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Western Australian Motor Race Results 1972

12 Mar 1972 Stirling City Speed Classic Page 2 9 Apr 1972 Motorama Tourist Trophy Page 6 7 May 1972 Lex Davison Memorial Page 10 Jun 1972 Six Hour Le Mans Page 14 9 Jul 1972 Motorama Winter Classic Page 15 20 Aug 1972 Australian Sports Car Championship Page 19 19 Sep 1972 W A Touring Car Championship Page 24 15 Oct 1972 Spring Cup Page 29

All races held at Wanneroo Park

Compiled and Edited by

Terry Walker 2007 Member, Motoring Historians (WA)

[8 Oct 07]

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Stirling City Speed Classic 12 March 1972

Race 1: Marque Sports Cars, 8 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 34 Datsun SR 311 John Hagarty 81.1 11:01.6 2 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 81.2 11:05.4 3 59 MG A Peter Wellman 82.4 11:16.6 4 78 Triumph TR3A Ken McKimmie 85.0 11:34.2 5 30 MG B Pat Reed 86.0 11:43.5 6 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 90.0 12:12.5 7 28 Austin-Healey Sprite Thea Wellstead 93.8 11:11.1 7 laps DNF 60 MG A Rob Wellman 89.4

Race 2: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 5 laps

1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 69.4 5:52.7 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 71.2 6:09.0 3 111 Mini Cooper S Jim Mullins 72.6 6:10.9 4 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.3 6:19.0 5 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 74.4 6:23.6 6 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.0 6:23.6 7 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 74.4 6:29.7 8 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.8 6:31.3 9 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.6 6:34.6 10 27 Mini Trevor Wright 75.4 6:37.2 11 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 75.8 6:44.0 12 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 80.1 6:58.6 13 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 80.3 6:58.6 14 33 Mini Monaco Peter Green 80.9 6:59.5 15 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 79.6 7:00.6 16 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 80.6 7:02.3 17 79 Holden EH Les Verco 80.6 7:02.9 18 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 83.5 7:13.1 DNF 26 Mini Cooper S Paul Wilkins 82.6

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 43, 3

rd 57

1301-2000: 1st 23

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: -- 1301-1600: 1

st 111, 2

nd 29, 3

rd 82

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79

Race 3: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.4 5:13.5 2 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 62.0 5:16.3 3 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 63.9 5:29.0 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 66.4 5:38.9 5 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 71.8 6:04.3 6 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 75.8 6:26.2 7 19 Ford Spl Bill McCrorie 90.2 6:04.2 4 laps

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: -- 1301-2000: 1

st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 8

2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: --

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Race 4: Series Production Touring Cars, 5 laps 1 100C Torana XU-1 Neville Cooper 74.3 6:18.8 2 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.3 6:19.5 3 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 74.6 6:22.9 4 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 75.1 6:24.4 5 153C Torana XU-1 Neville Grigsby 75.6 6:26.1 6 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Rod Donovan 75.4 6:27.9 7 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.3 6:28.1 8 102C Torana XU-1 Gordon Leney 76.7 6:36.5 9 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 77.1 6:36.6 10 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.2 7:51.0 DNF 85F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 96.4 DNF 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.5

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 81

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: 1

st 100, 2

nd 70, 3

rd 112

Race 5: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 66.4 5:28.2 2 37 A-Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 73.8 6:14.3 3 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 76.8 6:32.5 4 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 78.5 6:45.3 5 45 A-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 83.2 7:05.4 6 58 A-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 92.0 6:27.0 4 laps DNF 38 Spridget Brian Cole 82.0

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 45, 3

rd 58

1301-2000: 1st 42, 2

nd 24

2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: 1

st 27.

Race 6: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring, 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 69.5 11:44.1 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 72.0 12:16.4 3 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 74.6 12:34.7 4 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 74.4 12:48.6 5 27 Mini Trevor Wright 75.8 12:51.4 6 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.4 13:00.4 7 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 77.0 11:47.0 9 laps 8 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 76.2 11:52.6 9 laps 9 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 78.5 12:01.9 9 laps 10 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 79.0 12:09.6 9 laps 11 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 79.6 12:25.0 9 laps 12 79 Holden EH Les Verco 79.3 12:25.8 9 laps 13 33 Mini Monaco Bill Maddocks 78.3 12:30.7 9 laps 14 56 Mini Cooper S Graeme Ashdown 80.9 12:57.1 9 laps 15 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 83.4 12:23.0 8 laps DNF 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 74.1 DNF 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.4 DNF 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 80.6

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 44, 2

nd 57, 3

rd 53

1301-2000: 1st 23

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 56

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 75

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79

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Race 7: Racing Cars, 10 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 62.2 10:36.4 2 27 Matich SR3 * Stuart Kostera 64.5 11:00.5 3 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 63.0 11:04.6 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 65.6 11:14.8 5 6 Befa George Cole 67.7 11:28.3 6 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 71.3 10:52.5 9 laps 7 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 71.0 11:10.4 9 laps 8 19 Ford Spl Bill McCrorie 91.0 10:52.0 9 laps DNF 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 71.5

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: -- 1301-2000: 1

st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 7

2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: -- * No 27 competed by invitation.

