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unusual facts about 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship


1997 Australian Drivers' Championship

The championship began on 15 March 1997 at the Calder Park Raceway and ended on 3 August at Oran Park Raceway after seven rounds of a series which was promoted as the “Holden Australian Drivers Championship”.


1957 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1958 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1959 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1959 Australian Drivers Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars.

1963 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars with the championship winner awarded the 1963 CAMS Gold Star.

1978 Hang Ten 400

The event was Round 2 of the 1978 Australian Championship of Makes.

1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

Didier Pironi (Elfin MR8 Chevrolet), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix

1980 Australian Touring Car Championship

Former tiwce CAMS Gold Star champion and 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 winner Kevin Bartlett recovered from his 1979 Formula 5000 crash and finished second in the championship in his Channel 9 sponsored Chevrolet Camaro Z28 (financed by Nine's owner Kerry Packer).

1983 Australian Drivers' Championship

Port Macquarie privateer Andrew Miedecke drove his RT4 to 3rd in the championship despite only deciding to race after watching Costanzo win the first round of the series in Adelaide on television.

1996 Australian Drivers' Championship

The championship began on 8 March 1996 at the Albert Park Street Circuit and ended on 2 June at Mallala Motor Sport Park after eight races held over four rounds.

2010 Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400

Before the race, Jimmie Johnson led the Drivers' Championship with 1,323 points, while Kevin Harvick stood in second with 1,297 points.

2010 Irwin Tools Night Race

Before the race, Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 3,400 points, and Jeff Gordon stood in second with 3,107 points.

2011 Chinese Grand Prix

In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull's championship lead was also cut from 24 points to 20 by McLaren, with Ferrari a further 35 points behind in third position after drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished in sixth and seventh places respectively.

2011 GEICO 400

Before the race, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick each led the Drivers' Championship with 2,012 points, with Jeff Gordon in third place with 2,009.

2011 STP 400

Before the race, Carl Edwards led the Drivers' Championship with 445 points, and Kevin Harvick stood in second with 409.

2012 Australian Drivers' Championship

Tim Macrow made a brief return to the series he won in 2007, contesting a single round with Astuti Motorsport, winning at Sydney Motorsport Park.

BLRC

British League Riders' Championship, UK motorcycle speedway championship staged between 1965 and 1994

Claude Galopin

He then stepped down to International Formula 3000 to work for the GBDA Motorsport team, whose driver Olivier Grouillard finished second in the 1988 Drivers' Championship.

Darryl Prebble

Prebble's final slam was at the 2011 Players' Championship where the team was eliminated in four games after posting just one win.

E. J. Harnden

The team also played in the 2011 Players' Championship, but Harnden sat the event out, and was replaced by Ted Appelman.

Jack Ormston

John Glaholme 'Jack' Ormston (born 30 October 1909 in West Cornforth - died 22 June 2007) was a Speedway rider who finished runner-up in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship.

Jim Neilly

He has covered the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games, Rugby Five Nations' Championship and the Irish Rugby Tours in the Southern Hemisphere, as well as numerous boxing matches.

Margaretha Sigfridsson

Sigfridsson and Muirhead would meet once again at the end of the season in the 2013 Players' Championship final, where she again lost to Muirhead.

Melissa Maughn

A month later in November, she participated in Great Canadian Wrestling's W.I.L.D. Tournament, but lost to Sirelda, the eventually winner of the tournament.

Raymond Weinstein

His best tournament result came in the 1960–61 U.S. Championship, where he finished third, after Fischer and Lombardy.

Roger Frogley

Most significantly, he won the "Home" Star Riders' Championship at Wimbledon on Monday 21 October, making him the first British Star Rider.

Ryan Harnden

During the 2010-11 curling season, the team played in two Grand Slams, the 2010 World Cup of Curling (where he team finished 2-3) at the 2011 Players' Championship where they also went 2-3.

Sandown 500

The Sandown 500 was revived in 2011 as a round of the Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


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