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1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500

Motor race in Australia

The 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the 11th running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1970 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to standard production sedans competing in five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle (in Australian dollars).

Allan Moffat won his first Bathurst endurance race, leading home Bruce McPhee in a one-two result for the Ford works team and their Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II's. It was the fifth Phillip Island / Bathurst 500 victory for the factory team. Third, a lap behind the Fords, was Don Holland driving a Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1.

Defending winners Colin Bond and Tony Roberts drove separate cars in the event. Bond finished 16th in his Holden Dealer Team Torana GTR XU-1 after having led the early laps, while Roberts was lucky to survive a spectacular accident when his Ford Falcon GTHO crashed at Skyline only 6 laps from the finish. The Falcon spun backwards, leapt over the guard rail and rolled about 50 metres down the mountain before being stopped by a tree.

Class structure

Class A

For cars up to $1,960. It was made up of Datsun 1200s, 1.3 litre Ford Escorts, Mazda 1300s and Toyota Corollas. A Datsun 1200 won the class with an average lap time of 3 minutes, 26 seconds.

Class B

The $1,961 to $2,400 class consisted of Datsun 1600, Fiat 128, Ford Cortina and 2.6 litre Holden Torana.

Class C

The $2,401 to $3,150 class saw a mix of two barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, 1.6 litre Ford Escort, 3.1 litre Holden Torana and Morris Cooper S.

Class D

The $3,151 to $4,100 class featured only the four barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, a Fiat 125 and a Triumph 2.5 PI although a Ford Capri was also entered but did not start.

Class E

For cars over $4,100. Apart from a single BMW 2800 and a Holden Monaro the class consisted only of Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II.

Top 10 Qualifiers

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car
64	Ford Motor Co of Australia	CAN Allan Moffat	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:49.3
63	Ford Motor Co of Australia	AUS Bruce McPhee	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:50.0
62	Ford Motor Co of Australia	AUS Fred Gibson	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:53.6
39	Holden Dealer Team	AUS Colin Bond	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	2:54.0
30	Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd	AUS Don Holland	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	2:54.3
40	Holden Dealer Team	AUS Peter Brock	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	2:54.8
67	The Tony Roberts Team	AUS Tony Roberts	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:54.9
56	Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd	AUS Graham Ritter	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:55.1
55	Finnie Ford Pty Ltd	AUS David McKay	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:55.1
60	Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd	AUS Bob Muir	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	2:55.4