Race 8: Series Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 100C Torana XU-1 Neville Cooper 75.0 12:39.4 2 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 75.2 12:44.3 3 153C Torana XU-1 Neville Grigsby 75.6 12:55.1 4 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 74.9 13:00.6 5 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 76.9 13:02.9 6 102C Torana XU-1 Gordon Leney 78.0 13:24.8 7 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.7 14:09.5 9 laps 8 85F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 95.5 12:54.7 8 laps DNF 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Rod Donovan 83.4 DNF 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 76.0 DNF 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 75.8

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 81, 2

nd 85

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: 1

st 100, 2

nd 112, 3

rd 153

Race 9: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 71.3 12:34.5 2 38 Spridget Brian Cole 75.0 12:42.8 3 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 75.8 12:57.1 4 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 76.5 13:17.7 DNF 37 A-Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 77.6

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 38

1301-2000: 1st 42, 2

nd 24

2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: 1

st 27.

Race 10: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 19 Ford Spl Bill McCrorie 84.4 Go 7:11.5 2 7 Lotus Bill Downey 66.4 1:35 7:12.6 3 6 Befa George Cole 67.4 1:35 7:14.6 4 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.9 2:00 7:14.8 5 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 64.7 1:50 7:17.6 6 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 62.7 2:00 7:19.1 7 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 74.2 1:05 7:21.7 Fastest Time: No 10

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Race 11: Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 58 A-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 89.1 Go 7:28.4 2 56 Mini Cooper S Graeme Ashdown 80.4 0:45 7:30.4 3 79 Holden EH Les Verco 79.2 0:50 7:33.6 4 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.2 1:45 7:43.2 5 37 A-Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 73.0 1:25 7:34.8 6 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 72.8 1:40 7:47.1 7 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 83.4 0:45 7:47.3 8 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 82.0 0:50 7:48.8 9 38 Spridget Brian Cole 74.7 1:05 7:51.0 10 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 77.7 1:10 7:52.1 11 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 79.2 1:10 7:56.9 DNF 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.3 1:30 DNF 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 73.8 1:20 DNF 42 Elfin Doug Tyler -- 1:05 DNF 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell -- 1:05 Fastest Time: No 54

Race 12: Touring Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 85F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 95.6 Go 8:01.7 2 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 80.2 1:30 8:14.9 3 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 78.7 1:40 8:15.5 4 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 76.7 1:50 8:17.3 5 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 80.5 1:25 8:27.5 6 102C Torana XU-1 Gordon Leney 77.4 1:50 8:29.6 7 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.3 2:15 8:31.8 8 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Rod Donovan 76.0 2:15 8:41.1 9 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.6 2:20 8:44.4 10 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 74.8 2:30 8:50.7 DNF 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 77.4 1:50 DNF 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall -- 2:00 Fastest Time: No 133C

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Motorama Tourist Trophy 9 April 1972

Race 1: Marque Sports Cars, 8 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 77.8 10:37.8 2 34 Datsun SR 311 John Hagarty 78.8 10:41.5 3 59 MG A Peter Wellman 81.6 11:02.9 4 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 81.6 11:08.3 5 60 MG A Bob Wellman 85.0 11:31.1 6 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 90.3 10:47.3 7 laps 7 36 Austin-Healey Sprite Steve Brown 90.5 10:47.8 7 laps

Race 2: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 5 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.0 5:51.6 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.3 5:54.6 3 29 Mini Cooper S Ross Bennett 72.6 6:09.9 4 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 70.3 6:11.3 5 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 73.5 6:17.1 6 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 75.7 6:26.4 7 27 Mini Trevor Wright 75.9 6:28.7 8 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.3 6:30.8 9 26 Mini Cooper S Paul Wilkins 77.4 6:36.5 10 79 Holden EH Les Verco 79.2 6:45.9 11 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 79.2 6:49.7 12 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 79.8 6:50.2 13 25 Cortina Bill Godenzie 84.6 7:14.2 DNF 56 Mini Cooper S Graeme Ashdown 84.6 DNF 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 82.0 DNF 33 Mini Cooper S Monaco Peter Green 95.0

