1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500

The 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the 11th running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1970 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to standard production sedans competing in five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle (in Australian dollars).

1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500
Previous: 1969 Next: 1971

Allan Moffat won his first Bathurst enduro leading home Bruce McPhee in a one-two result for the Ford Works Team and their Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II's. It was the fifth Phillip Island / Bathurst 500 victory for the factory team. Third, a lap behind the Fords, was Don Holland driving a Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1.

Defending winners Colin Bond and Tony Roberts drove separate cars in the event. Bond finished 16th in his Holden Dealer Team Torana GTR XU-1 after having led the early laps, while Roberts was lucky to survive what was the biggest accident in the races history to that point when his GTHO Falcon crashed at Skyline only 6 laps from the finish. The Falcon spun backwards, leapt over the guard rail and rolled about 50 metres down the mountain before being stopped by a tree.

Class structure
A race replica of the Ford XW Falcon GTHO driven by Kim Aunger and John Walker in the 1970 Hardie Ferodo 500

Class A

For cars up to $1,960. It was made up of Datsun 1200s, 1.3 litre Ford Escorts, Mazda 1300s and Toyota Corollas. A Datsun 1200 won the class with an average lap time of 3 minutes, 26 seconds.[1]

Class B

The $1,961 to $2,400 class consisted of Datsun 1600, Fiat 128, Ford Cortina and 2.6 litre Holden Torana.

Class C

The $2,401 to $3,150 class saw a mix of two barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, 1.6 litre Ford Escort, 3.1 litre Holden Torana and Morris Cooper S.

Class D

The $3,151 to $4,100 class featured only the four barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, a Fiat 125 and a Triumph 2.5 PI although a Ford Capri was also entered but did not start.

Class E

For cars over $4,100. Apart from a single BMW 2800 and a Holden Monaro the class consisted only of Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II.

Top 10 Qualifiers
PosNoTeamDriverCarQual
Pole 64 Ford Motor Co of Australia Allan Moffat Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:49.3
2 63 Ford Motor Co of Australia Bruce McPhee Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:50.0
3 62 Ford Motor Co of Australia Fred Gibson Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:53.6
4 39 Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.0
5 30 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Don Holland Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.3
6 40 Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.8
7 67 The Tony Roberts Team Tony Roberts Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:54.9
8 56 Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd Graham Ritter Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.1
9 55 Finnie Ford Pty Ltd David McKay Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.1
10 60 Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd Bob Muir Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.4

