1967 Australian Drivers' Championship


The 1967 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition open to Australian National Formula cars and Australian 1½ Litre Formula cars. It was authorised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title with the winner awarded the 1967 CAMS Gold Star. It was the 11th Australian Drivers' Championship to be awarded by CAMS.
The championship was won by Spencer Martin driving a Repco Brabham BT11A-Coventry Climax. Martin won two of the first four races and finished second in the other two. Despite not finishing the fifth race and not starting the sixth, he finished seven points ahead of Greg Cusack. Third was Kevin Bartlett.
In addition to Martin's two race wins, single victories were taken by Cusack, Bartlett, Leo Geoghegan and Frank Gardner.

Calendar

The championship was contested over a six race series.
RaceRace nameCircuit, StateDate
1Governor's TrophyLakeside, Queensland25 June
2Speed Week TrophySurfers Paradise, Queensland27 August
3Victoria TrophySandown Park, Victoria17 September
4N/AMallala, South Australia9 October
5Examiner 1000Symmons Plains, Tasmania13 November
6Hordern TrophyWarwick Farm, New South Wales3 December

Points system

Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each race. Points from any five of the six races could be counted towards a driver's total. Only drivers racing under a CAMS General Competition License were eligible for the championship.

Championship results

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