1971 Sandown 250

The 1971 Sandown 250 was an endurance motor race open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event was held at the Sandown circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 September 1971 over 130 laps, approximately 250 miles (403 km). As a round of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship the race featured five classes based on Capacity Price Units with the CP Unit value for each model determined by multiplying the engine capacity of the vehicle in litres by its retail price in Australian dollars.

Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Colin Bond	44	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Holden Dealer Team	130
2	Murray Carter		Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3	John Harding Ford	125
3	Tony Roberts		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Dustings of Burwood	124
4	Bruce McPhee		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Kevin Dennis Motors	124
5	Bill Evans		Ford Escort Twin Cam	RG Wilson	122
6	Peter Brock	45	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Holden Dealer Team
7	Graeme Blanchard	39	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
8	Bob Forbes, John Millyard	34	Fiat 124 Coupe	Fiat Dealers Team	120
9	Frank Porter		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1		120
10	Wayne Rogerson, Alan Mayne		Mazda Capella	Mazda Dealers Team	120
11	Lakis Manticas		Morris Cooper S	British Leyland Works Team	119
12	Bill Stanley, Mike Kable		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors	117
13	Caroline O'Shaughnessy, Paul Gulson		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors	117
	Class A : Up to 3000 CP Units
1	Doug Whiteford		Datsun 1200	Datsun Racing Team	112
2	John Leffler		Mazda 1300	John Palmer Motors	112
3	Geoff Perry	3	Mazda 1300	Geoff Perry	112
4	James Laing-Peach		Datsun 1200		112
?	Mel Mollison		Mazda 1300
?	Brian Sampson		Toyota Corolla
	Class B : 3001 to 4600 CP Units
1	Lakis Manticas		Morris Cooper S	British Leyland Works Team	119
2	Bill Stanley, Mike Kable		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors	117
3	Caroline O'Shaughnessy, Paul Gulson		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors	117
?	Leighton		Datsun 1600
	Class C : 4601 to 9000 CP Units
1	Bill Evans		Ford Escort Twin Cam	RG Wilson	122
2	Bob Forbes, John Millyard	34	Fiat 124 Coupe	Fiat Dealers Team	120
3	Wayne Rogerson, Alan Mayne		Mazda Capella	Mazda Dealers Team	120
?	Bill Gates		Ford Escort Twin Cam
?	Alan Keith		Ford Escort Twin Cam
?	Ward		Ford Escort Twin Cam
?	Garth		Mazda Capella
?	Thompson		Alfa Romeo Giulia
DNF	Barry Seton		Ford Escort Twin Cam
Disq	Jim Murcott		Ford Escort Twin Cam
	Class D : 9001 to 18000 CP Units
1	Colin Bond	44	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Holden Dealer Team	130
2	Tony Roberts		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Dustings of Burwood	124
3	Bruce McPhee		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Kevin Dennis Motors	124
4	Peter Brock	45	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	Holden Dealer Team
5	Graeme Blanchard	39	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
6	Frank Porter		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1		120
DNF	Malcolm Ramsay	42	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
DNF	John Walker		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
DNF	Pat Peck, Jan Holland		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1
	Class E : 18001 and Over CP Units
1	Murray Carter		Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3	John Harding Ford	125
2	Doug Grimson	62	Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase 2	Doug Grimson	113
DNF	Barnes, Bob Skelton	64	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3	Byrt Ford
DNF	John French	61	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3	Ford Motor Company
DNF	Allan Moffat	60	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3	Ford Motor Company

Note: The above results, which are incomplete, are based on the report published in Racing Car News, October 1971 with additional information from other listed References and Further Reading sources.

Further reading

• The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 287
• Holden, The official racing history, 1988, page 333

External links

• The winning Holden Torana (First image on second row) Retrieved from motorsportarchive on 17 March 2009
• Images from the Sandown 250 Retrieved from www.flickr.com on 17 March 2009