| 1974 Australian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 5 of 6 of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | November 17, 1974 | ||
| Official name | XXXIX Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Oran Park Raceway, Sydney, New South Wales | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.620 km (1.628 miles) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 159.82 km (99.308 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
| Time | 1'05.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Warwick Brown | Lola-Chevrolet | |
| Time | 1'05.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
| Second | Elfin-Repco Holden | ||
| Third | Lola-Chevrolet | ||
The 1974 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 17 November 1974. It was open to Racing Cars complying with Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2.[1][2][3] The race, which was the thirty-ninth Australian Grand Prix, was Round Five of the 1974 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Australian driver Max Stewart won the race, ahead of John McCormack and Graeme Lawrence.[4] It was Stewart's first Australian Grand Prix victory.
- ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 84
- ^ The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 1 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with V8 production pushrod engines of up to 5000cc or free design engines of up to eight cylinders and up to 2000cc. The former are commonly referred to as Formula 5000 cars.
- ^ The 1974 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport indicates that Australian Formula 2 in 1974 was for Racing Cars with engines of up to 1600cc
- ^ Wilson, Stewart (1986). "1974". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.