1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
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The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 15th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. The was the first race to be held under the new metricised distance of 1000 kilometres, rather than the 500 miles previously contested. It was held on 30 September 1973 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 and it was the 3rd round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Allan Moffat claimed his third win in the event and the long-awaited first win for Ian Geoghegan driving a Ford Falcon GT. It was also the seventh and final win for the factory Ford Australia racing team. Peter Brock and Doug Chivas lost the race after their Holden Torana ran out of fuel, forcing Chivas to push the car uphill along the pit lane to make it to the Holden Dealer Team pit bay. Despite this Brock and Chivas finished on the same lap as Moffat and Ian Geoghegan, ahead of their team mates Colin Bond and Leo Geoghegan, also on the same lap, in third position.

1 Class structure
2 Results
3 Statistics
4 References
5 External links

Class structure

Class A

The smallest class was for under 1300cc engine capacity. It was made up of Datsun 1200, Fiat 128, Honda Civic, Morris Cooper S and Renault R8.

Class B

The under two litre class saw a mix of Alfa Romeo GTV 2000, Datsun 180B, Ford Escort, Mazda RX-3 and Subaru 1400 GSR.

Class C

The under three litre class featured 2.8 litre Holden Torana and Mazda RX-2.

Class D

For cars over three litres of engine capacity, the class consisted of Chrysler Valiant Charger, Ford Falcon, Holden Monaro and the larger engined Toranas.

Results

In part sourced from:^[1]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	D	9	Ford Australia	Allan Moffat Ian Geoghegan	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	163	3
2	D	1	Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Doug Chivas	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	163	2
3	D	24	Holden Dealer Team	Colin Bond Leo Geoghegan	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	163	5
4	D	2	Bob Jane Racing	Bob Jane John Harvey	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	161	9
5	D	10		Bob Forbes Dick Johnson	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	154	11
6	D	21		Ray Kaleda Peter Granger	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49	150	18
7	D	15		Murray Carter Lawrie Nelson	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	150	19
8	B	49	A.F. & M. Beninca	Ray Harrison Mal Robertson	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	149	23
9	B	45		Mel Mollison Bruce Hindhaugh	Mazda RX-3	144	36
10	C	34		Bernie Haehnle Wayne Rogerson	Mazda RX-2	144	36
11	D	31		Brian Ovenden Max McGinley	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49	143	29
12	C	37	John Palmer Motors	Bob Beasley Enno Buesselmann	Mazda RX-2	143	39
13	B	44		Geoff Leeds Jim Murcott	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	143	32
14	B	41	Datsun Racing Team	John Roxburgh Doug Whiteford	Datsun 180B SSS	143	40
15	A	56	Datsun Racing Team	Bill Evans James Laing-Peach	Datsun 1200	142	46
16	A	55		Lakis Manticas Peter Lander	Fiat 128SL	142	43
17	C	33	W.H. Motors	Herb Taylor Don Smith	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	141	28
18	D	3		Don Holland Max Stewart	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	141	10
19	B	39		Ray Gulson Peter Brown	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	140	27
20	D	29		Peter Kilmore Kevin Kennedy	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	138	41
21	A	66		David Clement Neil Mason	Morris Cooper S	136	50
22	A	54		John Lord Peter Janson	Honda Civic	134	53
23	B	38		Chris Heyer Peter Mill	Subaru 1400 GSR	133	55
24	A	63		Ken Brian Noel Riley	Honda Civic	131	52
25	A	68		Chick Audsley Bob Williamson	Morris Cooper S	131	56
26	A	67		Caroline O'Shanesy Peter Williamson	Morris Cooper S	131	57
27	A	64		David Frazer Bob Edgerton	Renault R8 Gordini	130	49
28	B	43		Bob Holden Lyndon Arnel	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	129	44
29	B	48		Geoff Perry Brian Reed	Mazda RX-3	126	34
30	A	59		John Symon Philip Arnull	Datsun 1200	125	58
DNF	C	35	James Mason Motors	Gary Cooke Len Searle	Mazda RX-2	142	38
DNF	D	8		Ron Dickson Bob Stevens	Holden HQ Monaro GTS	130	20
DNF	B	50	Chesterfield Racing Team	Herb Vines Chris Batger	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	116	54
DNF	D	5	McLeod Ford	John Goss Kevin Bartlett	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	110	1
DNF	D	4	Bryan Byrt Ford	John French Bob Skelton	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	91	4
DNF	A	57		Geoff Newton Cam Richardson	Morris Cooper S	89	51
DNF	D	17		Graham Ryan Ray Lintott	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	89	14
DNF	D	26		Ray Thackwell Barry Coleman	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	89	22
DNF	A	58		Lynn Brown Paul Hamilton	Morris Cooper S	77	45
DNF	C	36	McLeod Kelso Lee	Bruce Stewart George Garth	Holden LC Torana GTR	75	31
DNF	D	12		Rod McRae Tony Niovanni	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	64	21
DNF	B	42		Graham Ritter Tony Farrell	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	64	25
DNF	D	27		Leo Leonard Ernie Sprague	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49	62	17
DNF	D	30		John Stoopman Dennis Martin	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	61	30
DNF	D	23		Jim Hunter Phil Ward	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	58	16
DNF	A	53		Ian Cook Terry Finnigan	Honda Civic	56	48
DNF	D	16		Tony Allen Phil Brock	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49	45	13
DNF	D	19		Allan Grice Keith Murray	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	42	8
DNF	D	13		Bruce McPhee Tom Nailard	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	41	15
DNF	B	47		Warren Thompson Rod Dale	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	36	33
DNF	A	60		Gary Leggatt Bob Wedd	Morris Cooper S	27	42
DNF	D	20		Ray Strong Ron Gillard	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	25	37
DNF	D	11		Des West Bill Brown	Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49	17	12
DNF	D	6	Ford Australia	Fred Gibson Barry Seton	Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop	17	7
DNF	B	40	Brian Foley Motors	Christine Gibson Sue Ransom	Alfa Romeo GTV 2000	5	24
DNF	D	7	Ron Hodgson Racing	Bob Morris John Leffler	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	4	6
DNF	A	66		John Dellaca Jon Leighton	Morris Cooper S	3	47
DNF	D	25		Pat Peck Darrilyn Huit	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	3	26
DNS	D	14		John Duggan Gordon Rich	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1

Statistics

Pole Position - #5 John Goss - 2:33.4
Fastest Lap - #5 John Goss - 2:34.8 (lap record)
Average Speed - 137 km/h

References

^ Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd, Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. pp. 194–201 & 461. ISBN 1-875221-12-3.