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Australian Formula 2 Race

Calder, 5 Aug 1979

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 John Bowe Elfin 792 [79201] - Volkswagen Golf Elfin
25 18m 02.6s
2 Brian Shead Cheetah Mk6 [63-1] - Toyota Celica single cam
25 18m 02.0s [sic]
3 John Smith Ralt RT1/77 [91] - Ford
25 18m 13.0s
4 Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk6 [63-2] - Toyota Celica single cam
25 18m 13.2s
5 Peter Macrow Cheetah Mk5 [53-6] - Toyota Celica single cam
25 18m 17.2s
6 Graham Engel Cheetah Mk6 [63-06] - Ford
25 18m 35.2s
7 Mike Stack Cheetah Mk6 [62-8] - Renault
25 18m 25.9s [sic]
8 Bob Prendergast Cheetah Mk6 [62-12] - Volkswagen Golf single cam
25 18m 36.4s
9 Peter Scott Elfin 792 [79202] - Toyota Celica single cam
25 18m 47.8s
10 Ian Richards Tudor - Volkswagen Golf single cam
24
UNK Bob Power Cheetah Mk6 [63-3] - Toyota Celica single cam

UNK Geoff Forsyth Cheetah - Toyota Celica single cam

UNK David Booth Birrana 374 [374-011] - Nissan single cam

UNK Tom Crozier Cheetah Mk6 [62-10] - Volkswagen Golf single cam

UNK Graeme Crawford Cheetah - Fiat single cam

UNK Hugh Gartley Cheetah Mk4 [43-4] - Toyota Celica single cam

UNK Colin Trengove Elfin 630B [756302] - Ford

UNK David Crabtree Cheetah Mk6E - Ford

UNK Ian Carrig CRD - Ford

UNK Ian Lloyd Elfin 623 [74442]

UNK Rick James HTG - Toyota single cam

DNS Vince McLaughlan Cheetah - Toyota Celica single cam
Did not start
DNS Ron Trim Rennmax BN7 - Ford
Did not start
DNS Mal Brewster Elfin 700 [76649] - Volkswagen Golf single cam
Did not start
DNS Grahame Blee Elfin 623 [74437] - Toyota single cam
Did not start
DNS Jack Klaver Birrana 374 [374-014]
Did not start

All cars are 1.6-litre ANF2 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 John Bowe (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 792 [79201] - Volkswagen Golf Elfin 41.8s
2 Brian Shead (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [63-1] - Toyota Celica single cam 42.0s
3 Brian Sampson (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [63-2] - Toyota Celica single cam 42.0s
4 Ian Richards (ANF2) 1.6-litre Tudor - Volkswagen Golf single cam 42.2s
5 Peter Macrow (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk5 [53-6] - Toyota Celica single cam 42.2s
6 Bob Prendergast (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [62-12] - Volkswagen Golf single cam 42.4s
7 Bob Power (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [63-3] - Toyota Celica single cam 42.4s
8 Peter Scott (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 792 [79202] - Toyota Celica single cam 43.0s
9 Graham Engel (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [63-06] - Ford 43.1s
10 Mike Stack (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [62-8] - Renault 43.1s
11 Geoff Forsyth (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah - Toyota Celica single cam 43.2s
12 David Booth (ANF2) 1.6-litre Birrana 374 [374-011] - Nissan single cam 43.2s
13 Tom Crozier (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6 [62-10] - Volkswagen Golf single cam 43.7s
14 Graeme Crawford (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah - Fiat single cam 43.8s
15 Vince McLaughlan * (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah - Toyota Celica single cam 43.9s
16 Ron Trim * (ANF2) 1.6-litre Rennmax BN7 - Ford 44.8s
17 Hugh Gartley (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk4 [43-4] - Toyota Celica single cam 45.7s
18 Colin Trengove (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 630B [756302] - Ford 45.8s
19 Mal Brewster * (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 700 [76649] - Volkswagen Golf single cam 45.9s
20 David Crabtree (ANF2) 1.6-litre Cheetah Mk6E - Ford 46.1s
21 Ian Carrig (ANF2) 1.6-litre CRD - Ford 46.9s
22 Grahame Blee * (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 623 [74437] - Toyota single cam 47.1s
23 Jack Klaver * (ANF2) 1.6-litre Birrana 374 [374-014] 48.5s
24 Ian Lloyd (ANF2) 1.6-litre Elfin 623 [74442] 48.7s
25 Rick James (ANF2) 1.6-litre HTG - Toyota single cam 49.7s
26 John Smith (ANF2) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 [91] - Ford
 
* Did not start

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.

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