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1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

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Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

The 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 14th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. This was the first race to be held under the new metricised distance of 1000 kilometres, rather than the 500 miles previously contested. It was held on 30 September 1973 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to Group C Touring Cars competing in four engine capacity based classes. It was the third round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

Allan Moffat claimed his third win in the event and Ian Geoghegan his first. They shared a Ford Falcon GT. It was the seventh and final win for the factory Ford Australia racing team. Peter Brock and Doug Chivas dropped from contention after their Holden Torana ran out of fuel, forcing Chivas to push the car uphill along the pit lane to make it to the Holden Dealer Team pit bay. Brock and Chivas finished on the same lap as Moffat and Ian Geoghegan, ahead of their teammates Colin Bond and Leo Geoghegan, also on the same lap, in third position.

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Class structure

Replica of the race winning Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop
The Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 which was driven to 11th place by Brian Ovenden and Max McGinley

Class A

For cars up to 1300cc capacity, it was contested by Datsun 1200, Fiat 128, Honda Civic, Morris Cooper S and Renault R8.

Class B

For cars 1301cc to 2000cc, it featured Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV, Datsun 180B, Ford Escort, Mazda RX-3 and Subaru 1400 GSR.

Class C

For cars 2001cc to 3000cc, it was contested by 2.8 litre Holden Torana and Mazda RX-2.

Class D

For cars over 3,000cc capacity, it featured Chrysler Valiant Charger, Ford Falcon, Holden Monaro and Holden Torana GTR XU-1.

Race

Pole sitter Goss got off to a great start leading the Falcons of Moffat, French and Gibson from Brock's Torana. Gibson went out early with engine trouble and French made an unscheduled stop. This left Goss to make his first stop on lap 43 with a 40 second lead over Moffat and Brock, the later pair hardly separated by more than a few seconds until Moffat spun at Griffins on lap 44, losing about 20 seconds before making his first stop on lap 45 where he handed over to Geoghegan. Brock stopped on lap 54 and handed the car over to Chivas, whom they hoped could run the car long enough to only make one more pitstop in the race and one less than the Falcons, despite Brock reporting that the fuel gauge on the car had failed.[1] Bond momentarily took the lead of the race until making his stop on lap 61, well past a third distance proving that the Torana could do the race on just two stops.

Despite Moffat's spin and the Torana having a minute shorter pitstop than the Falcon, Geoghegan made up the difference to Chivas - taking second place from brother Leo Geoghegan (driving with Bond) and then retaking the lead of the race on lap 78. Bartlett (driving with early leader Goss) pitted on the same lap but Goss would be involved in a collision with Garth's overturned Torana and pitted for repairs on lap 105 putting them out of contention. Geoghegan was able to build a lead over Chivas before stopping and handing the car back to Moffat. Chivas held a 1'40" advantage over Moffat some time after the stop and was given the instruction from his pit board to "get max laps" only to run out of fuel on the top of the mountain and coast back to the pit entry. However, with the start of pitlane being uphill Chivas had to climb out and push the car, he also had to do this unassisted on penalty of disqualification until he himself had gotten the car far enough for his team to be allowed to assist. Moffat and Leo Geoghegan both passed Chivas as he strained to slowly push the car against the gradient after a long stint at the wheel.[2]

Moffat made his final stop on lap 123 of just 1'24", which was over a minute faster than his first, and was able to resume still leading Bond's Torana and cruise home to victory, the only danger being the #35 Mazda RX-2 rolling over ahead of him on his final lap. Any chance of Brock putting pressure back on Moffat was thwarted by the need to make a 15 second stop for more fuel on lap 147. He did however regain second place when Bond's left rear tyre blew across the top and he had to make an unscheduled stop of 30 seconds. Brock would have his own tyre failure with the right rear blowing out on the final lap but he continued to the finish at pace knowing the car only had to survive the remainder of that lap.[3]

