1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500

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1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500
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The 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the twelfth running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on October 4, 1970 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.

Contents

[edit] Class structure

[edit] Class A

The smallest class was for under cars the cost less $2,150. It was made up of Datsun 1200, 1.3 litre Ford Escort 1300, Mazda 1300 and Toyota Corolla.

[edit] Class B

The $2,151 to $2,500 class consisted of Datsun 1600, Fiat 128, Ford Cortina and 2.8 litre Holden Torana.

[edit] Class C

The $2,501 to $3,150 class saw a mix of two barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, 1.6 litre Ford Escort, 3.3 litre Holden Torana and Morris Cooper S.

[edit] Class D

The $3,151 to $4,350 class featured only the four barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, a Fiat 125 and a Triumph 2.5 PI although a Ford Capri was also entered.

[edit] Class E

For cars over $4,350, apart from a single BMW 2800 and a Holden Monaro the class consisted only of Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II.

[edit] Results

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
1 E 64 Ford Australia Flag of Canada Allan Moffat Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 130 1
2 E 63 Ford Australia Flag of Australia Bruce McPhee Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 130 2
3 C 30 Max Wright Racing Flag of Australia Don Holland Holden Torana LC XU1 129 5
4 C 35 Chrysler Australia Flag of Australia Doug Chivas
Flag of Australia Graham Ryan
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 2 Barrell 129 25
5 C 34 Chrysler Australia Flag of Australia Leo Geoghegan
Flag of Australia Nick Ledingham
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 2 Barrell 128 22
6 C 33 Flag of Australia George Garth
Flag of Australia John Hall
Holden Torana LC XU1 128 19
7 D 51 Chrysler Australia Flag of Australia Peter Brown
Flag of Australia Des West
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 127 11
8 C 31 Flag of Australia Brian Reed
Flag of Australia Bob Watson
Holden Torana LC XU1 127 14
9 E 53 McLeod Ford Flag of Australia John Goss
Flag of Australia Bob Skelton
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 127 32
10 C 28 Flag of Australia Ron Gillard
Flag of Australia Warren Gracie
Holden Torana LC XU1 126 30
11 C 37 Boyded of Bankstown Flag of Australia Bob Martin
Flag of Australia Spencer Martin
Holden Torana LC XU1 125 16
12 E 66 CIG Flag of Australia Bill Ford
Flag of Australia Hans Tholstrup
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 125 21
13 C 38 Holden Dealer Team Flag of Australia Sandra Bennett
Flag of Australia Christine Gibson
Holden Torana LC XU1 123 24
14 E 65 Alto Ford Flag of Australia Bob Holden
Flag of Australia Bill Fanning
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 123 26
15 D 46 Central Motors Flag of Australia Bob Cook
Flag of Australia Alan Cant
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 121 31
16 C 39 Holden Dealer Team Flag of Australia Colin Bond Holden Torana LC XU1 119 4
17 C 36 Flag of Australia Bob Drane Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 119 34
18 E 54 Rowell Thiele Ford Flag of Australia Trevor Meehan
Flag of Australia Peter Wherrett
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 118 15
19 B 23 W.H. Motors Flag of Australia Don Smith
Flag of Australia Herb Taylor
Datsun 1600 117 38
20 B 20 Datsun Racing Team Flag of Australia Doug Whiteford Datsun 1600 117 39
21 C 42 Muirs Holden Flag of Australia Martin Cortese
Flag of Australia Chris Cronan
Holden Torana LC XU1 117 29
22 E 58 Flag of Australia Jack Nougher
Flag of Australia David O'Keefe
BMW 2800 117 33
23 D 47 Flag of Australia Ron Kearns
Flag of Australia Gerry Lister
Fiat 125S 116 40
24 A 6 Datsun Racing Team Flag of Australia Jon Leighton
Flag of Australia Barry Tapsall
Datsun 1200 114 43
25 A 1 Flag of Australia Bernie Haehnle
Flag of Australia Neil Revell
Mazda 1300 114 47
26 A 12 Flag of Australia Gary Hodge
Flag of Australia John Leffler
Mazda 1300 113 45
27 A 10 AMI Toyota Flag of Australia Brian Sampson
Flag of Australia Dick Thurston
Toyota Corolla 113 48
