1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was an endurance motor race open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972....

. The race was held on 1 October 1972 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...

. Cars competed in four classes defined by Capacity Price Units, where the engine capacity, expressed in litres (to three decimal places), was multiplied by the purchase price in Australian dollars to arrive at a CP value for each vehicle. It 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...

race and the last to be held over the original distance of 500 miles. It was also the last to allow drivers to compete for the full distance without a relief driver. The race was the third round of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The Australian Manufacturers' Championship is a motor racing title awarded by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport to the winning car manufacturer in a series of races held throughout Australia...

.

The race was memorable as the first time rain had significantly affected the race. It was won by 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...

driving a 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...

prepared Holden Torana

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...

, the first of Brock's record nine victories. Brock finished a lap ahead of Queensland racer 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...

driving a Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III. A further lap behind was the Chrysler Valiant Charger of 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....

. It was the only time the big three manufacturers of Australia in the 60's and 70's all had representatives in the top three finishers.

Class A

The smallest class was for under 3000 CP units. It was made up of Chrysler Galant

Mitsubishi Galant

The first generation of the car, initially known as the Colt Galant, was released in December 1969. The design was dubbed "Dynawedge" by Mitsubishi, referring to the influence of aerodynamics on the silhouette. Three models were available, powered by the new 'Saturn' engine in 1.3 or 1.5 L ...

, 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...

, Fiat 850

Fiat 850

The Fiat 850 is a small longitudinal-rear-engined rear wheel drive car which was produced between 1964 and 1973.-Overview:Its technical design was an evolution of the very successful Fiat 600. The internal name for the Fiat 600 development project was "Project 100" and consequently, the internal...

and 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...

Class B

The 3001 to 9000 CP units class saw a mix of 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...

, 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...

, Ford Escort, 2.8 litre Holden Torana

Holden Torana

and 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....

Class C

The 9001 to 18000 CP units class featured Alfa Romeo GTV 1750

Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce)

The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars made by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car....

, E38 version of the Chrysler Valiant Charger and 3.3 litre Holden Torana

Holden Torana

Class D

For cars over 18001 CP units, the class consisted only of E49 version of the Chrysler Valiant Charger and Ford Falcon GT-HO.

Results

Results sourced in part from:

Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos
1	C	28	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 LJ Torana GTR XU-1	130	5
2	D	5	Bryan Byrt Ford Pty Ltd	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	3
3	D	15	D Beck	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.... Damon Beck	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49	128	9
4	D	2	Geoghegan 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...	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49	127	6
5	C	19	Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd	Don Holland	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	125	11
6	C	37	R Forbes	Bob Forbes	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	124	12
7	D	10	CP Gulson	Paul Gulson Ray Gulson	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	123	16
8	C	20	Roamer Watches of Australia Pty Ltd	Ray Kaleda Paul Pressler	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38	122	26
9	D	1	Ford Motor Company 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	122	1
10	D	3	M Carter	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	120	22
11	D	4	Eastside Chrysler	Tony Farrell 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...	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49	118	21
12	B	44	Rowell Thiele Ford Pty Ltd	Digby Cooke Geoff Leeds	Ford Escort GT 1600 Mk.I	117	31
13	B	37	Mazda Dealer Team	Wayne Rogerson	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	27
14	B	41	Mazda Dealer Team	Bernie Haehnle	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....	116	39
15	B	36	Finnie Ford Pty Ltd	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... Herb Taylor	Ford Escort GT 1600 Mk.I	116	34
16	B	38	Slideaway Car Roofs Pty Ltd	Pat Hogan Lakis Manticas	Ford Escort GT 1600 Mk.I	116	28
17	C	25	AF&M Beninca Pty Ltd	Ray Harrison Mal Robertson	Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV	115	33
18	B	52	Bruce Lynton Car Sales	Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which...	Ford Escort GT 1600 Mk.I	115	38
19	B	43	Rolls Motors 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...	115	37
20	C	32	Leach Motors	George Giesberts	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	113	24
21	B	49	Mazda Dealer Team	George Garth	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....	112	30
22	B	51	Chas Tierney Pty Ltd	Mal Brewster Ray Strong	Holden LC Torana GTR	112	40
23	B	39	R Wedd	Bob Cracknell Bob Wedd	Holden LC Torana GTR	111	36
24	A	73	Datsun Racing Team	Bill Evans	Datsun 1200	107	50
25	A	72	Mazda Dealer Team	Gary Cooke	Mazda 1300	106	48
26	A	63	Datsun Racing Team	Jon Leighton	Datsun 1200	106	53
27	A	62	Mazda Dealer Team	Lynn Brown	Mazda 1300	106	49
28	A	64	Bainbridge Motors	Mel Mollison M Hayson	Mazda 1300	105	47
29	B	53	B Bassingthwaighte / R Hanger	Ray Hanger Barry Bassingthwaite	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	105	43
30	A	75	WH Motors Pty Ltd	Bruce Stewart	Datsun 1200	105	57
31	A	70	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	104	55
32	A	61	WH Motors Pty Ltd	Don Smith	Datsun 1200	103	56
33	B	45	Davidson Motors	Doug Grimson Morrie Miller	Datsun 1600	103	54
34	A	71	LC Giddings & Son	Ray Lintott	Datsun 1200	102	60
35	A	69	Formula 1 Europa-Garage	Gary Leggatt	Fiat 850 Coupe Fiat 850 The Fiat 850 is a small longitudinal-rear-engined rear wheel drive car which was produced between 1964 and 1973.-Overview:Its technical design was an evolution of the very successful Fiat 600. The internal name for the Fiat 600 development project was "Project 100" and consequently, the internal...	101	52
DNF	B	48	Olbis Industries	Eric Olsen	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	104	32
DNF	C	21	G Lister	Gerry Lister David Seldon	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	103	15
DNF	B	42	AR Keith	Alan Keith	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I		42
DNF	A	66	Collins Motors	Roger Bonhomme	Chrysler Valiant Galant	94	59
DNF	B	47	Pacific Film Laboratories Pty Ltd	Christine Gibson Jan Holland	Holden LJ Torana 2850	88	44
DNF	D	14	Essendon Chrysler	Lawrie Nelson 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...	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49		13
DNF	A	68	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	76	51
DNF	D	13	Gold Power Automotive Australia Pty Ltd	Des West	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	74	10
DNF	C	29	Norman G. Booth Pty Ltd	Graham Moore	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	72	8
DNF	C	30	D&P Traders Pty Ltd	Pat Peck	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	71	25
DNF	B	46	M Grayson	Max Grayson Bill Gates	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	68	41
DNF	C	31	Ron Hodgson Motors	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 LJ Torana GTR XU-1	66	19
DNF	B	54	Bryan Byrt Ford Pty Ltd	Lyndon Arnel	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	64	35
DNF	A	65	Datsun Racing Team Qld	Barry Tapsall	Datsun 1200	46	58
DNF	D	11	Formula 1 Europa-Garage	Tony Allen Len Searle	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49	36	20
DNF	D	12	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:...	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	24	2
DNF	B	40	Brian Wood Ford	Jim Murcott	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	23	29
DNF	D	8	Ford Motor Company 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...	Fred Gibson	Ford XY Falcon GT-HO Phase III	22	4
DNF	C	33	WS Negus	Wayne Negus Neville Grigsby	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	21	14
DNF	C	22	P Ramsay	Bill Brown	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	20	18
DNF	D	9	Lakemba Chrysler	Graham Ryan	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49	14	17
DNF	B	50	HLVines	Herb Vines Chris Batger	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	8	45
DNF	C	24	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 LJ Torana GTR XU-1	2	7
DSQ	A	67	Bainbridge Motors	Geoff Perry	Mazda 1300	107	46
DNS	A	74	Victorian Police Motor Sports Club	Fred Sutherland	Mazda 1300
DNS	C	35	Cessnock Motor Works Pty Ltd	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1

Statistics

Pole Position - #1 Allan Moffat - 2:35.8
Fastest Lap - #1 Allan Moffat - 2:36.5 (lap record)
Average Speed - 133 km/h

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