1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500

The 1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the tenth running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on October 5, 1969 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 $1,860. It was made up of Datsun 1000, Hillman Imp, Morris Mini K and Toyota Corolla.

[edit] Class B

The $1,861 to $2,250 class was dominated by the Datsun 1600, but also contained Ford Cortina, Hillman Gazelle, Morris 1500, Renault 10 and Volkswagen Type 3.

[edit] Class C

The $2,251 to $3,100 class saw a mix of Chrysler Valiant, Fiat 125, Ford Capri, Mazda R100, Morris Cooper S and Renault 16.

[edit] Class D

The $3,101 to $4,500 class featured the outright contenders, Ford Falcon GTHO and Holden Monaro, but also contained a single Toyota Corona.

[edit] Class E

For cars over $4,500, had a single automatic gearbox version of the Ford Falcon GT but otherwise was all Alfa Romeo with 1750 GTV and a single 1750 Berlina.

[edit] Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	D	44	Holden Dealer Team	Colin Bond Tony Roberts	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	130	7
2	D	46	Bardahl	Bruce McPhee Barry Mulholland	Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II	130	2
3	D	43	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Des West	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	130	10
4	D	61	Ford Australia	Allan Moffat Alan Hamilton	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	129	4
5	D	59	Ford Australia	Ian Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	128	1
6	D	42	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Macrow Henk Woelders	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	128	8
7	D	54		Bob Beasely Bob Muir	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	127	18
8	E	71	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	Kevin Bartlett Len Goodwin	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	126	22
9	E	68		Charlie Smith Bill Ford	Ford Falcon XW GT Automatic	126	20
10	D	58	Byrt Ford	Martin Chenery Ernie Johnson	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	125	19
11	E	69		Peter Brown Ray Gulson	Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina	122	27
12	D	63		Joe Butta Bob Genders	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	122	24
13	D	48		Mike Savva Bob Wilkinson	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	121	11
14	C	30		Ron Gillard Warren Gracie	Morris Cooper S	119	36
15	C	38		Peter Finlay Bob Forbes	Fiat 125	119	34
16	C	31		Ron Kearns Gerry Lister	Fiat 125	119	37
17	C	22		Graham Ryan Mike Kable	Chrysler Valiant Pacer	118	30
18	B	18	W.H. Motors	Bruce Stewart George Garth	Datsun 1600	117	41
19	C	25		Gary Cooke Geoff Spence	Mazda R100	117	35
20	C	32		Ian Hindmarsh Bill Stanley	Morris Cooper S	117	33
21	C	23		Trevor Mason Neil Mason	Mazda R100	117	32
22	C	26		Les Grose Graham Moore	Morris Cooper S	117	45
23	B	15	Datsun Racing Team	John Roxburgh Doug Whiteford	Datsun 1600	117	44
24	B	17	W.H. Motors	Don Smith Peter Wilson	Datsun 1600	114	43
25	B	19		Dave Morrow Roger Wootton	Datsun 1600	114	51
26	D	57		Roy Griffiths Glyn Scott	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	114	17
27	B	14	Datsun Racing Team	William Coad Jon Leighton	Datsun 1600	113	46
28	C	28		David Frazer Allan Johns	Morris Cooper S	113	42
29	A	2	AMI Toyota	Brian Sampson Bob Morris	Toyota Corolla	112	52
30	A	6	Datsun Racing Team	Bill Evans Barry Tapsall	Datsun 1000	110	55
31	B	20		Max Dickson Diane Dickson	Ford Cortina Mk.II 240	108	57
32	B	10		Gary Campbell Gerry Murphy	Volkswagen 1600	107	58
33	C	27	President Car Sales	Bill Bryden John T. Smith	Renault 16TS	107	53
34	A	7	Kent BMC	David Bye Richard Willis	Morris Mini K	104	61
35	B	9		Bob Edgerton Ross Edgerton	Renault 10	100	62
36	A	8		Arthur Olsen Sandra Bennett	Morris Mini K	99	63
37	B	12		Alf Barrett Mel Mollison	Morris 1500	97	56
38	D	52		Harry Gapps Frank Hann	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	94	23
39	A	4		Martin Cortese Steve Parkes	Toyota Corolla	93	60
40	C	35		Trevor Meehan Mal Brewster	Morris Cooper S	93	39
41	B	16		Nick Ledingham Damon Beck	Hillman Gazelle	84	49
42	C	36		Paul Mander Phil Edwards	Morris Cooper S	82	29
DNF	D	51		Digby Cooke David Bowden	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	96	2
DNF	D	60	Ford Australia	Fred Gibson Barry Seton	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	93	5
DNF	C	24		Keith Grose John Wright	Ford Capri Mk.I 1600GT	92	38
DNF	A	1		George Geshopulos Ray Scanlan	Hillman Imp GT	88	59
DNF	C	37		Ann Thomson Carole Corness	Morris Cooper S	82	47
DNF	D	56	Scuderia Veloce Alto Ford	David McKay Brian Foley	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	78	6
DNF	D	45	AMI Toyota	Max Stewart Brian Reed	Toyota Corona 1900SL	78	28
DNF	B	21		Hans Tholstrup Brian Connell	Datsun 1600	73	64
DNF	D	50	McLeod Ford	John Goss Dennis Cribbin	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	50	9
DNF	C	33		Christine Gibson Lynne Keefe	Fiat 125	48	40
DNF	D	62		Nick Petrilli Max Stahl	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	45	15
DNF	D	64	Boyded of Bankstown	Bill Tuckey Sib Petralia	Holden Monaro HT GTS350	44	13
DNF	D	53		Barry Arentz Brian Michelmore	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	36	12
DNF	C	39		Bernie Haehnle Peter Wherrett	Mazda R100	31	31
DNF	B	11		Bruce Darke Dennis Cooke	Datsun 1600	4	50
DNF	C	29		Bob Cook Alan Cant	Ford Capri Mk.I 1600GT	1	48
DNF	D	55	Scuderia Veloce Alto Ford	Bill Brown Phil West	Ford Falcon XW GTHO	0	16
DNF	E	72	Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo	John French Doug Chivas	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	0	21
DNF	E	67		Bryan Thompson Graham Ritter	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	0	25
DNF	C	34		John Prisk Alan Cameron	Morris Cooper S	0	27
DSQ	A	3	AMI Toyota	Barry Ferguson Jim Laing-Peach	Toyota Corolla	103	54
DNS	D			David Sheldon Don Holland	Holden Monaro HT GTS350		15
DNS	A	5	Datsun Racing Team	Bob Holden Don Toffolon	Datsun 1000

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #59 Ian Geoghegan - 2:48.9
• Fastest Lap - #61 Allan Moffat & #60 Fred Gibson - 2:52.1
• Average Speed - 123km/h

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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