Although the best surviving highlight reel of the day available now[4] clearly promotes the narrative of a certain Holden victory being lost due to miscalculation (Chivas running out of fuel) this is questionable at best with the benefit of hindsight (the film is credited to General Motors and their sponsors at the time). Clearly Moffat slowed significantly when no longer challenged for the race lead, so while it is possible he may have had his own trouble if pressed harder, it is certainly a hollow claim that because Brock and Chivas were able to finish within a lap of Moffat and Geoghegan despite running out of fuel they lost a certain race win. The race pace of the Torana's may have been compromised by trying to run to only two stops with Geoghegan able to make up about two and a quarter minutes over Chivas in his stint alone. Brock was the only driver to not haemorrhage time to the race winner but never got close to achieving the fuel economy required for his strategy to work, falling short on both his stints by as much as 16 laps. Brock obviously would have had to slow significantly more to complete the required laps. The real victim of this narrative is the incredible effort by John Goss not being a bigger part of the story. Despite Goss building his race car in his spare time[5] he was able to take pole position, set a new lap record and lead the factory entered cars by 40 seconds at his first pitstop. If not for some small exhaust issue, and a collision with a car that had illegally re-joined the race (after being towed), the 1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 may well have been celebrated as a Goss/Bartlett victory in the David versus Goliath style.

Top 10 Qualifiers

Pos No Entrant [6] Driver Car Qual
Pole 5 McLeod Ford Pty Ltd - Shell Racing Australia John Goss Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 2:33.4
2 1 Holden Dealer Team Australia Peter Brock Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:34.4
3 9 Ford Motor Company Australia Ltd. Canada Allan Moffat Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 2:34.5
4 4 Bryan Byrt Ford Pty. Ltd. Australia John French Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 2:35.3
5 24 Holden Dealer Team Australia Colin Bond Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:35.4
6 7 Ron Hodgson Motors Australia Bob Morris Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:36.3
7 6 Ford Motor Company Australia Ltd. Australia Fred Gibson Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 2:38.2
8 19 Cessnock Motor Works Pty. Ltd. Australia Allan Grice Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:38.2
9 2 Bob Jane Racing Australia Bob Jane Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:39.3
10 3 Pacific Film Laboratories Pty. Ltd. Australia Don Holland Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 2:40.5

Results

In part sourced from:[7][8]

