The
1972 Australian Touring Car Championship was a national motor racing
title open to Group C Improved Production Touring Cars and Group E
Series Production Touring Cars.
1972 would be the final time the Improved Production cars would contest
the ATCC. From 1973, CAMS introduced a new production based Group C
touring car formula. Outright cars like the Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet
Camaros, Norm Beechey's Holden Monaro and Ian Geoghegan's Ford XY
Falcon GTHO Phase III would be replaced with production based Ford
Falcons and Holden Toranas. Many Improved Production cars would end up
racing as Sports Sedans in the following years.
Defending champion Bob Jane won his fourth and final Australian Touring
Car Championship in his Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1. Unlike 1971 when Jane's
Camaro used the 7.0 litre 427 V8 engine, CAMS rule changes reducing the
engine capacity limit to 6000cc him forced to run the 5.7 litre 350 V8.
Second in the championship was the Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.1 of Mike
Stillwell whose consistent placings in the under 2.0 litre class saw
him finish 11 points behind Jane. Third was Allan Moffat in his Ford
Boss 302 Mustang.
Although he was not classified after not scoring a point, the 1972
championship saw Peter Brock make his ATCC debut driving a Holden LJ
Torana GTR XU-1 for Harry Firth's Holden Dealer Team. (Wikipedia)
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Symmons Plains |
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Bathurst | Sandown | Adelaide |
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