title: 1973 Australian Sports Car Championship
text: # 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. It was the fifth Australian Sports Car Championship. The title was won by South Australian Phil Moore, driving a 2.5 litre Repco V8 - engined Elfin 360.
  
  ## Calendar
  
  The championship was contested over a six round series with one race per round.
  
  | Round | Circuit | State | Date | Winning driver | Car |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 28 January | Phil Moore | Elfin 360 Repco |
  | 2 | Adelaide International Raceway | South Australia | 8 April | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco |
  | 3 | Sandown | Victoria | 8 July | Phil Moore | Elfin 360 Repco |
  | 4 | Wanneroo Park | Western Australia | 12 August | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco |
  | 5 | Symmons Plains | Tasmania | 11 November | Phil Moore | Elfin 360 Repco |
  | 6 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 8 December | Phil Moore | Elfin 360 Repco |
  
  ## 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 of class, at each round.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Phillip Is. | Adelaide | Sandown | Wanneroo | Symmons | Oran Pk. | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Phil Moore | Elfin 360 Repco | | 13 | - | 13 | - | 13 | 13 | 52 |
  | 2 | Lionel Ayers | Rennmax Repco | Lionel Ayers | - | 13 | 12 | 13 | - | - | 38 |
  | 3 | Ray Strong | Chevron B8 BMW | McLean-Strong Auto Clinic | - | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | 9 | 26 |
  | 4 | Graeme Crawford | Elva BMW | Graeme Crawford | 9 | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | 24 |
  | = | Henry Michell | Elfin 360 Repco | H Michell | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 24 |
  | 6 | Robin Pare | Elfin ME5 Chevrolet | | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 |
  | 7 | John Latham | Bolwell Nagari | | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 |
  | 8 | Dick Sorenson | Elfin 300C Ford Cosworth FVA | | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
  | 9 | Stuart Kostera | Matich SR3 Ford | Stuart Kostera Racing | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 |
  | = | Max Thompson | Elfin 400 Ford | | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 |
  
  Only the top ten championship positions are shown in the above table.
  
  