Pos Class No Entrant [6] Drivers Car Laps Qual
Pos
1 D 9 Ford Motor Company Australia Ltd. Canada Allan Moffat
Australia Ian Geoghegan
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 163 3
2 D 1 Holden Dealer Team Australia Peter Brock
Australia Doug Chivas
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 163 2
3 D 24 Holden Dealer Team Australia Colin Bond
Australia Leo Geoghegan
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 163 5
4 D 2 Bob Jane Racing Australia Bob Jane
Australia John Harvey
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 161 9
5 D 10 Lakis Manticas Australia Bob Forbes
Australia Dick Johnson
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 154 11
6 D 21 Roamer Watches Australia Pty. Ltd. Australia Ray Kaleda
Australia Peter Granger
Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 150 18
7 D 15 Murray Carter - Shell Racing Australia Murray Carter
Australia Lawrie Nelson
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 150 19
8 B 49 A.F. & M. Beninca Pty. Ltd. Australia Ray Harrison
Australia Mal Robertson
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 149 23
9 B 45 Mazda Racing Team Australia Mel Mollison
Australia Bruce Hindhaugh
Mazda RX-3 144 36
10 C 34 Bernie Haehnle Australia Bernie Haehnle
Australia Wayne Rogerson
Mazda RX-2 144 36
11 D 31 Tony Roberts Automotive Centre Australia Brian Ovenden
Australia Max McGinley
Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 143 29
12 C 37 John Palmer Motors Australia Bob Beasley
Australia Enno Buesselmann
Mazda RX-2 143 39
13 B 44 Camper-Ford Pty Ltd Australia Geoff Leeds
Australia Jim Murcott
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 143 32
14 B 41 Datsun Racing Team Australia John Roxburgh
Australia Doug Whiteford
Datsun 180B SSS 143 40
15 A 56 Datsun Racing Team Australia Bill Evans
Australia James Laing-Peach
Datsun 1200 142 46
16 A 55 Formula 1 Europa Garage Australia Lakis Manticas
Australia Peter Lander
Fiat 128SL 142 43
17 C 33 W.H. Motors Pty. Ltd. Australia Herb Taylor
Australia Don Smith
Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 141 28
18 D 3 Pacific Film Laboratories Pty. Ltd. Australia Don Holland
Australia Max Stewart
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 141 10
19 B 39 Ray Gulson Australia Ray Gulson
Australia Peter Brown
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 140 27
20 D 29 Peter Kilmore Australia Peter Kilmore
Australia Kevin Kennedy
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 138 41
21 A 66 Clement Motors Australia David Clement
Australia Neil Mason
Morris Cooper S 136 50
22 A 54 Lordoco Aust Pty. Ltd. Australia John Lord
New Zealand Peter Janson
Honda Civic 134 53
23 B 38 Chris Heyer Australia Chris Heyer
Australia Peter Mill
Subaru 1400 GSR 133 55
24 A 63 Bennet & Wood Pty. Ltd. Australia Ken Brian
Australia Noel Riley
Honda Civic 131 52
25 A 68 Bob Williamson Australia Chick Audsley
Australia Bob Williamson
Morris Cooper S 131 56
26 A 67 Caroline O'Shanesy Australia Caroline O'Shanesy
Australia Peter Williamson
Morris Cooper S 131 57
27 A 64 David Frazer Australia David Frazer
Australia Bob Edgerton
Renault R8 Gordini 130 49
28 B 43 Bryan Byrt Ford Pty. Ltd. Australia Bob Holden
Australia Lyndon Arnel
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 129 44
29 B 48 Mazda Racing Team Australia Geoff Perry
Australia Brian Reed
Mazda RX-3 126 34
30 A 59 Phillip Arnull Australia John Symon
Australia Philip Arnull
Datsun 1200 125 58
DNF C 35 James Mason Motors Australia Gary Cooke
Australia Len Searle
Mazda RX-2 142 38
DNF D 8 Muirs Motors (Ashfield) Pty. Ltd. Australia Ron Dickson
Australia Bob Stevens
Holden HQ Monaro GTS 130 20
DNF B 50 Chesterfield Filter Racing Australia Herb Vines
Australia Chris Batger
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 116 54
DNF D 5 McLeod Ford Pty. Ltd. - Shell Racing Australia John Goss
Australia Kevin Bartlett
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 110 1
DNF D 4 Bryan Byrt Ford Pty. Ltd. Australia John French
Australia Bob Skelton
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 91 4
DNF A 57 Geoff Newton Australia Geoff Newton
Australia Cam Richardson
Morris Cooper S 89 51
DNF D 17 G. Ryan Australia Graham Ryan
Australia Ray Lintott
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 89 14
DNF D 26 Ray Thackwell Racing New Zealand Ray Thackwell
Australia Barry Coleman
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 89 22
DNF A 58 Jack Haywood Australia Lynn Brown
Australia Paul Hamilton
Morris Cooper S 77 45
DNF C 36 McLeod Kelso & Lee Pty. Ltd. Australia Bruce Stewart
Australia George Garth
Holden LC Torana GTR 75 31
DNF D 12 Dustings of Burwood Australia Rod McRae
Australia Tony Niovanni
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 64 21
DNF B 42 Strapp Ford Australia Graham Ritter
Australia Tony Farrell
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 64 25
DNF D 27 Leo Leonard New Zealand Leo Leonard
Australia Ernie Sprague
Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 62 17
DNF D 30 John Stoopman Australia John Stoopman
Australia Dennis Martin
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 61 30
DNF D 23 Bob Holden Motors Australia Jim Hunter
Australia Phil Ward
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 58 16
DNF A 53 Rolls Motors Pty. Ltd. Australia Ian Cook
Australia Terry Finnigan
Honda Civic 56 48
DNF D 16 Formula 1 Europa Garage Australia Tony Allen
Australia Phil Brock
Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 45 13
DNF D 19 Cessnock Motor Works Pty. Ltd. Australia Allan Grice
Australia Keith Murray
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 42 8
DNF D 13 Bruce McPhee Australia Bruce McPhee
Australia Tom Nailard
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 41 15
DNF B 47 W.D. Electrics Australia Warren Thompson
Australia Rod Dale
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 36 33
DNF A 60 Fourway Motors Pty. Ltd. Australia Gary Leggatt
Australia Bob Wedd
Morris Cooper S 27 42
DNF D 20 Chas Tierney Pty. Ltd. Australia Ray Strong
Australia Ron Gillard
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 25 37
DNF D 11 Geoghegans Sporty Cars Australia Des West
Australia Bill Brown
Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 17 12
DNF D 6 Ford Motor Company Australia Ltd. Australia Fred Gibson
Australia Barry Seton
Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop 17 7
DNF B 40 Grace Bros. Racing Team Australia Christine Gibson
Australia Sue Ransom
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 5 24
DNF D 7 Ron Hodgson Motors Australia Bob Morris
Australia John Leffler
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 4 6
DNF A 66 Mini Bits Australia John Dellaca
Australia Jon Leighton
Morris Cooper S 3 47
DNF D 25 D & P Traders Pty. Ltd. Australia Pat Peck
Australia Darrylyn Huitt
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 3 26
DNS [9] D 14 Freds Treads Pty. Ltd. Australia John Duggan
Australia Gordon Rich
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1
DNS [9] D 28 B. Nitschke Australia Bill Nitschke
Australia John Lewis
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1
DNS [9] B 46 Alan Cant Australia Alan Cant
Australia Tony Maw
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I
DNS [9] D 32 Gosford Motors Pty. Ltd. Australia Kingsley Hibbard
Australia Brian Shead
Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1
DNS [9] B 51 Barry Lee Australia Barry Lee
New Zealand Ron McPhail
Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I
DNS [9] A 62 Pete Mac's Towing Service Pty. Ltd. Australia Geoff Wade
Australia Robin Dudfield
Morris Cooper S

