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1971 Sandown 250

The 1971 Sandown 250 was an endurance motor race open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1971 over 130 laps, approximately 250 miles (403 km). The race was Round 3 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race, which is recognised as the sixth "Sandown 500", was won by Colin Bond driving a Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1.

Classes

As a round of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the race featured five classes based on Capacity Price Units with the CP Unit value for each model determined by multiplying the engine capacity of the vehicle in litres by its retail price in Australian dollars.

Class A : Up to 3000 CP Units
Class B : 3001 to 4600 CP Units
Class C : 4601 to 9000 CP Units
Class D : 9001 to 18000 CP Units
Class E : Over 1800 CP Units

Results

DNS	Bill Evans	8	Toyota Corolla	A.M.I. Racing Team	A	-	-

Notes

Attendance: 25,000
Number of entries in Official Programme: 44
Starters: 37
Finishers: 25
Pole position: Allan Moffat, 1 minute 21.4 seconds
Race time of winning car: 3 hours 5 minutes 21.0 seconds

References

The Age, Monday, September 13, 1971, page 21
Official Programme, Sandown, September 11 & 12 1971
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200805124602/https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/end-of-an-era-sandown-500s-complex-history/ Stefan Bartholomaeus, End of an era, Sandown 500’s complex history, 6/11/2019, www.supercars.com, as archived at web.archive.org]
Modern Motor, November 1971, page 95
Racing Car News, May 1971, page 54
Racing Car News, October 1971, pages 68-71
Sandown 250 Boilover!, Australian Motoring News, Friday, September 24, 1971, pages 8 & 9
The Official Programme lists Doug Gardiner in an Alfa Romeo 1750 and an Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina. The race report in Australian Motoring News lists him in an Alfa Romeo GTV.
Racing Car News refers to Garth's Capella competing in the race. The Official Programme has John Hall or George Garth driving Capella No 22. Australian Motoring News lists John Hall (Mazda Capella) as a finisher.
Perry is omitted from the list of finishers in the Australian Motoring News report but is shown as third in Class A in the same publication.
Australian Muscle Car, Issue 101, page 52
The Racing Car News report mentions Ward's Escort competing in the race but it is not included in the list of finishers published in Australian Motoring News
Holden Wins 250, Australian Auto Action, September 17, 1971, pages 2,4 & 5
Disaster Day for the Fords, Australian Motoring News, Friday, September 24, 1971, page 1
Stewart Wilson and Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 287
Bill Evans is listed in the Official Programme in both a Class A Toyota Corolla and a Class C Ford Escort. Racing Car News mentions that he drove both cars in Practice and was "likely to start in the Escort". The results in the same publication show him in the Ford Escort.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181713/https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/when-torana-first-slayed-the-v8-goliaths/ V8 Sleuth staff, 3 April 2019, When Torana first slayed the V8 goliaths, www.v8sleuth.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]

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