1977 Ready Plan Insurance Phillip Island 500K
The 1977 Ready Plan Insurance Phillip Island 500K was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 20 November 1977.[1] It was final round of the 1977 Australian Touring Car Championship and of the 1977 Australian Championship of Makes, [1] and as such was open to Group C Touring Cars.[2] The race was won by Allan Grice driving a Holden Torana.[1]
Class system
As the race was a round of the 1977 Australian Championship of Makes, cars competed in four engine displacement classes: [2]
- Class A: Up to 1300cc [2]
- Class B: 1301 to 2000cc [2]
- Class C: 2001 to 3000cc [2]
- Class D: 3001 to 6000cc [2]
Race results
Position [1] | Drivers [1] | No. [1] | Car [1] | Entrant [3] | Class [3] | Class Pos. | Laps [1] |
1 | Allan Grice | 26 | Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X | Craven Mild Racing | D [3] | 1 [3] | 106 |
2 | Peter Janson | 15 | Holden LX Torana A9X [4] | Ipec | D [3] | 2 [3] | 106 |
3 | Jim Richards | Ford XB Falcon GT [5] | Melford | D [3] | 3 [3] | 105 | |
4 | John Harvey | 3 | Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | D [3] | 4 [3] | 105 |
5 | Colin Bond | 2 | Ford XC Falcon [5] | Moffat Ford Dealers | D [3] | 5 [3] | 105 |
6 | Wayne Negus | 8 | Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | D [3] | 6 [3] | 103 |
7 | Barry Allen | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 [3] | Ferris Car Radios | D [3] | 7 [3] | 103 | |
8 | Charlie O'Brien | 9 | Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X | Mercury Outboards | D [3] | 8 [3] | 102 |
9 | Frank Porter | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT [3] | Benincas | B [3] | 1 [3] | 99 | |
10 | Paul Gulson | Alfa Romeo GTV | Endrust | B [3] | 2 [3] | 99 | |
11 | Lawrie Nelson | Ford Capri V6 [3] | Lawrie Nelson | C [3] | 1 [3] | 98 | |
12 | Ray Farrar | Ford Capri V6 [3] | Brian Wood Ford | C [3] | 2 [3] | 95 | |
13 | Garth Wigston | Holden LX Torana A9X [4] | D | 9 | 95 | ||
14 | John Faulkner | Ford Capri V6 [3] | Wynns Frictionproofing | C [3] | 3 [3] | 94 | |
15 | Roger Cartwright | Ford Escort RS2000 [3] | Roger Cartwright | B [3] | 3 [3] | 93 | |
16 | Matt Phillip | Honda Civic | Mollison Motors | A [3] | 1 [3] | 91 | |
17 | David Cannon | Ford Escort RS2000 [3] | David Cannon | B [3] | 4 [3] | 91 | |
18 | Allan Gough | Holden Gemini [4] | Barry Sheales Holden | B [3] | 5 [3] | 91 | |
19 | Robin Dudfield | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV [3] | Alfa Romeo Club | B [3] | 6 [3] | 91 | |
20 | Jim Stewart | Morris Mini Clubman [3] | Hair Affair | A [3] | 2 [3] | 90 | |
21 | Martin Power | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | D | 10 | 90 | ||
22 | Mike Minear | Holden Gemini [4] | B | 7 [4] | 89 | ||
23 | Robyn Hamilton | Holden Gemini [4] | B | 8 [4] | 89 | ||
24 | Rusty French, Leo Leonard [3] | Ford XC Falcon [5] | D | 11 | 89 | ||
25 | Ian Chilman | Honda Civic | Ian Chilman | A [3] | 3 [3] | 88 | |
26 | Ian Lees | Ford Capri V6 [5] | Ian Lees | C | 4 [5] | 80 | |
27 | Scotty Taylor | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 [4] | D | 12 | 79 | ||
28 | Max Patterson | Honda Civic | Peninsula Honda | A | 5 | 74 | |
DNF | Peter Brock | Holden LX Torana A9X | |||||
DNF | Bob Morris | Holden LX Torana A9X | |||||
DNF | John Goss | Ford XC Falcon [5] | |||||
DNF | Phil Brock | 25 | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 [3] | ||||
DNF | Murray Carter | Ford XC Falcon [5] | |||||
DNF | Jim Keogh | Ford XB Falcon GT [5] | |||||
DNF | Graeme Wilson | Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 | |||||
DNF | John Duggan | Mazda RX-3 | |||||
DNF | Rod Stevens | Ford Escort RS2000 [5] | |||||
DNF | Neville Bridges | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | |||||
DNF | Barry James | Mazda RX-3 | |||||
DNF | Warwick Henderson | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT | |||||
DNF | Peter Klueber | Alfa Romeo | |||||
DNF | Peter Lander | Morris Mini | |||||
DNF | Gary Leggat | Morris Mini | |||||
DNF | Tony Niovanni | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | |||||
DNF | Ray Harrison | Alfa Romeo | |||||
DNF | John Stoopman | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | |||||
DNF [4] | Warren Cullen, John Walker [4] | 22 [3] | Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X [4] | ||||
DNF [4] | Annette Williams [4] | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [4] | |||||
There were 48 starters and 28 classified finishers in the race.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 70 & 78
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 86 to 91
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 3.39 3.40 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.44 3.45 3.46 3.47 3.48 3.49 3.50 3.51 3.52 3.53 Race of the Year to Grice, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 29
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Stewart Wilson, Holden - The official racing history, Chevron Publishing Group, 1988, page 345
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Stewart Wilson and Max Stahl, Ford - The racing History, Chevron Publishing Group, 1989, page 297