1967 Gallaher 500

1967 Gallaher 500
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The 1967 Gallaher 500 was the eighth running of the Bathurst 500 production car race. It was held on 1 October 1967 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. Cars competed in five classes based on purchase price (Australian dollars) of the vehicle.

In a seminal moment for the race, the first Australian built V8 muscle cars appeared in the first Ford Falcon GT. In a race long duel against three dealer entered Alfa Romeo GTVs, the Ford Works Team raced home for a one-two finish with Harry Firth and Fred Gibson acknowledged as race winners after some confusion over lap scoring briefly left question marks over the result. Brothers Leo and Ian Geoghegan finished second with the two Alec Mildren entered Alfa Romeos of Doug Chivas / Max Stewart and Kevin Bartlett / Laurie Stewart all finishing on the same lap. It was Firth's fourth victory, equalling former teammate Bob Jane's record.

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Class structure

Class A

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

Class B

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

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, Holden HD X2 and Prince Skyline.

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.

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 TD2.

Top 10 Qualifiers

The 1967 Gallaher 500 was the first time the grid was decided on qualifying times, regardless of class. Prior to 1967 the cars were gridded according to practice times but in their respective classes with the fastest class starting at the front of the grid and so on.

Pos No Team Driver Car Qual
Pole 53 Ford Australia Ian Geoghegan Ford XR Falcon GT 3:03.0
2 52 Ford Australia Fred Gibson Ford XR Falcon GT 3:03.2
3 61 Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo Kevin Bartlett Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 3:03.5
4 60 Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo Doug Chivas Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 3:05.2
5 54 Ford Australia Bob Jane Ford XR Falcon GT 3:05.2
6 62 M.W. Motors Paul Hawkins Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 3:05.7
7 51 Des West Ford XR Falcon GT 3:06.0
8 49 Mike Savva Ford XR Falcon GT 3:06.8
9 50 Greg Cusack Ford XR Falcon GT NA
10 55 Needham Motors Warren Weldon Studebaker Lark NA

Results

Pos Class Class
Pos
No Team Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
1 D 1 52 Ford Australia Harry Firth
Fred Gibson
Ford XR Falcon GT 130 2
2 D 2 53 Ford Australia Ian Geoghegan
Leo Geoghegan
Ford XR Falcon GT 130 1
3 E 1 60 Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo Doug Chivas
Max Stewart
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 130 4
4 E 2 61 Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo Kevin Bartlett
Laurie Stewart
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 130 3
5 C 1 30 BMC Works Team Tony Fall
Bob Holden
Morris Cooper S 128 14
6 C 2 37 C Smith Charlie Smith
Barry Seton
Morris Cooper S 127 15
7 C 3 29 BMC Works Team Timo Makinen
John French
Morris Cooper S 127 12
8 C 4 28 BMC Works Team Paddy Hopkirk
Brian Foley
Morris Cooper S 126 11
9 E 3 63 STP Arthur Davis
Paul Mander
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 126 20
10 C 5 40 Damon Beck
Lakis Manticas
Morris Cooper S 125 18
11 D 3 55 Needham Motors Warren Weldon
John Hall
Studebaker Lark 124 10
12 C 6 45 John Millyard
Anndy Frankel
Morris Cooper S 124 16
13 D 4 49 Mike Savva
Bob Wilkinson
Ford XR Falcon GT 124 8
14 C 7 36 Peter Brown
Bob Cook
Morris Cooper S 123 21
15 D 5 58 Bill Burns
Chris Brauer
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 122 23
16 D 6 57 Scuderia Veloce David McKay
George Reynolds
Audi Super 90 122 25
17 D 7 50 Greg Cusack
Bill Brown
Ford XR Falcon GT 121 9
18 D 8 54 Ford Australia Bob Jane
Spencer Martin
Ford XR Falcon GT 118 5
19 E 4 64 Barry Sharp
Lindsay Derriman
Dodge Phoenix TD2 118 29
20 C 8 42 Scuderia Veloce Bill Tuckey
Max Stahl
Fiat 124 118 31
21 C 9 27 Fred Sutherland
Allan Mottram
Ford XR Falcon Automatic 117 22
22 D 9 48 Bob Young
Bob Sorrenson
Triumph 2000 117 33
23 A 1 2 Datsun Racing Team John Roxburgh
Doug Whiteford
Datsun 1000 117 38
24 C 10 47 Bill Daly
George Murray
Fiat 124 117 37
25 E 5 62 M.W. Motors Paul Hawkins
Syd Fisher
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV 117 6
26 A 2 12 AMI Toyota Dick Thurston
Bill Buckle
Toyota Corolla 116 44
27 B 1 30 Gordon Stewart’s Sports Car Centre Don Holland
Peter Cray
Morris Cooper 116 36
28 A 3 1 Datsun Racing Team Kunimitsu Takahashi
Hideo Oishi
Datsun 1000 116 40
29 C 11 41 Scuderia Veloce Mike Kable
John Smailes
Fiat 124 115 32
30 A 4 8 Jack Nougher
David O'Keefe
Hillman GT 114 42
31 A 5 9 Bob Edgerton
David Toshack
Hillman GT 114 51
32 B 2 24 Shorton Motors George Garth
Geoff Westbury
Hillman Arrow 114 47
33 C 12 35 Gary Cooke
Trevor Meehan
Fiat 124 113 30
34 C 13 31 Carl Kennedy
Jack Murray
Prince Skyline GT 113 39
35 B 3 15 A Treloar Doug Macarthur
Arthur Treloar
Hillman Arrow 111 48
36 B 4 25 Jane Richardson
Midge Whiteman
Morris 1100S 110 58
37 B 5 18 David Frazer
Bernie Breen
Renault R8 109 57
38 C 14 34 Lynn Brown
David Bye
Fiat 850 109 55
39 B 6 13 Clyde Hodgins
Kevin Nipperess
Morris 1100S 108 56
40 D 10 59 Bruce McIntyre
Ken Stacey
Ford XR Falcon GT 106 13
41 A 6 5 Chris Cronan
Steve Parkes
Holden HB Torana 103 60
42 A 7 6 Bruce Darke
Bill Ford
Datsun 1300 102 59
43 B 7 20 Lindsay Adcock
Mike Schneider
Morris Cooper 100 35
44 A 8 3 Datsun Racing Team Jim Smith
John Colwell
Datsun 1300 100 52
45 B 8 17 Bill Stanley
Digby Cooke
Morris Cooper 96 43
46 B 9 19 Jeff Thompson
Bob Romano
Ford Cortina Mk.I 1500 96 49
47 D 11 56 Gerry Lister
David Seldon
Volvo 122S 86 26
48 C 15 44 Don Smith
Herb Taylor
Holden HD X2 75 27
DNF A 7 Lindsay Little
Stan Pomroy
Hillman 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 XR Falcon 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

Statistics

References

  • Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. pp. 146–153 & 455. ISBN 1-875221-12-3. 

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