The series was run during February of each year from 1976 to 1979, with races at Sandown, Adelaide International Raceway, Oran Park and Surfers Paradise International Raceway.

Future (1983) 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan, driving for Theodore Racing, won the 1976 Rothmans International Series in a Lola T332-Chevrolet with the final round at Surfers Paradise being washed out.

Former Tasman Series winner Warwick Brown won the 1977 and 1978 Rothmans titles driving the Lola for the VDS team.

Former Formula One driver and future six time Bathurst 1000 winner Larry Perkins was the final series winner in 1979 in an Elfin MR8-Chevrolet driving for Ansett Team Elfin.

Some notable drivers who competed in the Rothmans International Series included future (1980) Formula One World Champion Alan Jones, former Tasman Series champion Englishman Peter Gethin, 1974 Bathurst 1000 and 1976 Australian Grand Prix winner John Goss, twice Gold Star winner Kevin Bartlett, triple Australian Grand Prix and Tasman Series champion Kiwi Graham McRae, three time Gold Star winner John McCormack, and future four-time Australian Drivers Champion Alfredo Costanzo.