The 1976 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown International Motor Racing CircuitOfficial programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 22 in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1976. It was open to racing cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1976 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 80–81
The race was the forty first Australian Grand Prix and doubled as Round 1 of the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship. John Goss won the race driving a Matich A53 Repco-Holden, and in doing so became the only driver to win both of Australia's highest profile motor races, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bathurst 1000. Goss won the 47 lap race by just half a second from Australian international Vern Schuppan who was driving an Elfin MR8 Chevrolet entered by Ansett Team Elfin. Finishing third, over a lap behind, was John Leffler driving a Lola T400 Chevrolet.
Qualifying results Pos. No.Official programme, Hang Ten 400 plus Marlboro presents the 41st Australian Grand Prix, 12 September (1976), page 39 Driver Car Entrant Time Gap 1 16 Max Stewart Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 M Stewart 1:01.5 — 2 12 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 1:02.5 +1.0 3 2 John Goss Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 1:04.1 +2.6 4 4 Jon Davison Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing 1:06.1 +4.6 5 10 Chris Milton McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 John Martin's / Shell Sport 1:06.5 +5.0 6 62 Bruce Allison Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 B Allison 1:07.1 +5.6 7 15 Terry Hook Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Terry Hook Racing 1:08.1 +6.6 8 68 John Edmonds Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8Australian National Formula One Review, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1977 Edition, pages 84 to 93 J Edmonds 1:08.5 +7.0 9 6 Ken Shirvington Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 K Shirvington 1:09.1 +7.6 10 23 Steven Fraser Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8 SH & DG Fraser 1:12.9 +11.4 11 39 Gil Cameron McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 VYI's Sunglasses 1:13.3 +11.8 12 5 Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Shellsport K Bartlett 1:16.7 +15.2 13 7 John Leffler Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grace Bros Racing 1:34.9 +33.4 14 20 Andrew Miedecke Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4 Grace Bros Racing 1:08.5 +7.0 15 83 Peter Larner Elfin 700 / England 1.6L I4 P Larner 1:08.6 +7.1 16 33 Mike Stack Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L I4 M Stack 1:11.4 +9.9 17 17 John Millard Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L I4 Chrystal Millard DNP
Race results
Pos. No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time 1 2 John Goss Matich A53 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd 47 48m 41.4s 2 12 Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Ansett Team Elfin 47 48m 41.9s 3 7 John Leffler Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Grace Bros Racing 46 4 10 Chris Milton McLaren M22 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 John Martin's / Shell Sport 39 5 20 Andrew Miedecke Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Grace Bros Racing 37 Ret 5 Kevin Bartlett Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Shellsport K Bartlett 33 engine Ret 23 Steven Fraser Cicada / Ford 5.0L V8 SH & DG Fraser 27 Ret 16 Max Stewart Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 M Stewart 26 engine Ret 4 Jon Davison Matich A51 / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 Jon Davison Southern Comfort Racing 19 engine Ret 83 Peter Larner Elfin 700 / England 1.6L 4cyl P Larner 17 crash Ret 15 Terry Hook Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 Terry Hook Racing 12 engine Ret 39 Gil Cameron McLaren M10B / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 VYI's Fashion Sunglasses 8 engine Ret 6 Ken Shirvington Lola T400 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 K Shirvington 1 crash Ret 62 Bruce Allison Lola T332 / Chevrolet 5.0L V8 B Allison 1 stuck throttle / crash Ret 68 John Edmonds Elfin MR5B / Repco Holden 5.0L V8 J Edmonds 0 clutch DNS 33 Mike Stack Cheetah Mk6 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl M Stack DNS 17 John Millard Brabham BT36 / Ford 1.6L 4cyl Chrystal Millard
References
External links 1976 Australian Grand Prix Sandown, www.youtube.com