Briscoe becomes the first Australian driver in the 18 year history of the race to win their home race.
Since then, along with a number of other Australian drivers he has been a regular visitor to Knoxville.
Jack Brabham is the most successful Australian driver in history, having won three world titles.
The race was also the final round of the 1980 Australian Drivers' Championship.
It was not a round of the 2008 Australian Drivers' Championship.
In doing so he became the only Australian driver to ever win the Tasman Series.
Tim Schenken is one of only four Australian drivers to have stood on a podium step.
The race was also the sixth and final round of the 1983 Australian Drivers' Championship.
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1989 Australian Drivers' Championship.
In 1978, he won his fifth F5000 title, the Australian Drivers' Championship.
