Australian Sports Sedan Series 1978 standings

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Australian Sports Sedan Series 1978 standings

Championship points standings for the Australian Sports Sedan Series 1978

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Allan Grice		Chevrolet Corvair	45
2.	Jim Richards		Ford Falcon XC	39
3.	Bruce Gowans		Toyota Celica (Holden)	17
4.	Ron Harrop	Holden Dealer Team	Holden LH Torana	13
5.	John Mann		Ford Cortina	8
6.	Phil Lucas		Volvo 142	8
7.	Tony Edmondson		Chrysler Valiant Charger (Holden)	7
8.	Pat Crea		Ford Cortina	6
9.	Garry Rogers		Holden HQ Monaro	5
10.	Clem Smith		Chrysler Valiant Charger	4
11.	Geoff Russell		Holden LJ Torana	3
12.	Murray Carter		Ford XC Falcon	2
12.	Phil Ward		Ford Escort	2
12.	Neil West		Hillman Imp	2
15.	Ian Diffen		Holden Torana	1
15.	Ken Hastings Snr.		Volkswagen Karmann Ghia	1
15.	David Jarrett		Chevrolet Camaro	1
15.	Stephen Land		Holden Torana	1
15.	Andrew McIntyre		Morris Cooper	1
	Ross Bennett		Leyland Clubman	0
	Neil Bishop		Ford Escort	0
	John Briggs		Holden Torana	0
	Dave Cliffe		Ford Escort	0
	Peter Gillon		Alfa Romeo	0
	John Glasson		Ford Escort	0
	Graeme Hooley		Holden Torana A9X	0
	Paul Kelley		Ford Falcon	0
	Wayne Mahnken		Holden EH	0
	Kevin Mann		Mini Cooper S	0
	Warren Matthews		Holden	0
	John McGregor		Holden Torana	0
	Gordon Mitchell		Rover Marina	0
	Wayne Negus		Holden Torona	0
	Brian Prodger		Toyota	0
	Brian Rhodes		Holden Torana	0
	Brian Smith		Valiant Charger	0
	Les Verco		Toyota	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Allan Grice	4
Most pole positions	Jim Richards	1
Most podium positions	Allan Grice	6
Most podium positions without a win	Bruce Gowans	3
Most fastest race laps	Allan Grice	2
	Jim Richards	2

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
97.3%	Australia		Allan Grice, Ron Harrop, Ian Diffen, Bruce Gowans, Phil Lucas, Phil Ward, Wayne Negus, Peter Gillon, Paul Kelley, John Glasson, Graeme Hooley, Warren Matthews, Brian Rhodes, Ross Bennett, Kevin Mann, Neil Bishop, Dave Cliffe, Les Verco, Gordon Mitchell, John McGregor, Brian Smith, Brian Prodger, Clem Smith, John Mann, Tony Edmondson, Pat Crea, Garry Rogers, Geoff Russell, Murray Carter, Neil West, David Jarrett, Stephen Land, Andrew McIntyre, Ken Hastings Snr., Wayne Mahnken, John Briggs	36
2.7%	New Zealand		Jim Richards	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1978 Australian Sports Sedan Series

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Bennett, Ross	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Bishop, Neil	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Briggs, John	25 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Carter, Murray	47 y/o
Cliffe, Dave	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Crea, Pat	n/a
Diffen, Ian	n/a	2	0	0
Edmondson, Tony	n/a
Gillon, Peter	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Glasson, John	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Gowans, Bruce	n/a	4	0	3
Grice, Allan	35 y/o	8	4	6		2
Harrop, Ron	n/a	2	0	2
Hastings Snr., Ken	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Hooley, Graeme	24 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Jarrett, David	n/a
Kelley, Paul	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Land, Stephen	n/a
Lucas, Phil	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Mahnken, Wayne	n/a	1	0	1	0	0
Mann, John	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Mann, Kevin	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Matthews, Warren	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
McGregor, John	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
McIntyre, Andrew	n/a
Mitchell, Gordon	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Negus, Wayne	31 y/o	2	0	0		0
Prodger, Brian	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Rhodes, Brian	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Richards, Jim	30 y/o	4	2	3	1	2
Rogers, Garry	32 y/o
Russell, Geoff	n/a
Smith, Brian	n/a	1	0	0	0	0
Smith, Clem	51 y/o
Verco, Les	n/a	2	0	0	0	0
Ward, Phil	28 y/o	2	0	0		0
West, Neil	n/a

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL