The 1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the 13th running of the Bathurst 500

Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia...

 production car race. It was held on 3 October 1971 at the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

 just outside Bathurst

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The race was open to production vehicles competing in showroom condition with the field divided in to five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle in Australian dollars. Although an outright winner was officially recognised, all other official awards were for class results only.

Class A

Class A was for cars costing less than $2,150. It was made up of Datsun 1200

Nissan Sunny

The Nissan Sunny is a small car from Nissan. It was launched in 1966 as the Datsun 1000 and although production in Japan ended in 2004, it remains in production today for the African, American and Sri Lankan markets. In the US, the later models were known as the Nissan Sentra; in Mexico, the Sunny...

, Mazda 1300

Mazda Familia

Mazda's automotive plans for the early sixties consisted of growing alongside the Japanese economy. To achieve this goal, they began by building an extremely cheap Kei car, the R360 in 1960, planning on introducing gradually larger and pricier cars as the Japanese customers became able to afford them...

 and Toyota Corolla

Toyota Corolla

The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...

.

Class B

The $2,151 to $2,500 class was the smallest with just four cars starting: Datsun 1600

Nissan Bluebird

Although Nissan's own materials indicate that the Bluebird name emerged in 1959, some records show that the name first adorned a 988 cc, four-door sedan in 1957, which was part of the company's 210 series...

 and Mazda Capella 1600

Mazda Capella

The second generation rear-wheel drive Capella was available between 1978 and 1982, in both sedan and coupe forms. It was known on export markets as the Mazda 626, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where it was called the Mazda Montrose, the name was changed to honour the local Mazda...

.

Class C

The $2,501 to $3,150 class saw a mix of Ford Cortina

Ford Cortina

As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...

, Ford Escort, 2.8 litre Holden Torana GTR

Holden Torana

The Holden Torana is a car which was produced by General Motors–Holden's , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors from 1967 to 1980. The name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "to fly". The first Torana appeared in 1967 and was a four-cylinder compact vehicle that had its origins in the...

, Honda 1300

Honda 1300

The 1300 was a novel car for Honda, it was a front wheel drive car, and was the largest model the company had ever produced. In 1970 a stylish coupe complemented the more conservatively styled sedan: both had a 1.3 L engine....

, Mazda RX-2

Mazda RX-2

The Mazda RX-2 was a midsize car introduced in 1970 and sold through 1978. It used a rotary engine and shared a chassis with the piston-engined Mazda Capella/616/618....

 and Morris Cooper S

Mini

The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...

.

Class D

The $3,151 to $4,350 class featured Alfa Romeo Giulia

Alfa Romeo Giulia

The Alfa Romeo Giulia is an Alfa Romeo automobile. Alfa was one of the first manufacturers to put a powerful engine in a light-weight car for mainstream production. The Giulia weighed about . The car was equipped with a light alloy twin overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine, similar to that of...

, the E38 version of the Chrysler Valiant Charger, Ford Falcon 500

Ford Falcon (Australia)

The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...

 and 3.0 litre Holden Torana GTR XU-1

Holden Torana

The Holden Torana is a car which was produced by General Motors–Holden's , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors from 1967 to 1980. The name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "to fly". The first Torana appeared in 1967 and was a four-cylinder compact vehicle that had its origins in the...

.

Class E

For cars over $4,350. Apart from a single Fiat 124S

Fiat 124 Coupe

Fiat 124 Coupé is an Italian car produced between 1967 and 1975 in three generations.The four cylinder, aluminum, twin overhead cam engine was designed by ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi. Originally, the AC or first generation featured an 1,438 cc engine, which grew to 1,608 in the...

 the class consisted only of Ford Falcon GT-HO Phase III.

Results

Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	E	65	Ford Motor Co of Australia Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	130	1
2	E	62	Byrt Ford Pty Ltd	Phil Barnes   Bob Skelton	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	129	6
3	E	57	Finnie Ford Pty Ltd	David McKay	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	129	4
4	D	31	Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...	Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	129	15
5	E	64	Ford Motor Co of Australia Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	John French John French (racing driver) John French is a retired Australian racing driver.French had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s and the early 80s. He won the 1962 Australian GT Championship driving a Centaur-Waggott and in 1969 French paired with Allan Moffat to win the Sandown Three Hour race in a Ford Falcon GTHO...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	129	2
6	E	60	McLeod Ford Pty Ltd	John Goss John Goss (race driver) John Goss is the only Australian racing driver to win Australia's two most prestigious races, the Bathurst 1000 , and the Australian Grand Prix .-Early career:...   Barry Sharp	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	129	17
7	D	43	Geoghegan's Sporty Cars	Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s...   Peter Brown	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	129	8
8	D	32	Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	129	11
9	D	30	Max Wright Motors	Brian Foley   Don Holland	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	129	22
10	D	45	Reg Papps & Sons	Bob Beasely	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	129	10
11	E	59	J Harding	Murray Carter Murray Carter Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	127	21
12	D	41	Shell Racing	Norm Beechey Norm Beechey Norm Beechey was an Australian race car driver, given the nickname "Stormin Norman". To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Beechey competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972 winning the title in 1965 driving a Ford...   Jim McKeown Jim McKeown (racing driver) Jim McKeown was an Australian racing driver who competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1964 to 1972, with a best finish of 2nd in the 1970 title...	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	127	19
13	D	28	Suttons Motors (Petersham)	Bruce McPhee Bruce McPhee Bruce Alexander McPhee was a former Australian motor racing driver.He is most famous for winning the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 , defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams. He drove a Holden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow and black stripes with the number 13...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	127	32
14	E	55	Sinclair Ford Pty Ltd	Kevin Bartlett Kevin Bartlett (race driver) Kevin Bartlett , often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the CAMS Gold Star in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	126	30
15	D	40	Harvey Drew Pty Ltd	Joe Butta   Geoff Hunter	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	126	24
16	D	49	Courtesy Motors	Martin Chenery	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	125	18
17	D	29	Dusting & Co Pty Ltd	Tony Roberts Tony Roberts (racing driver) Anthony Roberts, , was an Australian race and rally driver.Roberts won the 1968 Sandown 3 Hours with Bob Watson, giving the Holden Monaro a debut victory...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	125	36
18	D	39	City State Racing Team	Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker (racing driver) Johnnie Walker is a former Australian racing driver. Born in Adelaide, he first raced Holden FE's in the 1960s. After competing in the Australian Formula 2 Championship he graduated to Formula 5000 where he drove an Elfin and a Matich A50 before switching to the Lola marque in late 1973.Walker...   Malcolm Ramsay	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	124	28
19	D	42	Liverpool Chrysler	Doug Chivas Doug Chivas Doug Chivas was an Australian rally and racing car driver. Chivas drove the first Lotus Mark 6 in Australia in the early 1950s winning many races....   Graham Moore	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	124	16
20	E	67	Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd	Des West	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	123	12
21	D	47	John McNicol Pty Ltd	Gerry Lister   David Seldon	Ford XY Falcon 500 Ford XY Falcon -Introduction:The XY Falcon was released in October 1970 replacing the XW Falcon. The XY was a facelift of the XW, featuring a new divided grille and redesigned tail lights...	122	34
