested over eight rounds. Round 2 was to be held at an Oran Park Raceway, Oran Park meeting in March but, after that meeting was cancelled, an additional round was scheduled at a meeting at the same circuit in August. Points system Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first ten places at each round. Series standings Cars were powered by Ford Kent engine, 1.6 litre Ford engines, as mandated by Australian Formula F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 TAA Formula Ford Driver To Europe Series
The 1974 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 31 March 1974 It was the fifth annual Australian national series for Formula Fords.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, Sportsbook Publishing Co., 1980, pages 91-92 The series was won by Terry Perkins, driving an Elfin 620FF and a Titan.Formula Ford, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1975 Edition, pages 154-157 Schedule The series was contested over ten rounds with one race per round. Series standings References {{reflist 1974 in Australian motorsport, TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series Australian Formula Ford Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 National Formula Ford Driver To Europe Series
The 1971 National Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford racing cars.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 87 to 89Sources vary as to the official name of the series. Shepherd uses "TAA Driver to Europe Award" but Australian Competition Yearbook 1976 Edition page 89 states that the series was "given an enormous boost with the backing of TAA from 1972". The Official Souvenir Programme for Phillip Island, 24 October 1971 uses National Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series for the entry list for its round of the series, as does Racing Car News, May 1971, page 6 and Racing Car News, August 1971, page 66. It was the second annual Australian series for Formula Fords. The series was won by Larry Perkins driving an Elfin 600. Schedule The series was contested over twelve rounds. Points system Points were awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places at each round except the Sandown ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Formula Ford National Series
The 1970 Formula Ford National SeriesFormula Ford National Series 1970 - Round Two, Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday, 19 April 1970 was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single-seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world have historically been an important step for many prospective Formula One dri ... racing cars.Peter Wherrett, Formula Ford: Year One, Racing Car News, January 1971, pages 38-39 It was the first annual Australian series for Formula Fords.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, Sportsbook Publishing Co., 1980, pages 87-88 The series was won by Richard Knight driving an Elfin 600. Series schedule The series was contested over six rounds with one race per round.Although Jim Shepherd's History of Australian Motor Sport indicates that the series was contested over the six rounds as shown, the Official Programm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