Results
Pos Class No Entrant[2] Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
1 E 64 Ford Motor Co of Australia Allan Moffat Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 130 1
2 E 63 Ford Motor Co of Australia Bruce McPhee Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 130 2
3 C 30 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Don Holland Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 129 5
4 C 35 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Doug Chivas
Graham Ryan		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrell 129 25
5 C 34 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Leo Geoghegan
Nick Ledingham		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrell 128 22
6 C 33 McLeod Kelso & Lee Pty Ltd George Garth
John Hall		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 128 19
7 D 51 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Peter Brown
Des West		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 127 11
8 C 31 Booran Motors Pty Ltd Brian Reed
Bob Watson		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 127 14
9 E 53 McLeod Ford Pty Ltd John Goss
Bob Skelton		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 127 32
10 C 28 Waterloo High Performance Centre Ron Gillard
Warren Gracie		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 126 30
11 C 37 Boyded Pty Ltd Bob Martin
Spencer Martin		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 125 16
12 E 66 Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited Bill Ford
Hans Tholstrup		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 125 21
13 C 38 Holden Dealer Team Sandra Bennett
Christine Cole		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 123 24
14 E 65 Alto Ford Racing Pty Ltd Bob Holden
Bill Fanning		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 123 26
15 D 46 Central Motors (Nepean) Pty Ltd Bob Cook
Alan Cant		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 121 31
16 C 39 Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 119 4
17 C 36 Thomson Ford Pty Ltd Bob Drane Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 119 34
18 E 54 Rowell Thiele Ford Pty Ltd Trevor Meehan
Peter Wherrett		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 118 15
19 B 23 W.H. Motors Pty Ltd Don Smith
Herb Taylor		 Datsun 1600 117 38
20 B 20 Datsun Racing Team Doug Whiteford Datsun 1600 117 39
21 C 42 Muir Motors (Ryde) Pty Ltd Martin Cortese
Chris Cronan		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 117 29
22 E 58 Eiffeltower Group Jack Nougher
David O'Keefe		 BMW 2800 117 33
23 D 47 John McNicol Pty Ltd
Zanardo & Rodriguez		 Ron Kearns
Gerry Lister		 Fiat 125S 116 40
24 A 6 Datsun Racing Team Jon Leighton
Barry Tapsall		 Datsun 1200 114 43
25 A 1 Denlo Motors Pty Ltd Bernie Haehnle
Neil Revell		 Mazda 1300 114 47
26 A 12 John Palmer Motors Gary Hodge
John Leffler		 Mazda 1300 113 45
27 A 10 AMI Racing Team Brian Sampson
Dick Thurston		 Toyota Corolla 113 48
28 A 7 Mazda House Pty Ltd Barry Ferguson
Jim Laing-Peach		 Mazda 1300 112 50
29 B 21 Kloster Pty Ltd Ray Marquet
Geoff Westbury		 Ford Cortina 240 Mk.II 112 53
30 A 9 AMI Racing Team Max Stewart
Dick Young		 Toyota Corolla 112 51
31 D 48 TVW 7 Perth
Artransa Park Television		 Brian Culcheth
Lyndon McLeod		 Triumph 2.5 PI 111 37
32 A 13 Tynan Motors Ray Morris Mazda 1300 111 54
33 A 4 Parry's Car Sales Pty Ltd Trevor Mason Mazda 1300 111 55
34 C 32 Fair Deal Car Sales Pty Ltd Digby Cooke
David Seldon		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 108 13
35 A 14 C Kennedy Carl Kennedy
Bill Slattery		 Datsun 1200 108 56
36 C 26 P & R Williams Lyn Keefe
Arthur Olsen		 Morris Cooper S 107 57
37 C 40 Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock
Bob Morris		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 107 6
38 A 2 Marque Motors Bill Stanley
Mike Kable		 Toyota Corolla 106 52
39 B 22 Grenville Motors Pty Ltd Peter Finlay
Bob Forbes		 Fiat 128 106 58
40 C 43 BP Muirfield Service Station Ross Hewison
Brian Hones		 Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 105 36
41 A 8 Harry Gapps Ford Pty Ltd Harry Gapps
Frank Hann		 Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 59
42 A 15 Woman's Day Carole Corness
Gloria Taylor		 Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 60
43 D 49 J Butta Joe Butta
Bob Genders		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 63 18
DNF E 67 The Tony Roberts Team Tony Roberts Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 124 7
DNF A 5 Datsun Racing Team John Roxburgh Datsun 1200 100 46
DNF A 11 AMI Racing Team Bill Evans
Gary Cooke		 Toyota Corolla 98 49
DNF C 27 Les Grose Racing Division Les Grose
Keith Grose		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 81 27
DNF B 19 G Moore Graham Moore
Bill Brown		 Holden LC Torana 2600S 52 42
DNF E 56 Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd Graham Ritter
Richard Knight		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 49 8
DNF D 50 N Beechey Norm Beechey
Bruce Hindhaugh		 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrell 39 17
DNF C 29 Pat Cullen's Garage John Keran
Clyde Hodgins		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 38 23
DNF E 62 Ford Motor Co of Australia Fred Gibson
Barry Seton		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 33 3
DNF B 24 W.H. Motors Pty Ltd Bruce Stewart
Iain Corness		 Datsun 1600 32 41
DNF E 61 Byrt Ford Pty Ltd Garry Rush
Martin Chenery		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 27 12
DNF E 55 Finnie Ford Pty Ltd David McKay Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 23 9
DNF E 57 Aunger Accessories
Fairway Ford		 Kym Aunger
Johnnie Walker		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 18 28
DNF E 59 Southern Motors Pty Ltd Bruce Hodgson Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 16 35
DNF E 69 EL Hugo David Sheldon Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 11 20
DNF E 60 Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd Bob Beasley
Bob Muir		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 6 10
DNF A 3 Tynan Motors Geoff Leeds
Les Carne		 Mazda 1300 3 44
DNS E 70 Rollington Pty Ltd Murray Carter Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
DNS E 71 Ira L & AC Birk Pty Ltd Nick Petrilli
Mike Savva		 Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
DNS D 52 B Arentz Barry Arentz
Brian Michelmore		 Ford Capri V6 GT
DNS C 45 Sydney Speed Shop Pty Ltd Scott McNaughton
Bob Inglis		 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
DNS C 44 R Radford Rick Radford Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
DNS A 17 M Daddo M Daddo
P Ulbrich		 Morris Mini K
DNS A 18 RG Lanyon A Barrett
R Withers		 Mazda 1300

Statistics
  • Pole Position - #64 Allan Moffat - 2:49.3
  • Fastest Lap - #53 Goss/Skelton - 2:53 (lap record)
  • Average Speed - 122 km/h
  • Race Time - 6:33:47

References
  1. "New Datsun 1200 wins Class A in Bathurst 500". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Port Moresby: 12. 18 November 1970. Retrieved 21 November 2020 – via Trove.
  2. Official Programme, 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500, pages 28-29
  • Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd; Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. pp. 170–177 & 458. ISBN 1-875221-12-3.
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