1971 Castrol Trophy

The 1971 Castrol Trophy was an endurance race for Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event, which was staged at the Warwick Farm circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 2 May 1971, was Round 2 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.[1][2]

The race was won by Colin Bond driving a Holden Torana GTR XU-1 for the Holden Dealer Team.

Classes

As the race was an Australian Manufacturers’ Championship round, the field was divided into five classes, based on “CP Units”. The engine capacity, in litres, was multiplied by the retail price, in Australian Dollars, to arrive at a CP Unit value for each competing model.

  • Class A : 0 to 3000 CP Units
  • Class B : 3001 - 4600 CP Units
  • Class C : 4601 - 9000 CP Units
  • Class D : 9001 - 18000 CP Units
  • Class E : Over 18000 CP Units[3]

Results

Position [4] Drivers [4] No.[4] Car [4] Entrant [1] Class [4] Class Pos. Laps [4]
1 Colin Bond 22 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team D 1 100
2 Peter Brock 23 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team D 2 100
3 Allan Moffat 40 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company [5] E 1 99
4 Don Smith 27 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 W.H. Motors P/L D 3 98
5 Barry Seton 21 Ford Escort Twin Cam Barry Seton C 1 96
6 Bill Evans 18 Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans Developments C 2 96
7 Bob Morris 31 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Mark IV Car Air Conditioning D 4 95
8 George Giesberts, Scott Townsend 16 Ford Escort Twin Cam Smith Ford, Clayfield C 3 95
9 Bob Forbes 12 Fiat 124 Coupe Fiat Dealers Team C 4 95
10 Jim Murcott 20 Ford Escort Twin Cam Jim Murcott C 5 ?
11 Bruce Allison 19 Ford Escort Twin Cam Bruce Allison C 6 ?
12 Lakis Manticas 4 Morris Cooper S British Leyland Works Team B 1 94
13 Barry Sharp 38 Ford XY Falcon GT Brabham Ford [5] E 2 94
14 Bruce McPhee 42 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Bardahl International Oil Co.[5] E 3 94
15 Bruce Stewart 10 Datsun 1600 SSS W.H. Motors P/L B 2 93
16 Bill Stanley 5 Morris Cooper S Marque Motors B 3 92
17 Norm Beechey 32 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer Shell Racing D 5 ?
18 John French 41 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Ford Motor Company [6] E 4 90 [7]
19 Doug Whiteford 3 Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team A 1 90
20 Jim Laing-Peach 1 Mazda 1300 Mazda House A 2 90
DNF Murray Carter 37 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Bob Rollington [8] E - ?
DNF Don Holland 30 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Max Wright Motors P/L D - ?
DNF Warren Gracie 11 Holden Torana GTR Waterloo High Perf. Tuning Centre C - ?
DNF John Piper 17 Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans Developments B - ?
DNF Paul Gulson 6 Morris Cooper S Marque Motors B - ?
DNF Doug Chivas 34 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer Geoghegan's Sporty Cars D - 83 [9]
DNF Geoff Hunter 35 [5] Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer Harvey Drew P/L D - 26
Disq [5] Les Grose 9 Morris Cooper S Les Grose B - 92
DNS Clive Millis, Ken Hastings [1] 15 Mazda Capella Rotary [1] Clive Millis Motors P/L [1] C [1] - -
DNS Digby Cooke [1] 28 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 [1] Fair Deal Car Sales [1] D [1] - -

The winner's race time for the 100 lap, 225 mile race was 3 hours 6 minutes 29.5 seconds.[5]

From the 30 entries for the race,[6] 28 cars started, with seven failing to finish.[7]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Official Programme, Warwick Farm, May 2 (1971)
  2. ^ Bryan Hanrahan, Motor Racing The Australian Way, page 46
  3. ^ John Medley, Bathurst, The Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 423
  4. ^ a b c d e f Information Sheets No. 2, 6, 8 & 10, Australian Automobile Racing Co., National Open Meeting, Warwick Farm, Sunday, May 2, 1971
  5. ^ a b c d e f Max Stahl, Toranas Top Funny Farm, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 44-46
  6. ^ a b Alan Wood, Toranas to 'equalise' at Farm, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, April 30, 1971, page 12
  7. ^ a b Alan Wood, Bond Tops in Car Title Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, May 3, 1971, page 14
  8. ^ The Racing Car News report refers to Carter's car as the "Rollington Falcon". The car had been entered by "Bob Rollington" at the first round of the championship.
  9. ^ Bond at the Farm, Australian Motor Manual, July 1971, page 49

Further reading

  • Australian Title Conditions, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1971, page 82
  • Holden, The Official Racing History, 1988, page 333
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