1972 Australian Sports Car Championship

The 1972 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian motor racing series for Sports Cars. It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as a national title and was the fourth Australian Sports Car Championship.
The championship was won by John Harvey driving a McLaren M6 Repco.

Schedule

The championship was contested over six rounds:

Round	Name	Circuit	State	Date	Winning driver	Car
1	The Endeavour Cup	Phillip Island	Victoria	30 January	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco
2		Adelaide International Raceway	South Australia	9 April	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco
3	RAC Trophy Race	Warwick Farm	New South Wales	30 April	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco
4		Surfers Paradise	Queensland	18 June	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco
5	Western Australian Sports Car Championship	Wanneroo	Western Australia	20 August	Howie Sangster	McLaren LT170 Chevrolet
6	Tasmanian Sports Car Championship	Symmons Plains	Tasmania	12 November	John Harvey	McLaren M6 Repco

Classes and points system

The championship was open to:

Cars competed in two classes, Over 2500cc and Up to 2500cc.
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first six placegetters in each class at each round and on a 4-3-2-1 basis to the first four outright placegetters at each round.