John Leffler
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Bowin P6F
(pictured)
John Leffler (27 May 1940 - 11 June 2021) was a former Australian racing driver.[1] Leffler is best known for driving open-wheelers and winning the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1976.
Leffler drove
Morris Cooper S
In the early 1970s he turned his hand to
Bowin P6F in which he won the 1973 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series. In 1974 he contested the Australian Formula 2
Championship and finished third.
In 1975 Leffler stepped up to the Australian Drivers' Championship (the "Gold Star") and driving a Bowin P8 Chevrolet finished fifth in the series. The following year he secured the 1976 Australian Drivers' Championship title in a Lola T400 with a string of consistent placings but without actually winning a round.
Leffler also co-drove for some of the leading Australian
1978 Bathurst 1000 he came second with Allan Grice in a Craven Mild Racing Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback. He is not related to Jason Leffler
the IndyCar driver who was killed in 2013
Career results
| Season | Championship / Series | Position | Car | Entrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
|
2nd[2] | Grace Bros. Race Team[2] | |
| 1973 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 12th | Repco Holden
|
|
| 1973 | TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
|
1st | Bowin P6F Ford
|
Grace Bros Race Team |
| 1974 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 6th | Bowin P8 Ford | Grace Bros. Levi’s Racing Team |
| 1974 | Australian Formula 2 Championship
|
3rd | Bowin P8 Ford | Grace Bros. - Levi's Team |
| 1975 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 5th | Bowin P8 Chevrolet | Grace Brothers Levi’s |
| 1975 | Australian Formula 2 Championship
|
10th | Brabham BT36 Ford | |
| 1976 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 1st | Lola T400 Chevrolet | Grace Bros. Race Team[3] |
| 1976 | Rothmans International Series | 6th[4] | Lola T400[4] | Grace Bros. Racing Team[5] |
| 1977 | Rothmans International Series | 8th | Lola T400 Chevrolet | Grace Brothers Race Team |
| 1977 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 2nd | Lola T400 Chevrolet | |
| 1977 | Rothmans International Series | 8th[4] | Lola T400[4] | Grace Bros. Race Team[6] |
References
- ^ "Vale John Leffler". Auto Action. 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Racing Car News Championship Year No.1, page 61
- ^ Evan Green, Evan Green’s World of Motor Sport, 1977, page 18
- ^ a b c d Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, pages 55 to 57
- ^ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 8 Feb 1976, page 35
- ^ Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, Sunday, 27 February 1977, page 41
- Australian Competition Yearbook 1974 - pages 59, 75, 208
- Australian Competition Yearbook 1975 - pages 46, 70
- Australian Competition Yearbook 1976 - pages 65, 108, 117-120, 188
- Australian Competition Yearbook 1977 - pages 104-110
- Australian Competition Yearbook 1978 - page 115