The 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship was open to drivers of Racing Cars complying with either the Australian National Formula or with the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. The title was contested over a five-round series.
- Round 1, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown Raceway, Victoria, 9 February
- Round 2, South Pacific Trophy, Longford, Tasmania, 2 March
- Round 3, Lakeside, Queensland, 13 September
- Round 4, Craven Filter Trophy, Mallala Motor Sport Park, South Australia, 12 October
- Round 5, Horden Trophy, Warwick Farm, New South Wales, 6 December
Points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six Australian resident place-getters in each round with the championship winner awarded the 1964 CAMS "Gold Star".
Results
editChampionship results were as follows.
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bib Stillwell | Repco Brabham BT4 Climax FPF | BS Stillwell | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | 27 |
| 2 | Lex Davison | Cooper T62 Climax Repco Brabham Climax FPF |
Ecurie Australie | - | 3 | - | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Greg Cusack | Repco Brabham BT6 Ford Elfin |
Scuderia Veloce | - | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Jack Brabham | Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF | Ecurie Vitesse | 9 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 4 | Leo Geoghegan | Lotus 32 Ford | Total Team | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Arnold Glass | Lotus 27 Ford Cooper Climax FPF |
Capitol Motor Pty Ltd | 3 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Frank Matich | Repco Brabham BT7A Climax FPF | Total Team | - | 9 | - | - | - | 9 |
| 8 | John Youl | Cooper T55 Climax FPF | John C Youl | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 |
| 9 | Garrie Cooper | Elfin Monocoque | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 |
| 9 | Rocky Tresise | Cooper Climax FPF | Ecurie Australie | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Barry Collison | Brabham Ford | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| 11 | Bill Pile | Elfin Monocoque | WM Pile | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| 11 | Glynn Scott | Lotus 27 Ford | Glynn Scott Motors | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Andy Brown | Elfin 1500 | Autocourse Elfin | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 14 | David Walker | Brabham BT2 Ford | David Walker | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 16 | Granton Harrison | Elfin Monocoque | GT Harrison | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 16 | Jack Hobden | Cooper T51 Climax FPF | Louise Hobden | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
References
edit- Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 1 (1964)
- Australian Motor Racing Annual, No. 2 (1965)
- Australian Motor Sport, December 1964
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1964
- Official Programme, Sandown, 9 February 1964
- Official Souvenir Programme, Mallala Motor Races, 12 October 1964
- Racing Car News, August 1972 (Gold Star Guide)
- Racing Car News, January 1965
- Sports Car World, December 1964
- The Official 50 Year History of the Australian Grand Prix, © 1986