The 1973 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars,[1] staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1973.[2] Race distance was 106 laps of the 4.73 km circuit, a total distance of 501.38 km.[2] The race, which was the fifth and final round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship,[2] was the third Phillip Island 500.
The race was won by Peter Brock, driving a Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 for the Holden Dealer Team.
Classes
Cars competed in four engine capacity classes.[2]
- Class A: Up to 1300cc[2]
- Class B: 1301 – 2000cc[2]
- Class C: 2001 – 3000cc[2]
- Class D: Over 3000cc[2]
Results
Notes
- Entries in Official Souvenir Programme: 47[3]
- Entries on Starting Position Grid Sheet: 39[10]
- Pole Position: Allan Moffat (Ford Falcon GT), 1m 59.8[10]
References
- ^ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 95 – indicates that the 1973 Australian Manufacturers Championship was open to Group C Touring Cars
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Phillip Island 500k, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 139 to 143
- ^ a b c d e f Official Souvenir Programme, Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island, November 25th (1973)
- ^ All Torana XU1s listed in these results are shown as 3310cc in the Official Souvenir Programme and are therefore assumed to be LJ series Holden Torana GTR XU-1s
- ^ a b c d Phillip Island Double, Modern Motor, February 1974, page 98 to 101
- ^ a b Image of No 37 Holden LC Torana GTR of Roger Bonhomme at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ^ Kennedy is not shown in the Starting Position Grid Sheet but is shown in the race results published in Australian Competition Yearbook
- ^ Australian Competition Yearbook has N. Riley, Official Souvenir Programme has Noel Riley
- ^ Australian Competition Yearbook has J. Bundy, Official Souvenir Programme has John Bundy
- ^ a b c d e Starting Position Grid Sheet
- ^ a b c Tom Naughton, Brock Does It For Holden, Racing Car News, January 1974, pages 29 to 31
- ^ Racing Car News lists Murphy in a Honda Civic and he is shown on the Starting Position Grid Sheet as driving Honda Civic No. 64. The Official Souvenir Programme lists the No. 64 Honda Civic with Peter Janson as the driver.
- ^ Australian Competition Yearbook has G. Cooke, Official Souvenir Programme has Gary Cooke
- ^ a b c General Firth’s Man.Champ.Coup, Australian Motor Manual, February 1974, pages 64 & 65
- ^ a b c d Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 290
- ^ Entrant in Official Souvenir Programme shown as Blancha
- ^ Image of No 12 Holden LJ Torana of Rod McRae at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ^ Racing Car News has Phil Brock and Tom Naughton, Programme has Phillip Brock
- ^ Official Souvenir Programme has Bob Jane as the driver of Bob Jane Racing Torana XU1 No. 2, Australian Competition Yearbook has John Harvey "in the Bob Torana XU-1"
- ^ Image of No 27 Holden LJ Torana of Stuart Saker at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
Further reading
- Toranas fill first five places, The Age 26 November 1973, page 24
