The 1975 Sandown 250

Sandown 500

The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,...

was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars

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...

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The event was held at the Sandown

Sandown Raceway

Sandown International Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, approximately south east of the city centre. It is considered a power circuit with its front straight being 899m long and back straight 910m long.-History:...

 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....

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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...

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Race distance was 130 laps of the 3.11 km circuit, totalling 403.8 km (250.9 mi)
The field was divided into four classes according to engine displacement:

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

The race was Round 2 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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Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Class Pos.	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...	05	Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34 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...		A	1	130
2	Bob Morris Bob Morris (motor racing) Robert Morris is an Australian former racing driver. Morris was one of the leading touring car drivers during the 1970s and continued racing until 1984. Morris won Australia's premier Touring car race, the Bathurst 1000 in 1976. He also won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1979...		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A	2	130
3	John Pollard, Bryan Thomson		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A	3	128
4	Rod McRae, Russ McRae		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A	4	128
5	John Stoopman		Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1		A	5	125
6	Bernie McClure, Brian Reed		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A	6	121
7	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...	2	Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	A	7	120
8	Nick Louis		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	1	120
9	Craig Bradtke		Mazda RX-3		B	2	120
10	Barry Seton Barry Seton Barry Seton , , is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500. He has competed in the Bathurst 500 22 times, competing every year from 1963 to 1984, and completing the race in fifteen of those...		Ford Capri GT 3000 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...		B	3	119
11	Jim Murcott, Rod Stevens		Ford Escort RS2000		C	1	119
12	Geoff Perry	32	Datsun 260Z 2+2		B	4	118
13	Bob Holden		Ford Escort RS2000		C	2	116
14	Michael Stillwell, Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States. He raced successfully in CART early in his career. In ten appearances in the Indianapolis 500, with a best result...	36	Ford Escort RS2000		C	3	115
15	Don Holland		Mazda RX-3		B	5	113
16	Gary Cooke		Mazda RX-3		B	6	113
17	Peter Lander		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...		D	1	113
18	Max McGinley		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...		D	2	113
19	Ray Molloy		Morris 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...		D	3	112
20	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....		B	7	110
21	John Lord		Morris Cooper S		D	4	109
22	Ian Wells		Honda Civic		D	5	108
23	Bill Evans		Datsun 120Y		D	6	107
24	David Crowther		Alfa Romeo GT Junior Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce) The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars made by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car....		D	7	104
25	John Ainsley	75	Mazda 1300		D	8	104
26	Philip George		Datsun 240K		B	8
DNF	Frank Porter		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce) The Alfa Romeo 105/115 series Coupés were a range of cars made by the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo from 1963 until 1977. They were the successors to the celebrated Giulietta Sprint coupé and used a shortened floorpan from the Giulia Berlina car....		C		95
DNF	Ray Gulson		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		C		86
DNF	J Laing-Peach, G Moore	37	Triumph Dolomite Sprint Triumph Dolomite The Triumph Dolomite was a popular small saloon car produced by the Triumph Motor Company division of the British Leyland Corporation in Canley, Coventry between October 1972 and August 1980.-History:...		C		79
DNF	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 Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A		70
DNF	Wayne Renfrey		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		C		70
DNF	Bob Forbes, Wayne Negus		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A		68
DNF	Lynn Brown		Mazda RX-3		B		67
DNF	David Clement		Mazda RX-3		B		64
DNF	Graeme Blanchard	9	Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A		55
DNF	Murray Carter		Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop Ford Falcon (Australia) The Ford Falcon is a full-size car which has been manufactured by Ford Australia since 1960. Each model from the XA series of 1972 onward has been designed, developed and built in Australia and/or New Zealand, following the phasing out of the American Falcon of 1960–71 which had been re-engineered...		A		18
DNF	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		C		52
DNF	Geoff Wade		Ford Escort GT 1300		D		45
DNF	Robin Dudfield		Alfa Romeo GT Junior		D		39
DNF	Terry Wade		Morris Cooper S		D		36
DNF	Geoff Newton		Ford Capri GT 3000		B		31
DNF	Roger Bonhomme		Datsun 1200		D		31
DNF	Stuart Saker		Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1		A		30
DNF	Allan Moffat Allan Moffat Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...		Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop		A		26
DNF	David Geddes		Chrysler Valiant Charger		A		25
DNF	Caroline O'Shanesy		Morris Cooper S		D		18
DNF	Jim Keogh		Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop		A		12
DNF	Paul Bernasconi		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		C		12
DNF	Ron Dickson		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A		6
DNF	Ken Harrison		Ford Escort GT 1300		D		5
DNF	Peter Janson		Holden Torana LH SL/R 5000 L34		A		1

External links

• 1975 Sandown images (including Sandown 250) Retrieved from Autopics on 5 October 2008