1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

The 1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 18th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on October 3, 1976 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with four engine capacity based classes.

[edit] Class structure

[edit] Class A

The smallest class was for under 1300cc engine capacity. It was made up of Alfa Romeo 1300, Datsun 1200, Fiat 128 3P, Ford Escort, Honda Civic, Mazda 1300, Morris Clubman GT, Toyota Corolla, VW Passat.

[edit] Class B

The under two litre class saw a mix of Alfa Romeo Alfetta and GTV 2000, BMW 2002, Fiat 124 Sport, Ford Escort RS2000, Triumph Dolomite and VW Golf.

[edit] Class C

The under three litre class featured BMW 3.0Si, Ford Capri and Mazda RX3.

[edit] Class D

For cars over three litres of engine capacity, the class consisted only of V8 Holden Torana and Ford Falcon.

[edit] Results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	D	7	Ron Hodgson Racing	Bob Morris John Fitzpatrick	Holden Torana LH L34	163	4
2	D	1	Holden Dealer Team	Colin Bond John Harvey	Holden Torana LH L34	163	3
3	D	5	Bill Patterson Holden	Peter Brock Phil Brock	Holden Torana LH L34	160	2
4	D	8	Holden Dealer Team	Charlie O'Brien Wayne Negus	Holden Torana LH L34	160	7
5	D	15	Peter Janson	Peter Janson Kevin Bartlett	Holden Torana LH L34	158	9
6	D	14	Bob Forbes Racing	Bob Forbes Russ McRae	Holden Torana LH L34	157	15
7	D	3	Max Wright Holden	Bob Skelton Alan Hamilton	Holden Torana LH L34	157	13
8	C	26	Barry Seton	Barry Seton Don Smith	Ford Capri Mk.I	156	18
9	C	23		Don Holland Lynn Brown	Mazda RX3	155	28
10	C	28		Graham Moore Dick Johnson	Ford Capri RS3100	154	19
11	C	21		Geoff Leeds Jim McKeown	Mazda RX3	154	25
12	B	51		Eric Boord Tom Tymons	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.I	152	30
13	C	30		Russell Skaife Brian Potts	Ford Capri Mk.I	151	26
14	B	39		Phil McDonnell Jim Hunter	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	151	39
15	B	45	City Ford	Lyndon Arnel Peter Hopwood	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	150	38
16	B	60		Frank Porter Tony Roberts	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTAM	149	34
17	B	59		John Leffler Richard Carter	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTAM	148	33
18	B	40		Peter Wherrett David Jones	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	148	35
19	D	18	Brian Wood Ford	Murray Carter Ray Winter	Ford Falcon XB GT	148	14
20	C	34	Craven Mild Racing	Paul Older Barry Lake	BMW 3.0 Si	147	31
21	B	50		Terry Daly Barry Jones	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.I	146	42
22	C			Brian Wheeler Neil Mason	Mazda RX3	143	32
23	B	48		Bruce Hodgson Dave Morrow	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	142	37
24	A	71	Roxburgh Motors	Bill Evans Bruce Stewart	Datsun 1200	139	49
25	C	24		John Duggan Doug Angus	Mazda RX3	139	29
26	A	64		Brian Reed Ian Chilman	Honda Civic	137	55
27	D	13		Tim Slako Brian Rhodes	Holden Torana LH L34	137	17
28	A			Roger Bonhomme Doug Whiteford	Honda Civic	137	53
29	A	75		Jeff Harris Arthur Hardwick	Morris Clubman GT	136	56
30	A	65	Mazda Motors	Brian Porter John Ainsley	Mazda 1300	130	61
31	D	2	Goss Garages	John Goss Jim Richards	Ford Falcon XB GT	129	5
32	A			Greg Toepfer Greville Arnel	Toyota Corolla	127	57
33	A	76		Ray Molloy Alan Braszell	Morris Clubman GT	125	51
34	A	73		Robin Dudfield Tony Niovanni	Alfa Romeo 1300	116	59
DNF	B	41		Ron Gillard Graham Harrison	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	120	41
DNF	C	31		Alan Cant George Morrell	Ford Capri	111	20
DNF	A			Ken Brian Noel Riley	Honda Civic	104	58
DNF	B	37	Ron Hodgson Racing	Ron Dickson Graeme Lawrence	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	103	22
DNF	B	56		Peter Granger Gerry Murphy	BMW 2002 Tii	97	47
DNF	D	6		Warren Cullen Max Stewart	Holden Torana LH L34	95	11
DNF	D	9	Moffat Ford Dealers	Allan Moffat Vern Schuppan	Ford Falcon XB GT	87	1
DNF	C			Gary Cooke Bob Williamson	Mazda RX3	83	62
DNF	B	38		James Laing-Peach Paul Gulson	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	82	23
DNF	D	12	Craven Mild Racing	Allan Grice Frank Gardner	Holden Torana LH L34	72	8
DNF	B	35		John Dellaca Kerry Wade	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	67	36
DNF	A	78		Hugh Donaldson Mike Quinn	Morris Clubman GT	58	52
DNF	D		Roadways Racing	Garth Wigston Bruce Hindhaugh	Holden Torana LH L34	56	12
DNF	B			Marie-Claude Charmasson Christine Gibson	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTAM	52	48
DNF	B	52		Allan Nuttall Richard Bailey	Fiat 124 Sport	51	46
DNF	B	53	Lennox Motors	Chris Heyer Peter Lander	Volkswagen Golf	38	45
DNF	D	17		Stirling Moss Jack Brabham	Holden Torana LH L34	37	10
DNF	C			Lawrie Nelson Nick Louis	Ford Capri	32	24
DNF	B			Rod Stevens Jim Murcott	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.I	28	44
DNF	C	72		Caroline O'Shanesy Garry Leggatt	Fiat 128 3P	27	60
DNF	B		Bob Holden Motors	Bob Holden Ray Cutchie	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	23	43
DNF	A			Ken Harrison David Turnbull	Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I	22	54
DNF	A	70		Bernie Stack Keith Poole	Volkswagen Passat	19	50
DNF	B	57		Ralph Radburn Peter Williamson	BMW 2002 Tii	14	27
DNF	C			Lakis Manticas Doug Chivas	Ford Capri Mk.I	3	21
DNF	B			David Seldon Bob Martin	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	0	40
DNS	D		Craven Mild Racing	Frank Gardner Allan Grice	Holden Torana LH L34		6
DNS	D			Ray Kaleda Bob Stevens	Holden Torana LH L34		16
DNQ	D	10	Barry Sheales Holden	Kel Gough Tom Naughton	Holden Torana LH L34
DNQ	C	29		Moran Ibbotson	Ford Capri Mk.I
DNQ	B	47		John English Gary Scott	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II
DNQ	B	68		Geoff Wade John Stoopman	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II
DNQ	A			Gordon Rich David Crowther	Alfa Romeo 1300

[edit] Statistics

• Pole Position - #9 Allan Moffat - 2:25.0
• Fastest Lap - #9 Allan Moffat & #5 Peter Brock - 2:28.4
• Average Speed - 141km/h

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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