1971 Castrol Trophy

Layout of the Warwick Farm Raceway (1960-1973)

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]

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[2]

Results

Position[3] Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps
1 Colin Bond 22 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100
2 Peter Brock 23 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100
3 Allan Moffat   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 98
4 Don Smith   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 WH Motors 98
5 Barry Seton   Ford Escort Twin Cam Barry Seton 96
6 Bill Evans   Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans 96
  Class A        
1 Doug Whiteford   Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team 90
2 Jim Laing-Peach   Mazda 1300 Mazda House 90
  Class B        
1 Lakis Manticas   Morris Cooper S British Leyland Team 94
2 Bruce Stewart   Datsun 1600 SSS WH Motors 93
DNF Paul Gulson   Morris Cooper S Marque Motors[4]  
DNF Bill Stanley   Morris Cooper S Marque Motors[4]  
DISQ Les Grose   Morris Cooper S    
  Class C        
1 Barry Seton   Ford Escort Twin Cam Barry Seton 96
2 Bill Evans   Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans 96
3 George Giesberts, Scott Townsend   Ford Escort Twin Cam Smith Ford 95
? Bob Forbes   Fiat 124 Coupé    
? Jim Murcott   Ford Escort Twin Cam    
? Bruce Allison     ?    
? John Piper[5]   Ford Escort Twin Cam    
DNF Warren Gracie   Holden LC Torana GTR    
  Class D        
1 Colin Bond 22 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100
2 Peter Brock 23 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100
3 Don Smith   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 WH Motors 98
4[6] Bob Morris 31 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Mark IV Car Air Conditioning  
5 Norm Beechey 32 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer    
DNF Doug Chivas   Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer   83
DNF Don Holland   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1    
DNF Geoff Hunter   Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 26  
  Class E        
1 Allan Moffat   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 99
2 Barry Sharp 38 Ford XY Falcon GT Brabham Ford 94
3 Bruce McPhee 42 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Bardahl International Oil Corp 94
4 John French   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 90[6]
DNF[7] Murray Carter   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Bob Rollington  

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

From the 30 entries for the race,[8] 28 cars started, with seven failing to finish.[6]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Bryan Hanrahan, Motor Racing The Australian Way, page 46
  2. ^ John Medley, Bathurst, The Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 423
  3. ^ a b Max Stahl, Toranas Top Funny Farm, Racing Car News, June 1971, pages 44-46
  4. ^ a b Bond at the Farm, Australian Motor Manual, July 1971, page 49
  5. ^ The Racing Car News race report mentions “Piper” without any other information. It has been assumed that this was John Piper, who was entered at Round 1 of the Championship in a Ford Escort Twin Cam
  6. ^ a b c Alan Wood, Bond Tops in Car Title Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, May 3, 1971, page 14
  7. ^ Stewart Wilson, Ford - The racing history, page 287
  8. ^ Alan Wood, Toranas to 'equalise' at Farm, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, April 30, 1971, page 12

Further reading

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