The 1975 ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship Programme, ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship, Brands Hatch, Easter Monday, 31 MarchProgramme, ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship, Mallory Park, Sunday, 10 AugustProgramme, ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship, Mallory Park, Sunday, 12 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 17 January 2015 It was the seventh and last in a sequence of annual European Formula 5000 Championships, and the first to be contested as the ShellSPORT 5000 European Championship. The 1975 championship was won by Teddy Pilette, driving a Lola T400.Wolfgang Kopfler, 1975 ShellSPORT European Formula 5000 Championship, Formula 5000 in Europe – Race by Race, 2004, pages 178 to 180
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The championship was contested over sixteen rounds. Round F5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr Retrieved on 17 January 2015 Name Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Brands Hatch 15 March Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet V8 2 Oulton Park Shellsport F5000 Oulton Park 28 March Gordon Spice Lola T332 Chevrolet V8 3 Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Brands Hatch 31 March David Purley Chevron B30 Ford GAA V6 3.4 4 Silverstone Vanwall Trophy Silverstone 12 April Richard Scott Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 5 Zolder Limburg Trophee Zolder 27 April Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 6 Zandvoort Duinen Trophee Zandvoort 19 May Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 7 Shellsport F5000 Thruxton I Thruxton 26 May Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet V8 8 Snetterton Shellsport F5000 Snetterton 27 July Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet V8 9 Mallory Park Shellsport F5000 Mallory Park 10 August Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 10 Thruxton Andover Mayoral Trophy Thruxton 17 August Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 11 Brands Hatch Shellsport F5000 Brands Hatch 25 August Alan Jones March 75A Ford GAA V6 3.4 12 Oulton Park Gold Cup Oulton Park 6 September David Purley Chevron B30 Ford GAA V6 3.4 13 Silverstone Shellsport F5000 Silverstone 28 September Alan Jones March 75A Ford GAA V6 3.4 14 Shellsport F5000 Snetterton II Snetterton 5 October Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 15 Mallory Park Shellsport F5000 Mallory Park 12 October Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet V8 16 Brands Hatch Shellsport Motorshow 200 Brands Hatch 19 October Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet V8
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 fifteen 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 twelve rounds.
Championship standings Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 Teddy Pilette Lola T400 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 174 2 Peter Gethin Lola T400 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 143 3 Guy Edwards Lola T332 Chevrolet 122 4 Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet Lola T400 Chevrolet Richard Oaten Racing 101 5 David Purley Chevron B30 Ford V6 Lec Refrigeration 98 6 Richard Scott Lola T400 Chevrolet Lola T330 Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing John Turner 85 7 Alan Jones Chevron B28 Chevrolet March 751 Ford V6 RAM Racing 64 = Bob Evans Lola T332 Chevrolet Lola T400 Chevrolet Theodore Racing Reed Racing Alan McKechnie Racing 64 9 Brian Robinson McLaren M19 Chevrolet 49 10 Vern Schuppan Lola T332 Chevrolet Theodore Racing 30 = Gordon Spice Lola T332 Chevrolet Reed Racing 30 12 Tony Dean Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron B28 Chevrolet AG Dean 28 13 Mick Hill March 74A Chevrolet 27 14 Chris Featherstone McRae GM1 Chevrolet 26 15 Ingo Hoffman Chevron B28 Chevrolet AG Dean 24 = John Turner Lola T330 Chevrolet 24 17 Brian McGuire Lola T332 Chevrolet 22 18 Tom Belsø Lola T330 Chevrolet 20 = Damien Magee Trojan T101 Chevrolet Chevron B24/B28 Chevrolet Jim Kelly RAM Racing 20 20 Tom Walkinshaw Modus M5 Ford V6 March 752 Ford V6 ShellSPORT 19 21 Leen Verhoeven Lola T330 Chevrolet 15 22 Tony Brise Lola T332 Chevrolet Theodore Racing 15 23 Mike Wilds March 74A Chevrolet Mick Hill 12 24 Bill Gubelmann Lola T332 Chevrolet Reed Racing 11 25 Keith Holland Lola T330 Chevrolet John Turner 10 26 Dennis Leech Chevron B24 Chevrolet 9 27 Boy Hayje March 731 Ford V6 Hezemans Racing 8 28 Trevor Twaites Lola T330 Chevrolet 5 29 Dave Walker Chevron B28 Chevrolet RAM Racing 4
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