28 A 7 Flag of Australia Barry Ferguson
Flag of Australia Jim Laing-Peach
Mazda 1300 112 50
29 B 21 Flag of Australia Ray Marquet
Flag of Australia Geoff Westbury
Ford Cortina 240 Mk.II 112 53
30 A 9 AMI Toyota Flag of Australia Max Stewart
Flag of Australia Dick Young
Toyota Corolla 112 51
31 D 48 Flag of Australia Brian Culcheth
Flag of Australia Lyndon McLeod
Triumph 2.5 PI 111 37
32 A 13 Flag of Australia Ray Morris Mazda 1300 111 54
33 A 4 Flag of Australia Trevor Mason Mazda 1300 111 55
34 C 32 Flag of Australia Digby Cooke
Flag of Australia David Seldon
Holden Torana LC XU1 108 13
35 A 14 Flag of Australia Carl Kennedy
Flag of Australia Bill Slattery
Datsun 1200 108 56
36 C 26 P & R Williams Flag of Australia Lyn Keefe
Flag of Australia Arthur Olsen
Morris Cooper S 107 57
37 C 40 Holden Dealer Team Flag of Australia Peter Brock
Flag of Australia Bob Morris
Holden Torana LC XU1 107 6
38 A 2 Flag of Australia Bill Stanley
Flag of Australia Mike Kable
Toyota Corolla 106 52
39 B 22 Flag of Australia Peter Finlay
Flag of Australia Bob Forbes
Fiat 128 106 58
40 C 43 Flag of Australia Ross Hewison
Flag of Australia Brian Hones
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 105 36
41 A 8 Flag of Australia Harry Gapps
Flag of Australia Frank Hann
Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 59
42 A 15 Woman's Day Flag of Australia Carole Corness
Flag of Australia Gloria Taylor
Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 60
43 D 49 Flag of Australia Joe Butta
Flag of Australia Bob Genders
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 63 18
DNF E 67 Sinclair Ford Flag of Australia Tony Roberts Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 124 7
DNF A 5 Datsun Racing Team Flag of Australia John Roxburgh Datsun 1200 100 46
DNF A 11 AMI Toyota Flag of Australia Bill Evans
Flag of Australia Gary Cooke
Toyota Corolla 98 49
DNF C 27 Flag of Australia Les Grose
Flag of Australia Keith Grose
Holden Torana LC XU1 81 27
DNF B 19 Flag of Australia Graham Moore
Flag of Australia Bill Brown
Holden Torana LC 2800S 52 42
DNF E 56 Stillwell Ford Flag of Australia Graham Ritter
Flag of Australia Richard Knight
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 49 8
DNF D 50 Chrysler Australia Flag of Australia Norm Beechey
Flag of Australia Bruce Hindhaugh
Chrysler Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 39 17
DNF C 29 Flag of Australia John Keran
Flag of Australia Clyde Hodgins
Holden Torana LC XU1 38 23
DNF E 62 Ford Australia Flag of Australia Fred Gibson
Flag of Australia Barry Seton
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 33 3
DNF B 24 W.H. Motors Flag of Australia Bruce Stewart
Flag of Australia Iain Corness
Datsun 1600 32 41
DNF E 61 Byrt Ford Flag of Australia Gary Rush
Flag of Australia Martin Chenery
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 27 12
DNF E 55 Scuderia Veloce
Finnie Ford
Flag of Australia David McKay Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 23 9
DNF E 57 Fairway Ford Flag of Australia Kym Aunger
Flag of Australia Johnnie Walker
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 18 28
DNF E 59 Southern Motors Flag of Australia Bruce Hodgson Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 16 35
DNF E 69 Flag of Australia David Sheldon Holden Monaro HQ GTS 350 11 20
DNF E 60 Wright Ford Motors Flag of Australia Bob Beasely
Flag of Australia Bob Muir
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II 6 10
DNF A 3 Flag of Australia Geoff Leeds
Flag of Australia Les Carne
Mazda 1300 3 44
DNS E 70 Flag of Australia Murray Carter Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II
DNS E Flag of Australia Nick Petrilli
Flag of Australia Mike Savva
Ford Falcon XW GTHO Phase II
DNS D Flag of Australia Barry Arentz
Flag of Australia Brian Michelmore
Ford Capri
DNS C Flag of Australia Scott McNaughton
Flag of Australia Bob Inglis
Holden Torana LC XU1
DNS C Flag of Australia Rick Radford Holden Torana LC XU1
DNS A 17 Flag of Australia M Daddo
Flag of Australia P Ulbrich
Morris Mini K
DNS A 18 Flag of Australia A Barrett
Flag of Australia R Withers
Mazda 1300

[edit] Statistics

  • Pole Position - #64 Allan Moffat - 2:49.3
  • Fastest Lap - #53 John Goss - 2:53
  • Average Speed - 122km/h

[edit] References

  • Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group, 170-177 & 458. 

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