The 1975 Phillip Island 500K

Phillip Island 500K

The Phillip Island 500K is an endurance motor race held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, Australia. It has been contested each year from 1971 to 1977 and from 2008 to date....

was an endurance race for Touring Cars complying with CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 Group C

Group C (Australia)

In relation to Australian motorsport, Group C refers to either of two sets of regulations devised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport for use in Australian touring car racing from 1965 to 1984...

 regulations. The event was held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 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

1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship

The 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for vehicles manufacturers. The championship was contested over a five round series....

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The race was won by Peter Brock

Peter Brock

Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...

 driving for the Gown-Hindhaugh team continuing a run of good results since Brock had left the Holden Dealer Team

Holden Dealer Team

The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s...

 the previous year. Brock took a four lap win over fellow Holden Torana

Holden Torana

The Holden Torana is a car which was produced by General Motors–Holden's , the Australian subsidiary of General Motors from 1967 to 1980. The name comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "to fly". The first Torana appeared in 1967 and was a four-cylinder compact vehicle that had its origins in the...

 racer Allan Grice

Allan Grice

Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...

. Attrition bit heavily into a field low on strength in the faster cars the compete 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

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Peter Brock Peter Brock Peter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...	5	Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34	Gown – Hindhaugh	D	106
2	Allan Grice Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice OAM , known to motor-racing fans as Gricey, is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 , and as a privateer driver of a Holden in the Australian Touring Car Championship.Grice also had a successful second...		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 Fred Gibson (motor racing) Fred Gibson is a former Australian racing driver and race team owner.-Competitor:After a career that began in small production sports cars, first an MGA, and later the first Lotus Elan to run in Australian competition , Gibson quickly moved up into the touring car ranks...		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		B	98
6	Gary Cooke Neil Mason		Mazda RX-3 Mazda RX-3 The Mazda RX-3 is an automobile sold in the 1970s. It was intended to be smaller and sportier than its brother, the RX-2/Capella Rotary. In 1972 all rotary engines had their die-cast rotor housing coated with a new process: The new Transplant Coating Process featured sprayed-on steel which is...		B	98
7	Lawrie Nelson	13	Ford Capri GT3000		C	98
8	John Goss		Ford XB Falcon GT Ford XB Falcon The Ford XB Falcon is a car which was produced by Ford Australia between 1973 and 1976 and was built exclusively in Australia. It bore minor cosmetic differences to the preceding model, the XA, aimed at giving the car a more muscular stance...		D	97
9	Craig Bradtke		Mazda RX-3 Mazda RX-3 The Mazda RX-3 is an automobile sold in the 1970s. It was intended to be smaller and sportier than its brother, the RX-2/Capella Rotary. In 1972 all rotary engines had their die-cast rotor housing coated with a new process: The new Transplant Coating Process featured sprayed-on steel which is...		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		B	93
15	Bob Nissen		Ford Capri Ford Capri Ford Capri was a name used by the Ford Motor Company for three different automobile models. The Ford Consul Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Britain between 1961 and 1964. The Ford Capri coupé was produced by Ford of Europe from 1969 to 1986...  V6		C	91
16	Max de Jersey Neil West		Honda Civic Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...		A	90
17	Robin Dudfield		Alfa Romeo GT Junior		A	90
18	Caroline O'Shanesy		Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...		A	88
19	Ray Molloy		Leyland Clubman GT Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...		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 Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...		A
?	Ross Wemyss		Mercedes-Benz 280E Mercedes-Benz W114 The Mercedes-Benz W114 and W115 models are a series of coupes and sedans introduced in 1968 by Mercedes-Benz, manufactured through model year 1976, and distinguished in the marketplace by nameplates designating their engines....
?	V Evans		Ford Escort GT		A
DNF	Colin Bond Colin Bond Colin John Bond is a retired Australian racing driver. Bond reached the highest levels in Australian motorsport in 1969 when he was recruited by Harry Firth to the newly formed Holden Dealer Team...		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 Ford XB Falcon The Ford XB Falcon is a car which was produced by Ford Australia between 1973 and 1976 and was built exclusively in Australia. It bore minor cosmetic differences to the preceding model, the XA, aimed at giving the car a more muscular stance...		D
DNF	John Pollard		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D
DNF	John Stoopman		Holden LH Torana SLR5000 L34		D
DNF	Murray Carter Murray Carter Murray Carter is an Australian racing driver. For many years a stalwart of the Australian Touring Car Championship Carter has had one of the longest racing careers of any driver in Australian history, continuing to race into his late 70s.-Racing history:One of a generation of racing drivers that...		Ford XB Falcon GT Ford XB Falcon The Ford XB Falcon is a car which was produced by Ford Australia between 1973 and 1976 and was built exclusively in Australia. It bore minor cosmetic differences to the preceding model, the XA, aimed at giving the car a more muscular stance...		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