1973 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1973 Australian Touring Car Championship was the 14th running of the Australian Touring Car Championship. It began at Symmons Plains on 5 March 1973 and ended at Warwick Farm after eight rounds. The series was won by Allan Moffat in a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III.
The night before Round 6 of the series at the Adelaide International Raceway, Moffat's GTHO Falcon was stolen from Stillwell Ford in the northern Adelaide suburb of Medindie. Rather than see Moffat out of the race (he was the series points leader at the time having won the opening 4 rounds and finishing 3rd in round 5), Murray Carter loaned Moffat his GTHO Falcon for the race. Peter Brock won the race while Moffat kept his points lead by finishing second. Moffat's stolen Falcon was later found abandoned in the Adelaide Hills where the thieves who had taken it for a "joy ride" dumped it when it ran out of fuel.
Teams and drivers
The following drivers competed in the 1973 ATCC. The series consisted of eight rounds held in six different states.
Two litre class competitors
Calendar
The 1973 Australian Touring Car Championship consisted of eight rounds.[2]
Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 4-3-2-1 for the first four race positions, and then 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top 6 of each class.
| Pos |
Driver |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Rd 8 |
Pts |
| 1 |
Allan Moffat |
1st(13) |
1st(13) |
1st(13) |
1st(13) |
3rd(6) |
2nd(9) |
1st(13) |
Ret |
80 |
| 2 |
Peter Brock |
2nd(9) |
Ret |
Ret |
2nd(9) |
1st(13) |
1st(13) |
DSQ |
1st(13) |
57 |
| 3 |
Graham Ritter |
8th(9) |
9th(9) |
(9) |
7th(9) |
DNS |
7th(9) |
Ret |
6th(9) |
54 |
| 4 |
Bob Holden |
|
|
(4) |
Ret |
(4) |
Ret |
10th(9) |
7th(6) |
23 |
| Eric Olsen |
Ret |
10th(6) |
(3) |
8th(6) |
10th(6) |
(2) |
|
|
23 |
| 6 |
Fred Gibson |
|
2nd(9) |
|
|
4th(4) |
|
3rd(6) |
Ret |
19 |
| 7 |
Murray Carter |
5th(2) |
4th(4) |
3rd(6) |
4th(4) |
7th |
DNS |
7th |
5th(2) |
18 |
| 8 |
Lawrie Nelson |
|
DSQ |
2nd(9) |
|
|
3rd(6) |
|
|
15 |
| Ian Geoghegan |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
2nd(9) |
Ret |
Ret |
3rd(6) |
15 |
| 10 |
Bob Morris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4th(4) |
2nd(9) |
13 |
| 11 |
Colin Bond |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2nd(9) |
|
9 |
| Lyndon Arnel |
|
|
|
|
5th(9) |
|
|
|
9 |
| Tony Farrell |
|
(3) |
(6) |
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
| 14 |
John Goss |
3rd(6) |
DSQ |
Ret |
|
5th(2) |
Ret |
Ret |
|
8 |
| 15 |
John Stoopman |
|
5th(2) |
6th(1) |
|
|
4th(4) |
|
|
7 |
| 16 |
Graham Blanchard |
10th |
3rd(6) |
8th |
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| Bill Dickson |
|
|
|
3rd(6) |
|
|
|
|
6 |
| Tony Watts |
9th(6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| Mel McEwin |
|
|
|
|
|
(6) |
|
|
6 |
| Paul Gulson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6) |
|
6 |
| 21 |
Bryan Thomson |
|
|
4th(4) |
|
|
|
6th(1) |
|
5 |
| Rod Morris |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2) |
(3) |
5 |
| 23 |
Bob Jane |
4th(4) |
DSQ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
| Don Holland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9th |
4th(4) |
4 |
| Ian Diffen |
6th(1) |
7th |
|
5th(2) |
8th |
6th(1) |
8th |
|
4 |
| John Piper |
|
(4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
| Rod Miles |
|
|
|
(4) |
|
|
|
|
4 |
| Peter Moore |
|
|
|
|
|
(4) |
|
|
4 |
| Gary Cooke |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4) |
|
4 |
| Geoff Leeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4) |
4 |
| 31 |
Adrian Lewis |
|
|
|
(3) |
|
|
|
|
3 |
| Keith McCloy |
|
|
|
|
(3) |
|
|
|
3 |
| Nick Munting |
|
|
|
|
|
(3) |
|
|
3 |
| Peter Granger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3) |
|
3 |
| 35 |
Rod McRae |
|
DSQ |
5th(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Tony Niovanni |
|
DSQ |
7th |
|
|
5th(2) |
|
|
2 |
| Lakis Manticas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5th(2) |
|
2 |
| A. Colledge |
|
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| P. Lyons |
|
|
(2) |
|
|
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|
|
2 |
| Elemer Vajda |
|
|
|
(2) |
|
|
|
|
2 |
| Alan Cant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2) |
2 |
| 42 |
Stewart McLeod |
|
6th(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| John Lewis |
|
|
|
6th(1) |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Dick Johnson |
|
|
|
|
6th(1) |
|
|
|
1 |
| Garry Rowe |
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Ted Mudie |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
1 |
| Pos |
Driver |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Rd 8 |
Pts |
|
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Withdrew (WD) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank |
Did not participate (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
|
Two litre class competitors
References
