1973 Phillip Island 500K

The 1973 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars,[1] staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1973.[2] Race distance was 106 laps of the 4.73 km circuit, a total distance of 501.38 km.[2] The race, which was the fifth and final round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship,[2] was the third Phillip Island 500K.

Classes

Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.[2]

  • Class A: Up to 1300cc [2]
  • Class B: 1301 – 2000cc [2]
  • Class C: 2001 – 3000cc [2]
  • Class D: Over 3000cc [2]

Results
Position [2] Drivers [2] No. Car [2] [3] Entrant Laps [2]
1 [4] Peter Brock 1 [4] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [4] Holden Dealer Team [5] 106
2 Colin Bond 24 [4] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [4] Holden Dealer Team [5] 105
3 Barry Nixon-Smith 22 [6] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 99
4 Gil Davis Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 Noel Edwards [5] 98
5 John Stoopman 30 [7] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 Bayside Motors [5] 97
6 Ray Harrison 49 [8] Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 96
7 Cam Richardson Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 94
8 Bill Evans 56 [2] Datsun 1200 Coupe 94
9 Roger Bonhomme 37 [2] Holden LC Torana GTR [9] 92
10 Kevin Kennedy Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 92
Class A : Up to 1300cc
1 Bill Evans 56 [2] Datsun 1200 Coupe 94
2 N Riley Honda Civic 91
3 John Lord 54 [10] Morris Cooper S 89
4 J Bundy Morris Cooper S 82
? Lakis Manticas 55 [11] Fiat 128 Coupe ?
? Geoff Newton [12] 62 [12] Morris Cooper S [12] ?
? Lynne De Luca [13] 59 [13] Mazda 1300 [13] ?
DNF James Laing-Peach 57 [2] Datsun 1200 Coupe ?
Class B : 1301 – 2000cc
1 Ray Harrison 49 [8] Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 96
2 Mel Mollison 45 [14] Mazda RX-3 92
3 Raymond Harrison 50 [15] Mazda R100 Coupe 81
? Geoff Perry [16] 48 [16] Mazda RX-3 [16] 92
? Geoff Wade [17] 38 [17] Ford Escort Twin Cam [17] ?
DNF Christine Cole, Sue Ransom 40 [18] Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV ?
DNF Graham Ritter 44 [19] Ford Escort Twin Cam ?
DNF Bob Holden 43 [20] Ford Escort Twin Cam ?
Class C : 2001 – 3000cc
1 Roger Bonhomme 37 [2] Holden LC Torana GTR [9] 92
2 Garry Cooke Mazda RX-2 91
3 Tony Roberts 36 [21] Datsun 240K 90
Class D : Over 3000cc
1 Peter Brock 1 [4] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [4] Holden Dealer Team [5] 106
2 Colin Bond 24 [4] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [5] Holden Dealer Team [5] 105
3 Barry Nixon-Smith 22 [6] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 99
4 Gil Davis Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 Noel Edwards [5] 98
5 John Stoopman 30 [7] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 Bayside Motors [5] 97
6 Cam Richardson Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 94
7 Kevin Kennedy Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 92
8 Murray Carter 15 [22] Ford XA Falcon GT [23] 91
9 Graeme Blanchard Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 85
10 Brian Ovenden 31 [4] Chrysler VH Valiant Charger 78
? Robert Bride Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 ?
? Rod McRae 12 [24] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [24] ?
? Phil Brock Chrysler VH Valiant Charger ?
DNF Fred Gibson 6 [4] Ford XA Falcon GT [23] Ford Motor Co of Australia 95 [5]
DNF Allan Moffat 9 [4] Ford XA Falcon GT [23] Ford Motor Co of Australia 89 [5]
DNF John Harvey Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 ?
DNF Tony Niovanni Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 ?
DNF Stuart Saker 27 [25] Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 [25] ?
DNF John Goss 5 [26] Ford XA Falcon GT [23] ?
DNF Lawrie Nelson Chrysler VH Valiant Charger 0 [2]

Note : As 47 cars were entered for this event,[2] it is likely that there were additional starters not shown in the above table.

References
  1. Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 95 – indicates that the 1973 Australian Manufacturers Championship was open to Group C Touring Cars
  2. Phillip Island 500k, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 139 to 143
  3. It has been assumed that all of the thirteen "XU-1" entries listed in the results published in Stewart Wilson's, The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988, page 337 were LJ series Torana GTR XU-1s
  4. Phillip Island Double, Modern Motor, February 1974, page 98 to 101
  5. General Firth’s Man.Champ.Coup, Australian Motor Manual, February 1974, pages 64 & 65
  6. Image of No 22 Holden LJ Torana of Barry Nixon Smith at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  7. Image of No 30 Holden LJ Torana of John Stoopman at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  8. Image of No 49 Alfa Romeo of Ray Harrison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  9. Image of No 37 Holden LC Torana GTR of Roger Bonhomme at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  10. Image of No 54 Morris Cooper S of John Lord at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  11. Image of No 55 Fiat 128 Coupe of Lakis Manticas at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  12. Image of No 62 Morris Cooper S of Geoff Newton at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  13. Image of No 59 Mazda 1300 of Lynne De Luca at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  14. Image of No 45 Mazda RX-3 of Mel Mollison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  15. Image of No 50 Mazda R100 Coupe of Raymond Harrison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  16. Image of the No 48 Mazda RX-3 of Geoff Perry at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  17. Image of the No 38 Ford Escort Twin Cam of Geoff Wade at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  18. Image of No 40 Alfa Romeo of Christine Cole at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  19. Image of No 44 Ford Escort of Graeme Ritter at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  20. Image of No 43 Ford Escort of Bob Holden at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  21. Image of No 36 Datsun 240K of Tony Roberts at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  22. Image of No 15 Ford Falcon of Murray Carter at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  23. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 290
  24. Image of No 12 Holden LJ Torana of Rod McRae at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  25. Image of No 27 Holden LJ Torana of Stuart saker at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
  26. Image of No 5 Ford Falcon of John Goss at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013

Further reading
  • Toranas fill first five places, The Age, Monday, 26 November 1973, page 24
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