1972 Phillip Island 500K
The 1972 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance motor race open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[1] The event, which was Heat 4 of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was held on 21 October 1972 at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia over a distance of 318 miles [2] (512 km).
Class Structure
As a heat of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, the race featured four classes defined by "Capacity Price Units".[3] The CP Unit value for each car was assessed by multiplying the engine capacity (in litres) by the Sydney retail price (in Australian dollars).[3]
- Class A : Up to 3,000 CP Units
- Class B : 3,001 to 9,000 CP Units
- Class C : 9,001 to 18,000 CP Units
- Class D : Over 18,000 CP Units [3]
Results
| Position [2] | Drivers [2] | No.[2] | Car [2] | Entrant [2] | Class [2] | Class Pos.[2] | Laps [2] |
| 1 | Allan Moffat | 1 | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III [4] | Ford Motor Company | D | 1 | 106 |
| 2 | Peter Brock | 28 [5] | Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 | Holden Dealer Team | C | 1 | 106 |
| 3 | Fred Gibson | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III [4] | Ford Motor Company | D | 2 | 104 | |
| 4 | Graeme Blanchard | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | Graeme Blanchard Motors | C | 2 | 102 | |
| 5 | Colin Bond | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 | Holden Dealer Team | C | 3 | 102 | |
| 6 | Tom Naughton | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger | Eastside Chrysler | D | 3 | 102 | |
| 7 | Murray Carter | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III [4] | D | 4 | 101 | ||
| 8 | Tony Niovanni | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [6] | Peter Robinson | C | 4 | 100 | |
| 9 | John Stoopman | Holden Torana GTR XU-1 [6] | C | 5 | 99 | ||
| 10 | Bill Gates | 51 [7] | Ford Escort Twin Cam [7] | Morley Ford | B | 1 | 98 |
| 11 | Lakis Manticas | Ford Escort | Slideaway Car Roofs | B | 2 | 98 | |
| 12 | Jim Murcott | Ford Escort | Brian Wood Ford | B | 3 | 98 | |
| 13 | Rogerson | Mazda Capella | B | 4 | 96 | ||
| 14 | Harrison | C or D | 96 | ||||
| 15 | John Piper | Ford Escort | B | 5 | 96 | ||
| 16 | Garth | Mazda Capella | B | 6 | 93 | ||
| 17 | Geoff Perry | Mazda 1300 | Bainbridge Motors | A | 1 | 90 | |
| 18 | Mel Mollison | Mazda 1300 | Bainbridge Motors | A | 2 | 90 | |
| 19 | Fred Sutherland, Gary Keen | Mazda 1300 | Victorian Police Motor Sport Club | A | 3 | 88 | |
| 20 | Allan Keith | Ford Escort | B | 7 | 87 | ||
| 21 | Whiteford | Datsun | A | 4 | 84 | ||
| 22 | G Parnaby | 44 [7] | Datsun 1600 [7] | B [7] | 8 | 79 | |
| NC | Roxburgh, Leighton | Datsun | A | ||||
| ? | Evans | Datsun | A | ||||
| ? | Ovenden | C or D | |||||
| DNF | Nelson | Chrysler VH Valiant Charger | D | ||||
| DNF | Des West | Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III [4] | D | 36 |
References
- ↑ Eligibilty for the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was restricted to Group E Series Production Touring Cars, as outlined in Australian Title Conditions, 1972 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 89
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tom Naughton, Ford Scores at The Island, Racing Car News, December 1972, pages 74-75 & 81
- 1 2 3 Official Programme, Adelaide International Raceway, 27 August 1972
- 1 2 3 4 Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, Ford - The Racing History, 1989, page 289
- ↑ 500K:Moffat's Revenge, Australian Motor Manual, January 1973, pages 42-43
- 1 2 Stewart Wilson, Holden -The Official Racing History, 1988, page 335
- 1 2 3 4 5 Autopics image of Gates & Parnaby Retrieved on 11 October 2010
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