The 1976 Australian Sports Car Championship was an Australian national motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport[1] as the eighth Australian Sports Car Championship[2] and was the first to be restricted to production based cars.[3]
The championship was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Porsche Carrera.[4]
The championship was contested over five rounds:[4]
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Round winner | Car | |
| 1 | Oran Park | New South Wales | 16 May | Two heats | Ian Geoghegan | Porsche Carrera | |
| 2 | Amaroo Park | New South Wales | 30 May | Two heats | Ian Geoghegan | Porsche Carrera | |
| 3 | Calder | Victoria | 8 August | Two heats | Alan Hamilton | Porsche Turbo RSR[5] | |
| 4 | Hume Weir | Victoria | 26 September | Two heats | Alan Hamilton | Porsche Turbo | |
| 5 | Phillip Island | Victoria | 21 November | One race | Alan Hamilton | Porsche 934 Turbo[6] |
Championship points were awarded on a 9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis for the first six places at each round.[4]
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant[7] [8] [9] | Ora | Ama | Cal | Hum | Phi | Total | |
| 1 | Ian Geoghegan | Porsche Carrera | Laurex Pty Ltd | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | |
| 2 | Alan Hamilton | Porsche Turbo RSR Porsche 934 Turbo | JAG Team Porsche | - | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 33 | |
| 3 | Rusty French | De Tomaso Pantera | Rusty French | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4 | Peter Hopwood | Lotus Elan | P Hopwood | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| 5 | Paul Trevethan | MGB GT V8 | Broadwalk MG Centre | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| 6 | Ross Bond | Bolwell Nagari | Ian Morgan | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| 7 | Steve Webb | Bolwell Nagari | Eventemp Air Conditioning | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| = | Peter Woodward | Lotus 47 | Peter Woodward | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| 9 | Alan Edwards | Bolwell Nagari | Motorfast Datsun | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Max Grayson | Jaguar E Type | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||
| = | John Gourlay | MG Midget | J Gourlay | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| = | Bob Kennedy | Triumph TR5 | Triumph Sports Owners Association | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Jim Davidson | Lotus Elan | JS Davidson | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| = | John Latham | Porsche Carrera | J Latham | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| = | Gay Cesario | Fiat 124 Spider | Gay Cesario | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| = | Tim Trevor | Lotus 47 | Tim Trevor Motors | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| = | Ken Price | MG Midget | K Price | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |