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The 1961 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title 〔Records, Titles & Awards, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-4〕 for drivers of Formula Libre cars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold Star Winners - 1957 - 2009 )〕 The title was contested over a five race series 〔(1961 Gold Star races at members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw via web.archive.org ) Retrieved on 3 June 2013〕 with the winner awarded the 1961 CAMS Gold Star.〔The CAMS Gold Star, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 50〕 It was the fifth Australian Drivers' Championship.〔 The series was dominated by Victorian racer Bill Patterson driving a Cooper T51 Climax.〔 Patterson won three of the five races and was second and fourth in the other two. He finished the series 36 points ahead of Lex Davison (Aston Martin DBR4 & Cooper T51 Coventry Climax). Bib Stillwell (Cooper T51 Coventry Climax & Cooper T53 Coventry Climax) placed third in the points standings. The two races not won by Patterson were Longford, won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax and Mallala, won by Davison, also driving a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax . ==Calendar== A sixth championship race was originally scheduled to be held Phillip Island on 10 December.〔 Although a "Racing Car Scratch Race" (The Isle of Wight Trophy) was held at the circuit on that date, a contemporary report in Australian Motor Sports magazine does not label this as a "Gold Star" race 〔A Happy Christmas at phillip Island, Australian Motor Sports, February 1961, pges 42 & 43〕 and it is omitted from 1961 Gold Star championship summaries at "members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw" 〔 and "www.oldracingcars.com" 〔(Australian Gold Star 1961, www.oldracingcars.com ) Retrieved on 4 June 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1961 Australian Drivers' Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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