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #5 John Goss - 2:33.4
  • Fastest Lap - #5 John Goss - 2:34.8 (141.86 kph) [10] - Lap 2 (lap record)
  • Average Speed - 137 km/h
  • Race time of winning car - 7:20:06.8 [9] (135.55 kph) [10]

References

  1. ^ "1973 FIRST HARDIE-FERODO 1000 Bathurst -15'17"". YouTube. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  2. ^ "1973 FIRST HARDIE-FERODO 1000 Bathurst - 19'12"". YouTube. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "1973 FIRST HARDIE-FERODO 1000 Bathurst - 26'12"". YouTube. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "1973 FIRST HARDIE-FERODO 1000 Bathurst". YouTube. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Legends: John Goss". TradeUniqueCars.com.au. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b Hardie-Ferodo 1000, 1973 Official Programme - Mount Panorama - Sunday 30th
  7. ^ Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd; Bill Tuckey (2000). Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999. Chevron Publishing Group. pp. 194–201 & 461. ISBN 1-875221-12-3.
  8. ^ Noonan, Aaron (2018). Holden At Bathurst - The Cars: 1963-2017. AN1 Media Pty. Ltd. pp. 45–52.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Bill Tuckey and David Greenhailgh, Australia's Gratest Motor Race - The first 30 years, Second edition, updated and revised in 1990, Chevron Publishing Group Pty. Limited, page 303
  10. ^ a b Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, page 131

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