22	D	37	M Brown	Mick Brown	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	121	33
23	D	34	The Commonwealth Ind. Gases	Geoff Leeds   Digby Cooke	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	120	23
24	E	54	Zanardo & Rodriguez Sales & Services Pty Ltd	Ron Kearns	Fiat 124 Sport Fiat 124 Coupe Fiat 124 Coupé is an Italian car produced between 1967 and 1975 in three generations.The four cylinder, aluminum, twin overhead cam engine was designed by ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi. Originally, the AC or first generation featured an 1,438 cc engine, which grew to 1,608 in the...	118	35
25	D	38	L Seaton	Brian Reed   Graham Ritter	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	118	26
26	C	17	G Cooke	Gary Cooke   Garry Holmes	Mazda RX-2 Mazda RX-2 The Mazda RX-2 was a midsize car introduced in 1970 and sold through 1978. It used a rotary engine and shared a chassis with the piston-engined Mazda Capella/616/618....	117	39
27	C	27	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	Geoff Wade   Geoff Perry	Holden LC Torana GTR	117	40
28	D	44	Blue Point Motors (Management) Pty Ltd	Graham Ryan	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	116	27
29	C	51	D&P Traders Pty Ltd	Pat Peck   Jan Holland	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	115	61
30	C	19	Chas Tierney Pty Ltd	Mal Brewster   Ray Strong	Holden LC Torana GTR	115	42
31	C	16	John Hile Ford Pty Ltd	Ross Hewison   Brian Hones	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	110	45
32	C	22	Mazda Racing Team	Wayne Rogerson   Alan Mayne	Mazda RX-2 Mazda RX-2 The Mazda RX-2 was a midsize car introduced in 1970 and sold through 1978. It used a rotary engine and shared a chassis with the piston-engined Mazda Capella/616/618....	113	37
33	C	25	Marque Motors	Bob Cracknell   Bob Wedd	Morris Cooper S	111	47
34	C	24	H Vines	Herb Vines   Chris Batger	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	110	45
35	C	20	Kloster Pty Ltd	Geoff Westbury   Jim Sullivan	Ford TC Cortina 2000L	110	49
36	B	12	WH Motors Pty Ltd	Bruce Stewart	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	109	51
37	A	6	John Palmer Motors	John Leffler John Leffler John Leffler is a former Australian racing driver. Leffler is best known for driving open-wheelers and winning the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1976.Leffler drove Morris Coopers for many years in the 1960s...	Mazda 1300	108	53
38	A	8	Mazda Racing Team	Les Carne   Peter Cray	Mazda 1300	107	57
39	A	5	AMI Racing Team	Barry Arentz	Toyota Corolla 1200	106	59
40	A	7	C Kennedy	Carl Kennedy   Bill Slattery	Mazda 1300	105	60
41	C	21	Bennett Honda Pty Ltd	Ken Brian   Noel Riley	Honda 1300 Honda 1300 The 1300 was a novel car for Honda, it was a front wheel drive car, and was the largest model the company had ever produced. In 1970 a stylish coupe complemented the more conservatively styled sedan: both had a 1.3 L engine.... -S	104	56
42	C	15	Marque Motors	Bill Stanley   Mike Kable	Morris Cooper S	102	44
43	A	1	Datsun Racing Team	Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford was an Australian racing driver.Whiteford was best known as a competitor in the Australian Grand Prix which he won three times in four years. He was fondly remember for his Talbot-Lago T26 Formula One car which he used to win his second and third Grands Prix. His third win was at the...	Datsun 1200	100	52
44	B	14	Mazda Racing Team	George Garth   John Hall	Mazda Capella 1600	99	46
45	B	11	WH Motors Pty Ltd	Don Smith	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	97	48
DNF	E	61	Baldwin Ford Pty Ltd	Damon Beck   Garry Rush	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	117	9
DNF	A	4	AMI Racing Team	Brian Sampson Brian Sampson (racing driver) Brian Sampson is a retired Australian racing driver.Sampson had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s, which he still continues as a hobby...	Toyota Corolla 1200	102	58
DNF	D	50	R Lanyon	Tom Naughton Tom Naughton Tom Naughton is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, writer, and stand up comedian best known for the documentary film Fat Head. He is known for his advocating of a Paleolithic diet and speaking out against the Lipid hypothesis. Naughton is a former Vegetarian and alcoholic...   Ross Wemyss	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	98	25
DNF	D	48	B Thomson	Bryan Thomson   John Mann	Alfa Romeo 1600 Giulia Super Alfa Romeo Giulia The Alfa Romeo Giulia is an Alfa Romeo automobile. Alfa was one of the first manufacturers to put a powerful engine in a light-weight car for mainstream production. The Giulia weighed about . The car was equipped with a light alloy twin overhead camshaft four-cylinder engine, similar to that of...	80	43
