1967 Gallaher 500

The 1967 Gallaher 500 was the eighth running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on October 1, 1967 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Series Production touring car regulations with five classes based on purchase price (Australian dollars) of the vehicle.

[edit] Class structure

[edit] Class A

The smallest class was for under cars the cost less $1,800. It was made up of Datsun 1000 and 1300, Hillman Imp, Holden Torana and Toyota Corolla.

[edit] Class B

The $1,801 to $2,100 class featured Ford Cortina, Hillman Arrow, and Morris Cooper and 1100S, Renault R8 and Toyota Corona.

[edit] Class C

The $2,101 to $3,000 class was dominated by the Morris Cooper S, but also contained Fiat 124 and 850, an automatic gearbox Ford Falcon, HD Holden and Prince Skyline.

[edit] Class D

The $3,001 to $4,500 class featured the debut of the 'Australian V8's which would dominate the history of the race, represented by, Ford Falcon GT, but also contained a single, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Audi Super 90, Studebaker Lark, Triumph 2000 and Volvo 122.

[edit] Class E

For the first time an unlimited class, for cars over $4,500, was included and while many exotic cars were rumoured the class contained Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV and a single Dodge Phoenix.

[edit] Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	D	52	Ford Australia	Harry Firth Fred Gibson	Ford Falcon XR GT	130	2
2	D	53	Ford Australia	Ian Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan	Ford Falcon XR GT	130	1
3	E	60	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	Doug Chivas Max Stewart	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV	130	4
4	E	61	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	Kevin Bartlett Laurie Stewart	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV	130	3
5	C	30	BMC Works Team	Tony Fall Bob Holden	Morris Cooper S	128	14
6	C	37		Charlie Smith Barry Seton	Morris Cooper S	127	15
7	C	29	BMC Works Team	Timo Makinen John French	Morris Cooper S	127	12
8	C	28	BMC Works Team	Paddy Hopkirk Brian Foley	Morris Cooper S	126	11
9	E	63		Arthur Davis Paul Mander	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV	126	20
10	C	40		Damon Beck Lakis Manticas	Morris Cooper S	125	18
11	D	55		Warren Weldon John Hall	Studebaker Lark	124	10
12	C	45		John Millyard Anndy Frankel	Morris Cooper S	124	16
13	D	49		Mike Savva Bob Wilkinson	Ford Falcon XR GT	124	8
14	C	36		Peter Brown Bob Cook	Morris Cooper S	123	21
15	D	58		Bill Burns Chris Brauer	Alfa Romeo Giulia Super	122	23
16	D	57	Scuderia Veloce	David McKay George Reynolds	Audi Super 90	122	25
17	D	50		Greg Cusack Bill Brown	Ford Falcon XR GT	121	9
18	D	54	Ford Australia	Bob Jane Spencer Martin	Ford Falcon XR GT	118	5
19	D	64		Barry Sharp Lindsay Derriman	Dodge Phoenix	118	29
20	C	42	Scuderia Veloce	Bill Tuckey Max Stahl	Fiat 124	118	31
21	C	27		Fred Sutherland Allan Mottram	Ford Falcon XR Automatic	117	22
22	D	48		Bob Young Bob Sorrenson	Triumph 2000	117	33
23	A	2	Datsun Racing Team	John Roxburgh Doug Whiteford	Datsun 1000	117	38
24	C	47		Bill Daly George Murray	Fiat 124	117	37
25	E	62	M.W. Motors	Paul Hawkins Syd Fisher	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV	117	6
26	A	12	AMI Toyota	Dick Thurston Bill Buckle	Toyota Corolla	116	44
27	B	30		Don Holland Peter Cray	Morris Cooper	116	36
28	A	1	Datsun Racing Team	Kunimitsu Takahashi Hideo Oishi	Datsun 1000	116	40
29	C	41	Scuderia Veloce	Mike Kable John Smailes	Fiat 124	115	32
30	A	8		Jack Nougher David O'Keefe	Hillman Imp GT	114	42
31	A	9		Bob Edgerton David Toshack	Hillman Imp GT	114	51
32	B	24		George Garth Geoff Westbury	Hillman Arrow	114	47
33	C	35		Gary Cooke Trevor Meehan	Fiat 124	113	30
34	C	31		Carl Kennedy Jack Murray	Prince Skyline GT	113	39
35	B	15		Doug Macarthur Arthur Treloar	Hillman Arrow	111	48
36	B	25		Jane Richardson Midge Whiteman	Morris 1100S	110	58
37	B	18		David Frazer Bernie Breen	Renault R8	109	57
38	C	34		Lynn Brown David Bye	Fiat 850	109	55
39	B	13		Clyde Hodgins Kevin Nipperess	Morris 1100S	108	56
40	D	59		Bruce McIntyre Ken Stacey	Ford Falcon XR GT	106	13
41	A	5		Chris Cronan Steve Parkes	Holden Torana HB	103	60
42	A	6		Bruce Darke Bill Ford	Datsun 1300	102	59
43	B	20		Lindsay Adcock Mike Schneider	Morris Cooper	100	35
44	A	3	Datsun Racing Team	Jim Smith John Colwell	Datsun 1300	100	52
45	B	17		Bill Stanley Digby Cooke	Morris Cooper	96	43
46	B	19		Jeff Thompson Bob Romano	Ford Cortina Mk.I 1500	96	49
47	D	56		Gerry Lister David Seldon	Volvo 122S	86	26
48	C	44		Don Smith Herb Taylor	Holden HD X2	75	27
DNF	A	7		Lindsay Little Stan Pomroy	Hillman Imp GT		53
DNF	A	4	Datsun Racing Team	Barry Tapsall Bevan Gibson	Datsun 1300		50
DNF	B	22		Glen Mackinnon John T. Smith	Ford Cortina Mk.I 1500		54
DNF	B	23	Varsity Auto Centre	Rick Radford John Prisk	Morris Cooper	64	28
DNF	C	33		Mal Brewster Bob Skelton	Morris Cooper S		17
DNF	C	32		Murray Bailey John Hicks	Prince Skyline GT		34
DNF	C	46		Gary Hodge Glyn Scott	Morris Cooper S		24
DNF	C	26		John Leffler Les Carne	Morris Cooper S	116	19
DSQ	D	51		Bob Beasely Des West	Ford Falcon XR GT	128	7
DSQ	A	11	AMI Toyota	Barry Ferguson Brian Sampson	Toyota Corolla	117	45
DSQ	A	10	AMI Toyota	Bruce Hindhaugh Peter Macrow	Toyota Corolla	116	46
DSQ	B	21		Peter Williamson Alex Macarthur	Toyota Corona	116	41

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #53 Ian Geoghegan - 3:03.0
• Fastest Lap - #52 Fred Gibson - 3:03
• Average Speed - 116km/h

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• www.touringcarracing.net
• race results
• Autopics Bathurst images