Australian Formula 2 Championship 1979 standings

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Australian Formula 2 Championship 1979 standings

Championship points standings for the Australian Formula 2 Championship 1979

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Points
1.	Brian Shead		Cheetah Mk 6	Toyota	18
2.	John Bowe	Ansett Team Elfin	Elfin 792	Volkswagen	15
3.	Graham Engel		Cheetah Mk6	Ford	10
4.	Ron Trim		Rennmax BN7 Elfin 600B	Ford Ford	6
5.	Thomas Crozier		Cheetah Mk6	Volkswagen	4
5.	Bob Prendergast		Cheetah Mk6	Volkswagen	4
5.	Ian Richards		Tudor	Volkswagen	4
5.	John Smith		Ralt RT1	Ford	4
9.	Brian Sampson		Cheetah Mk6	Toyota	3
10.	Ian Carrig		CRD	Ford	2
10.	Geoff Forsyth		Cheetah	Toyota	2
10.	Peter Macrow		Cheetah Mk5	Toyota	2
13.	Gregg Taylor		Elfin 600B	Ford	1
	Ian Bland		Cheetah Mk5	Toyota	0
	Grahame Blee		Elfin 623	Toyota	0
	David Booth		Birrana 374	Nissan	0
	Mal Brewster		Elfin 700	Volkswagen	0
	Don Campbell		Efin 623	Ford	0
	Steve Chopping		Elfin 600B	Ford	0
	David Crabtree		Cheetah Mk6E	Ford	0
	Graeme Crawford		Cheetah	Fiat	0
	Frank Curcio		Brabham		0
	Hugh Gartley		Cheetah Mk4	Toyota	0
	Rick James		HTG	Toyota	0
	Jack Klaver		Birrana 374		0
	Ian Lloyd		Efin 623		0
	Vincent McLaughlan		Cheetah	Toyota	0
	Bob Power		Cheetah Mk6	Toyota	0
	Peter Scott		Elfin 792	Toyota	0
	Mike Stack		Cheetah Mk6	Renault	0
	Max Thompson		Elfin 700	Ford	0
	Colin Trengove		Elfin 630B	Ford	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Brian Shead	1
	John Bowe	1
	Graham Engel	1
Most pole positions	John Bowe	1
	John Smith	1
	Ian Richards	1
Most podium positions	Brian Shead	2
	John Bowe	2
Most podium positions without a win	Ron Trim	1
	John Smith	1
	Thomas Crozier	1
	Ian Richards	1

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
96.9%	Australia		Mike Stack, Mal Brewster, Bob Power, Hugh Gartley, Vincent McLaughlan, Colin Trengove, Graeme Crawford, David Crabtree, Rick James, Grahame Blee, Brian Shead, John Bowe, Graham Engel, Ron Trim, John Smith, Thomas Crozier, Bob Prendergast, Ian Richards, Brian Sampson, Peter Macrow, Ian Carrig, Geoff Forsyth, Gregg Taylor, Peter Scott, Jack Klaver, Ian Bland, Max Thompson, Don Campbell, Steve Chopping, Frank Curcio, David Booth	31
3.1%	New Zealand		Ian Lloyd	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1979 Australian Formula 2 Championship

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Bland, Ian	n/a	1	0	0	0
Blee, Grahame	n/a	1	0	0	0
Booth, David	n/a	1	0	0	0
Bowe, John	25 y/o	3	1	2	1
Brewster, Mal	n/a	0	0	0	0	0
Campbell, Don	n/a	1	0	0	0
Carrig, Ian	n/a	2	0	0	0
Chopping, Steve	n/a	1	0	0	0
Crabtree, David	n/a	2	0	0	0
Crawford, Graeme	n/a	1	0	0	0
Crozier, Thomas	n/a	2	0	1	0
Curcio, Frank	n/a	1	0	0	0
Engel, Graham	n/a	2	1	1	0
Forsyth, Geoff	n/a	3	0	0	0
Gartley, Hugh	n/a	2	0	0	0
James, Rick	n/a	2	0	0	0
Klaver, Jack	n/a	0	0	0	0
Lloyd, Ian	n/a	2	0	0	0
Macrow, Peter	n/a	2	0	0	0
McLaughlan, Vincent	n/a	1	0	0	0
Power, Bob	n/a	2	0	0	0
Prendergast, Bob	n/a	3	0	0	0
Richards, Ian	n/a	2	0	1	1
Sampson, Brian	43 y/o	2	0	0	0
Scott, Peter	n/a	1	0	0	0
Shead, Brian	n/a	3	1	2	0
Smith, John	26 y/o	2	0	1	1
Stack, Mike	n/a	1	0	0	0
Taylor, Gregg	n/a	1	0	0	0
Thompson, Max	n/a	0	0	0	0
Trengove, Colin	26 y/o	1	0	0	0
Trim, Ron	n/a	2	0	1	0

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL