The 1979 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group D Production Sports Cars.[1] It was the eleventh Australian Sports Car Championship[2] and the fourth to be restricted to cars complying with Group D regulations.
The championship was won by Ross Mathieson driving a Porsche Carrera.
The championship was contested over four rounds.[3]
| Round | Circuit | State | Date | Format | Round winner | Car | |
| 1 | Baskerville | Tasmania | 22 April | Two Heats | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche Carrera[4] | |
| 2 | Calder | Victoria | 27 May | One race | Ross Mathieson | Porsche Carrera[5] | |
| 3 | Winton | Victoria | 19 August[6] | One race | Ross Mathieson | Porsche Carrera | |
| 4 | Calder | Victoria | 25 November | One race | John Gourlay | Bolwell Nagari[7] |
Cars competed in two engine capacity classes:
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places in each class at each round and on a 4-3-2-1 basis for the first four outright places at each round.
For Round 1, the round results, on which championship points were awarded, were determined by allocating race points on a 20-16-13-11-10-9-8-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the first 14 outright places in each race and aggregating the points for each driver. Where more than one driver attained the same total, the superior round position was awarded to the higher placed driver in the second race.[8]
| Position | Driver | Car[9] | Bas.[10] | Cal. | Win. | Cal. | Total[11] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross Mathieson | Porsche Carrera | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 38 |
| 2 | Peter Fitzgerald | Porsche Carrera | 13 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Bernie Bisseling | Lotus 47 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | John Gourlay | Bolwell Nagari | 9 | - | - | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Rex Colliver | Lotus 47 | 4 | - | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| Tim Briglia | Lotus Elan | - | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | |
| 7 | Murray Bryden | Lotus Elan | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
| 8 | Chris Swingler | Triumph TR7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 9 | John Latham | Bolwell Nagari | - | - | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 | Warwick Henderson | Chevrolet Corvette C3 | - | 9 | - | - | 9 |
| 11 | Neal Swingler | Triumph GT6 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| 12 | Paul Trevathan | MGB GT V8 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Barry Main | Bolwell Nagari | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | |
| Alan Edwards | Bolwell Nagari | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| 15 | Dick Smith | Lotus Super Seven | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 16 | Ross Bond | Bolwell Nagari | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Gordon Dobie | Datsun 2000 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Steve Wherrett | Chevrolet Corvette | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Allan Hanns | Bolwell Nagari[12] | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Tim Edmonds | MGB | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peter Boston | Austin-Healey 100 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Geoff Dennis | Triumph GT6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Ranald MacLurkin | TVR Griffith | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