Results

Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual
Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
E	64	Ford Motor Co of Australia	Canada Allan Moffat	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	130	1
E	63	Ford Motor Co of Australia	Australia Bruce McPhee	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	130	2
C	30	Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Don Holland	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	129	5
C	35	Geoghegan's Sporty Cars	Australia Doug Chivas
Australia Graham Ryan	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrel	129	25
C	34	Geoghegan's Sporty Cars	Australia Leo Geoghegan
Australia Nick Ledingham	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrel	128	22
C	33	McLeod Kelso & Lee Pty Ltd	Australia George Garth
Australia John Hall	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	128	19
D	51	Geoghegan's Sporty Cars	Australia Peter Brown
Australia Des West	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel	127	11
C	31	Booran Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Brian Reed
Australia Bob Watson	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	127	14
E	53	McLeod Ford Pty Ltd	Australia John Goss
Australia Bob Skelton	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	127	32
C	28	Waterloo High Performance Centre	Australia Ron Gillard
Australia Warren Gracie	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	126	30
C	37	Boyded Pty Ltd	Australia Bob Martin
Australia Spencer Martin	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	125	16
E	66	Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited	Australia Bill Ford
Australia Hans Tholstrup	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	125	21
C	38	Holden Dealer Team	Australia Sandra Bennett
Australia Christine Cole	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	123	24
E	65	Alto Ford Racing Pty Ltd	Australia Bob Holden
Australia (Bill Fanning)	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	123	26
D	46	Central Motors (Nepean) Pty Ltd	Australia Bob Cook
Australia Alan Cant	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel	121	31
C	39	Holden Dealer Team	Australia Colin Bond	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	119	4
C	36	Thomson Ford Pty Ltd	Australia Bob Drane	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	119	34
E	54	Rowell Thiele Ford Pty Ltd	Australia Trevor Meehan
Australia Peter Wherrett	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	118	15
B	23	W.H. Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Don Smith
Australia (Herb Taylor)	Datsun 1600	117	38
B	20	Datsun Racing Team	Australia Doug Whiteford	Datsun 1600	117	39
C	42	Muir Motors (Ryde) Pty Ltd	Australia Martin Cortese
Australia Chris Cronan	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	117	29
E	58	Eiffeltower Group	Australia Jack Nougher
Australia David O'Keefe	BMW 2800	117	33
D	47	John McNicol Pty Ltd
Zanardo & Rodriguez	Australia Ron Kearns
Australia Gerry Lister	Fiat 125S	116	40
A	6	Datsun Racing Team	Australia Jon Leighton
Australia Barry Tapsall	Datsun 1200	114	43
A	1	Denlo Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Bernie Haehnle
Australia Neil Revell	Mazda 1300	114	47
A	12	John Palmer Motors	Australia Gary Hodge
Australia John Leffler	Mazda 1300	113	45
A	10	AMI Racing Team	Australia Brian Sampson
Australia Dick Thurston	Toyota Corolla	113	48
A	7	Mazda House Pty Ltd	Australia Barry Ferguson
Australia Jim Laing-Peach	Mazda 1300	112	50
B	21	Kloster Pty Ltd	Australia Ray Marquet
Australia Geoff Westbury	Ford Cortina 240 Mk.II	112	53
A	9	AMI Racing Team	Australia Max Stewart
Australia Dick Young	Toyota Corolla	112	51
D	48	TVW 7 Perth
Artransa Park Television	Australia Brian Culcheth
Australia Lyndon McLeod	Triumph 2.5 PI	111	37
A	13	Tynan Motors	Australia Ray Morris	Mazda 1300	111	54
A	4	Parry's Car Sales Pty Ltd	Australia Trevor Mason	Mazda 1300	111	55
C	32	Fair Deal Car Sales Pty Ltd	Australia Digby Cooke
Australia David Seldon	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	108	13
A	14	C Kennedy	Australia Carl Kennedy
Australia Bill Slattery	Datsun 1200	108	56
C	26	P & R Williams	Australia Lyn Keefe
Australia Arthur Olsen	Morris Cooper S	107	57
C	40	Holden Dealer Team	Australia Peter Brock
Australia Bob Morris	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	107	6
A	2	Marque Motors	Australia Bill Stanley
Australia Mike Kable	Toyota Corolla	106	52
B	22	Grenville Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Peter Finlay
Australia Bob Forbes	Fiat 128	106	58
C	43	BP Muirfield Service Station	Australia Ross Hewison
Australia Brian Hones	Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I	105	36
A	8	Harry Gapps Ford Pty Ltd	Australia Harry Gapps
Australia Frank Hann	Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I	103	59
A	15	Woman's Day	Australia Carole Corness
Australia Gloria Taylor	Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I	103	60
D	49	J Butta	Australia Joe Butta
Australia Bob Genders	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel	63	18
E	67	The Tony Roberts Team	Australia Tony Roberts	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	124	7
A	5	Datsun Racing Team	Australia John Roxburgh	Datsun 1200	100	46
A	11	AMI Racing Team	Australia Bill Evans
Australia Gary Cooke	Toyota Corolla	98	49
C	27	Les Grose Racing Division	Australia Les Grose
Australia Keith Grose	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	81	27
B	19	G Moore	Australia Graham Moore
Australia Bill Brown	Holden LC Torana 2600S	52	42
E	56	Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd	Australia Graham Ritter
Australia Richard Knight	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	49	8
D	50	N Beechey	Australia Norm Beechey
Australia Bruce Hindhaugh	Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel	39	17
C	29	Pat Cullen's Garage	Australia John Keran
Australia Clyde Hodgins	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	38	23
E	62	Ford Motor Co of Australia	Australia Fred Gibson
Australia Barry Seton	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	33	3
B	24	W.H. Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Bruce Stewart
Australia Iain Corness	Datsun 1600	32	41
E	61	Byrt Ford Pty Ltd	Australia Garry Rush
Australia Martin Chenery	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	27	12
E	55	Finnie Ford Pty Ltd	Australia David McKay	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	23	9
E	57	Aunger Accessories
Fairway Ford	Australia Kym Aunger
Australia Johnnie Walker	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	18	28
E	59	Southern Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Bruce Hodgson	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	16	35
E	69	EL Hugo	Australia David Sheldon	Holden HT Monaro GTS 350	11	20
E	60	Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd	Australia Bob Beasley
Australia Bob Muir	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	6	10
A	3	Tynan Motors	Australia Geoff Leeds
Australia Les Carne	Mazda 1300	3	44
E	70	Rollington Pty Ltd	Australia Murray Carter	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
E	71	Ira L & AC Birk Pty Ltd	Australia Nick Petrilli
Australia Mike Savva	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
D	52	B Arentz	Australia Barry Arentz
Australia Brian Michelmore	Ford Capri V6 GT
C	45	Sydney Speed Shop Pty Ltd	Australia Scott McNaughton
Australia Bob Inglis	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
C	44	R Radford	Australia Rick Radford	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
A	17	M Daddo	Australia M Daddo
Australia P Ulbrich	Morris Mini K
A	18	RG Lanyon	Australia A Barrett
Australia R Withers	Mazda 1300

Statistics

Pole Position - #64 Allan Moffat - 2:49.3
Fastest Lap - #53 Goss/Skelton - 2:53 (lap record)
Race time of winning car - 6:33:47

References

(18 November 1970). "New Datsun 1200 wins Class A in Bathurst 500". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier.
Official Programme, 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500, pages 28-29
"How They Finished Last Year", Official Programme, 1971 Hardie Ferodo 500, page 58 indicates that Fanning co-drove the car with Holden. Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1990 edition, page 300 omits Fanning from the results
"How They Finished Last Year", Official Programme, 1971 Hardie Ferodo 500, page 58 indicates that Taylor co-drove the car with Smith. Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1990 edition, page 300 states that both Smith and Taylor have confirmed that Smith completed the race solo

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