[2] The championship began at Symmons Plains on 29 February and ended at Phillip Island on 28 November in the longest season in the history of the series.
1976 saw a substantial change to the ATCC calendar which was expanded to eleven rounds, incorporating the end-of-season long distance Australian Championship of Makes races for the first time.
[4] Moffat borrowed the Ford Falcon of John Goss for the Adelaide and Lakeside rounds to stay in the series until a new car was built.
Seton lost second place in the championship to Colin Bond when the Holden Torana driver won the final race of the season at Phillip Island.
[1] Points scored in the long distance races which were not retained for championship totals are shown in the above table within double brackets.