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1971 Castrol Trophy

Motor racing meeting

Motor racing meeting

The 1971 Castrol Trophy was an endurance race for Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event, which was staged at the [[Warwick Farm Raceway| Warwick Farm]] circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 2 May 1971, was Round 2 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by Colin Bond driving a Holden Torana GTR XU-1 for the Holden Dealer Team.

Classes

As the race was an Australian Manufacturers’ Championship round, the field was divided into five classes, based on “CP Units”. The engine capacity, in litres, was multiplied by the retail price, in Australian Dollars, to arrive at a CP Unit value for each competing model.

  • Class A : 0 to 3000 CP Units
  • Class B : 3001 - 4600 CP Units
  • Class C : 4601 - 9000 CP Units
  • Class D : 9001 - 18000 CP Units
  • Class E : Over 18000 CP Units

Results

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The winner's race time for the 100 lap, 225 mile race was 3 hours 6 minutes 29.5 seconds.

From the 30 entries for the race, 28 cars started, with seven failing to finish.

References

  1. Official Programme, Warwick Farm, May 2 (1971)
  2. Bryan Hanrahan, Motor Racing The Australian Way, page 46
  3. John Medley, Bathurst, The Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 423
  4. Information Sheets No. 2, 6, 8 & 10, Australian Automobile Racing Co., National Open Meeting, Warwick Farm, Sunday, May 2, 1971
  5. Max Stahl, Toranas Top Funny Farm, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 44-46
  6. Alan Wood, Toranas to 'equalise' at Farm, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, April 30, 1971, page 12
  7. Alan Wood, Bond Tops in Car Title Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, May 3, 1971, page 14
  8. The Racing Car News report refers to Carter's car as the "Rollington Falcon". The car had been entered by "Bob Rollington" at the first round of the championship.
  9. Bond at the Farm, Australian Motor Manual, July 1971, page 49
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