1975 Phillip Island 500K Explained

The 1975 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance race for Touring Cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations. The event was held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 23 November 1975. Race distance was 106 laps of the 4.73 km circuit for a race distance of 501 km.

There were 48 starters in the event, which event was the fifth and final round of the 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by Peter Brock driving for the Gown-Hindhaugh team continuing a run of good results since Brock had left the Holden Dealer Team the previous year. Brock took a four lap win over fellow Holden Torana racer Allan Grice. Attrition bit heavily into a field low on strength in the faster cars that competed at other Australian Manufacturers' Championship events, to the point that a well driven race by the Ford Escort RS2000 of Jim Murcott and Rod Stevens brought them third place, five laps behind Brock.

Class structure

The field was divided into four engine capacity classes:

• Class A: Up to 1300cc
• Class B: 1301–2000cc
• Class C: 2001 – 3000cc
• Class D: 3001 – 6000cc

Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Peter Brock	5	Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34	Gown – Hindhaugh	D	106
2	Allan Grice		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D	102
3	Jim Murcott Rod Stevens	41	Ford Escort RS2000		B	101
4	Kelvin Gough	10	Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D	100
5	Fred Gibson		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		B	98
6	Gary Cooke Neil Mason		Mazda RX-3		B	98
7	Lawrie Nelson	13	Ford Capri GT3000		C	98
8	John Goss		Ford XB Falcon GT		D	97
9	Craig Bradtke		Mazda RX-3		C	97
10	Bill Evans		Datsun 1200		A	96
11	Graeme Blanchard		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D	96
12	Rod McRae		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D	95
13	Cam Richardson		Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1		D	95
14	Phil George		Datsun 240K		C	93
15	Bob Nissen		Ford Capri V6		C	91
16	Max de Jersey Neil West		Honda Civic		A	90
17	Robin Dudfield		Alfa Romeo GT Junior		A	90
18	Caroline O'Shanesy		Morris Cooper S		A	88
19	Ray Molloy		Morris Clubman GT		A	83
20	Alan Broome Frank Brewster		Alfa Romeo GT Junior		A	83
21	B Derrick		Ford Escort GT		A
Other starters included the following
?	B Porter J Ainsley	54	Mazda 1300		A
?	Colin Campbell		Ford Escort RS2000		B
?	Ken Harrison		Ford Escort GT		A
?	Max McGinley	51	Honda Civic		A
?	Ross Wemyss		Mercedes-Benz 280E
?	V Evans		Ford Escort GT		A
DNF	Colin Bond		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	D
DNF	Frank Porter		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	Beninca
DNF	Geoff Wade		Ford Escort GT		A
DNF	Jim Keogh		Ford XB Falcon GT		D
DNF	John Pollard		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D
DNF	John Stoopman		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D
DNF	Murray Carter		Ford XB Falcon GT		D
DNF	Paul Benasconi		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
DNF	Peter Janson		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D
DNF	Stuart Saker		Holden Torana GTR XU-1		D
DNF	Warren Cullen		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D

References

• Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition
• Racing Car News, January 1976
• The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
• The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988