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1975 Phillip Island 500K

The 1975 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance race for Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations. The event was held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 23 November 1975. Race distance was 106 laps of the 4.73 km circuit for a race distance of 501 km.

There were 48 starters in the event, which event was the fifth and final round of the 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by Peter Brock driving for the Gown-Hindhaugh team continuing a run of good results since Brock had left the Holden Dealer Team the previous year. Brock took a four lap win over fellow Holden Torana racer Allan Grice. Attrition bit heavily into a field low on strength in the faster cars that competed at other Australian Manufacturers' Championship events, to the point that a well driven race by the Ford Escort RS2000 of Jim Murcott and Rod Stevens brought them third place, five laps behind Brock.

Class structure

The field was divided into four engine capacity classes:

  • Class A: Up to 1300cc
  • Class B: 1301–2000cc
  • Class C: 2001 – 3000cc
  • Class D: 3001 – 6000cc

Results

PositionDriversNo.CarEntrantClassLaps123456789101112131415161718192021Other starters included the following??????DNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNFDNF
Peter Brock5Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34Gown – HindhaughD106
Allan GriceHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D102
Jim Murcott
Rod Stevens41Ford Escort RS2000B101
Kelvin Gough10Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D100
Fred GibsonAlfa Romeo 2000 GTVB98
Gary Cooke
Neil MasonMazda RX-3B98
Lawrie Nelson13Ford Capri GT3000C98
John GossFord XB Falcon GTD97
Craig BradtkeMazda RX-3C97
Bill EvansDatsun 1200A96
Graeme BlanchardHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D96
Rod McRaeHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D95
Cam RichardsonHolden LJ Torana GTR XU-1D95
Phil GeorgeDatsun 240KC93
Bob NissenFord Capri V6C91
Max de Jersey
Neil WestHonda CivicA90
Robin DudfieldAlfa Romeo GT JuniorA90
Caroline O'ShanesyMorris Cooper SA88
Ray MolloyMorris Clubman GTA83
Alan Broome
Frank BrewsterAlfa Romeo GT JuniorA83
B DerrickFord Escort GTA
B Porter
J Ainsley54Mazda 1300A
Colin CampbellFord Escort RS2000B
Ken HarrisonFord Escort GTA
Max McGinley51Honda CivicA
Ross WemyssMercedes-Benz 280E
V EvansFord Escort GTA
Colin BondHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34Marlboro Holden Dealer TeamD
Frank PorterAlfa Romeo 2000 GTVBeninca
Geoff WadeFord Escort GTA
Jim KeoghFord XB Falcon GTD
John PollardHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D
John StoopmanHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D
Murray CarterFord XB Falcon GTD
Paul BenasconiAlfa Romeo 2000 GTVAlfa Romeo Dealer Team
Peter JansonHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D
Stuart SakerHolden Torana GTR XU-1D
Warren CullenHolden LH Torana SLR5000 L34D

References

  • Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition
  • Racing Car News, January 1976
  • The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
  • The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988
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