The 1974 Rothmans 5000 European Championship The championship was promoted as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship, as indicated in (eg) the programmes for Oulton Park 12 April, Brands Hatch 15 April, Mallory Park 14 July and Brands Hatch 19/20 October was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe – Race by Race, 2004 The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club, but also incorporated European rounds.European Formula 5000 races 1969–1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 14 January 2015 It was the sixth in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships, and the second to be contested as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship. The 1974 championship was won by Bob Evans, driving a Lola T332.Wolfgang Kopfler, 1974 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship, Formula 5000 in Europe – Race by Race, 2004, pages 143 to 145
Calendar
The championship was contested over eighteen rounds. Round F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr Retrieved on 14 January 2015 Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 Brands Hatch 16 March Peter Gethin Chevron B28 Chevrolet 2 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 Mallory Park 24 March David Hobbs Lola T330 Chevrolet 3 Silverstone Vanwall Trophy Silverstone 6 April Brian Redman Lola T332 Chevrolet 4 Oulton Park Rothmans F5000 Oulton Park 12 April Brian Redman Lola T332 Chevrolet 5 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 Brands Hatch 15 April Programme, Rothmans 5000 European Championship, Brands Hatch, Monday, 15 April 1974 Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet 6 Zolder Limburg Trophee Zolder 28 April Peter Gethin Chevron B28 Chevrolet 7 Thruxton Rothmans F5000 Thruxton 27 May Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet 8 Zandvoort Duinen Trophee Zandvoort 3 June Peter Gethin Chevron B28 Chevrolet 9 Mugello Rothmans F5000 Mugello 23 June David Hobbs Lola T330 Chevrolet 10 GP della Lotteria Monza 30 June Peter Gethin Chevron B28 Chevrolet 11 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 Mallory Park 14 July Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet 12 Mondello Park Dublin GP Mondello Park 28 July Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet 13 Thruxton Rothmans F5000 Thruxton 18 August Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet 14 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 Brands Hatch 26 August Tony Dean Chevron B24 Chevrolet 15 Oulton Park Gold Cup Oulton Park 8 September Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet 16 Snetterton Rothmans F5000 Snetterton 6 October Tom Belsø Lola T330 Chevrolet 17 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 Mallory Park 13 October Guy Edwards Lola T332 Chevrolet 18 Brands Hatch Rothmans Motorshow 200 Brands Hatch 20 October Vern Schuppan Chevron B24 Chevrolet
Points system Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first seventeen rounds and on a 40–30–24–20–16–12–8–6–4–2 basis for the first ten places at the final round. Each driver could retain points from fourteen rounds.
Championship standings Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing 193 2 Peter Gethin Chevron B28 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS 186 3 Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 152 4 Teddy Pilette Chevron B28 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Team VDS 108 5 Lella Lombardi Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 88 6 David Hobbs Lola T330 Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 81 7 Vern Schuppan Trojan T101 Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet Chevron B24/B28 Chevrolet Sid Taylor Chevron Racing Team VDS 77 8 Tom Belsø Lola T330 Chevrolet 72 9 Brian Redman Lola T332 Chevrolet Sid Taylor 67 Chris Craft Chevron B24/B28 Chevrolet Brabham BT43 Chevrolet Crowne Racing 67 11 Mike Wilds March 74A Chevrolet Dempster International Racing 58 12 Clive Santo Lola T330 Chevrolet 42 Brian Robinson McLaren M19 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 42 14 Damien Magee Lola T330 Chevrolet Trojan T101 Chevrolet Chevron B24 Chevrolet AW Brown Racing 41 15 Guy Edwards Lola T332 Chevrolet John Butterworth 37 16 Tony Dean Chevron B24 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 28 17 Patrick Summer Trojan T101 Chevrolet 27 18 Brian McGuire Trojan T101 Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet 25 19 Keith Holland Trojan T102 Chevrolet Lola T332 Chevrolet Ian Ward Racing John Butterworth 20 20 Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet Trojan T102 Chevrolet Servis Racing Ian Ward Racing 17 21 Roelof Wunderink Chevron B24 Chevrolet 14 22 Leen Verhoeven Lola T330 Chevrolet Trojan T101 Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd Sid Taylor 11 23 Derek Bell Lola T330 Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 10 24 Eddie Keizan Lola T332 Chevrolet John Butterworth 8 25 Trevor Twaites Lola T330 Chevrolet 8 26 Nick Wattiez Lola T330 Chevrolet 5 27 Clive Baker March 73A Chevrolet 4 28 Chris Featherstone McRae GM1 Chevrolet 2 29 Brendan McInerney Lola T330 Chevrolet Trevor Twaites 2 30 Tony Trimmer Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 1
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