DNF	E	58	Mark IV Car Air Conditioning	Bob Morris Bob Morris (motor racing) Robert Morris is an Australian former racing driver. Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. Morris won Australia's premier Touring car race, the Bathurst 1000 in 1976. He also won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1979...   Ray Morris Ray Morris Ray Morris was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s. A New South Wales representative three-quarter back, he played club football in the NSWRFL Premiership for Western Suburbs from 1927 to 1932...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	80	14
DNF	E	69	Trevor Thiele Ford Pty Ltd	Trevor Meehan	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	55	7
DNF	D	33	Trevor Thiele Ford Pty Ltd	Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...   John Harvey John Harvey (motorsport) John Francis Harvey is a retired Australian racing driver. He was a top speedway driver for many years in the 1950s/1960s winning many championship races including NSW Championship 3 successive years, Victorian Championship twice.After switching from speedway to road racing, Harvey drove cars...	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	50	29
DNF	D	46	Bardahl International Oil Corp	Bob Forbes   John Millyard	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	46	13
DNF	E	63	FF Newell & Son	Bill Brown	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	43	5
DNF	E	66	Road & Track Auto Services	Fred Gibson Fred Gibson (motor racing) Fred Gibson is a former Australian racing driver and race team owner.-Competitor:After a career that began in small production sports cars, first an MGA, and later the first Lotus Elan to run in Australian competition , Gibson quickly moved up into the touring car ranks...   Barry Seton Barry Seton Barry Seton , , is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500. He has competed in the Bathurst 500 22 times, competing every year from 1963 to 1984, and completing the race in fifteen of those...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	32	3
DNF	A	9	Mazda Racing Team	Bernie Haehnle   Ray Kaleda	Mazda 1300	17	54
DNF	D	36	BS NcNaughton	Scott McNaughton   Geoff Harvey	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	7	20
DSQ	C	23	Sinclair Ford Pty Ltd	Alan Cant   Herb Taylor	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	115	41
DSQ	B	10	Datsun Racing Team	John Roxburgh John Roxburgh (racing driver) John Roxburgh, was an Australian racing driver, and motor sports administrator.Roxburgh's career was highlighted by taking victory in the original 1960 Armstrong 500 , co-driving a Vauxhall Cresta with Frank Coad...   Jon Leighton	Datsun 1600 Datsun 510 The Datsun 510 was a series of the Datsun Bluebird sold from 1968 to 1974, and offered outside the U.S. and Canada as the Datsun 1600. According to AutoWeek's G.D...	111	50
DSQ	A	2	Datsun Racing Team	Jim Laing-Peach	Datsun 1200	109	55
DNS	A	3	AMI Racing Team	Bill Evans	Toyota Corolla 1200
DNS	B	13	Harry Gapps Ford Pty Ltd	Harry Gapps   Frank Hann	Ford Cortina 1600L Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...
DNS	C	18	Waterloo High Performance Tuning Centre	Warren Gracie   Ron Gillard	Holden LC Torana GTR
DNS	C	26	Harry Gapps Ford Pty Ltd	R Kramer	Ford Escort Twin Cam
DNS	D	35	L Grose	Les Grose   Lakis Manticas	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1		31
DNS	D	52	R Lanyon	Lawrie Nelson   Tony Farrell	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38
DNS	D	53	Formula 1 International Motoring Pty Ltd	Tony Allen   Len Searle	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38
DNS	E	56	McCluskey Ford Pty Ltd	Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...   Brian Michelmore	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III
DNS	E	68	G Ward	Graham Ward	Volvo 164 Volvo 164 The Volvo 164 is a six cylinder sedan unveiled by Volvo Cars at the Paris Motor Show early in October 1968 for the 1969 model year. The company built 146,008 examples before production ended in 1975....
DNS	E	70	HG Fenton	H Fenton   F Ure	Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Phase II Ford XW Falcon -Introduction:The XW Falcon was released in June 1969 replacing the XT Falcon. The XW was an extensive facelift of the XT, featuring a new grille and tail lights...

Italics indicate driver practiced but did not take part in the race.

Statistics

• Pole Position - #65 Allan Moffat - 2:38.9
• Fastest Lap - #58 Bob Morris - 2:40 (lap record)
• Average Speed - 130 km/h

External links

• Race results & Official Program
• Autopics Bathurst images