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 44, 3

rd 25

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st –-

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 25

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79

Race 3: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 1 McLaren M18 Don O’Sullivan 58.9 5:03.5 2 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.6 5:18.9 3 6 Befa George Cole 66.9 5:43.3 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 68.0 5:48.4 5 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 61.9 6:03.1 6 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 72.0 6:13.4 7 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 73.2 5:08.8 4 laps 8 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 70.7 5:10.9 4 laps 9 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 72.9 5:11.6 4 laps 10 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 80.8 5:37.2 4 laps 11 12 ZX3 FF Tony Alfonsi 77.7 5:56.5 4 laps 12 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 86.5 5:57.8 4 laps DNF 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 65.6

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 18

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 6, 3

rd 7

2001-3000: -- 3001-5000: --

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Race 4: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 59.6 5:05.6 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 64.3 5:30.8 3 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 72.4 6:10.2 4 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 73.0 6:13.8 5 37 A-Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 72.8 6:14.3 6 38 Spridget Brian Cole 73.0 6:17.1 7 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 76.6 5:16.8 4 laps 8 69 U2 Mk 8 B Dave Sullivan 73.3 5:17.2 4 laps 9 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 76.3 5:17.6 4 laps 10 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 81.8 5:36.9 4 laps 11 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 82.3 5:37.2 4 laps 12 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 75.8 5:47.8 4 laps 13 34 Datsun SR 311 John Hagarty 85.4 6:04.6 4 laps 14 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 89.2 6:11.4 4 laps

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 40

1301-2000: 1st 52, 2

nd 94, 3

rd 42

2001-3000: 1st 34

3001-5000: 1st 20, 2

nd 27

Race 5: Series Production Touring Cars, 50 laps. Motorama Series, Round 1 1 154 Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 74.2 62:31.2 2 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.1 62:33.2 3 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 74.2 62:58.2 4 170 Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.5 63:49.2 5 112 Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 74.5 62:40.2 49 laps 6 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 75.6 63:08.0 49 laps 7 100 Torana XU-1 Jim Cavanough 75.9 63:21.0 49 laps 8 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.4 62:59.6 47 laps 9 130 Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 78.0 63:11.2 47 laps 10 153 Torana XU-1 Neville Grigsby 74.5 63:44.0 47 laps 11 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.8 63:47.8 43 laps 12 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.5 63:16.9 42 laps 13 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 91.9 63:38.0 40 laps 14 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.6 63:09.3 35 laps DNF 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 75.4 DNF 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 77.8 DNF 103 Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Ron Lyon 75.8 DNF 102 Torana XU-1 Gordon Leney 77.9 DNF 105 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Rod Donovan 74.7

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 86, 2

nd 85, 3rd 81

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 154, 2

nd 133, 3

rd 45

Race 6: Racing Cars, 10 laps 1 1 McLaren M18 Don O’Sullivan 59.0 10:01.4 2 20 McLaren LT170 * Howie Sangster 59.2 No time 3 10 Macon Craig McAllister 62.0 No time 4 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 62.0 No time 5 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 71.6 No time 6 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 72.5 No time 7 12 ZX3 FF Tony Alfonsi 78.2 No time 8 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 89.3 No time DNF 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 71.5 DNF 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 72.6 DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 80.9 DNF 27 Matich SR3 * Stuart Kostera 63.5 DNF 6 Befa George Cole 64.0 DNF 7 Lotus Bill Downey 67.4

* By invitation.

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: -- 1301-2000: 1

st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 11

2001-3000: 1st 5

3001-5000: 1st 1

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Race 7: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.6 11:40.5 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 70.0 11:50.3 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 70.5 12:17.4 4 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 74.9 12:46.4 5 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 76.5 12:57.9 6 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 76.1 11:42.1 9 laps 7 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.6 11:42.3 9 laps 8 26 Mini Cooper S Paul Wilkins 77.4 11:49.9 9 laps 9 33 Mini Cooper S Monaco Bill Maddocks 79.9 12:13.9 9 laps 10 79 Holden EH Les Verco 79.2 12:14.4 9 laps 11 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 80.9 12:27.7 9 laps 12 25 Cortina Bill Godenzie 83.9 12:52.9 9 laps DNF 29 Mini Cooper S Mal Bennett 74.0 DNF 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 87.1

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 44, 3

rd 26

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st –-

1301-1600: 1st 82, 2

nd 33, 3

rd 25

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79

Race 8: Sports Cars Open and Closed, 10 laps 1 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.6 12:08.3 2 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 71.3 12:12.1 3 29 Mini Cooper S Ross Bennett 73.2 12:26.7 4 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 74.3 12:35.8 5 38 Spridget Brian Cole 74.8 12:40.5 6 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 76.4 12:58.3 7 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.6 13:58.5 8 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 77.0 13:05.3 9 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 76.8 13:09.4 10 79 Holden EH Les Verco 79.9 12:15.5 9 laps 11 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 81.0 12:24.8 9 laps 12 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 81.8 12:31.5 9 laps 13 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 82.5 12:42.6 9 laps 14 34 Datsun SR 311 Bill Russell 84.3 13:00.3 9 laps 15 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 90.5 12:18.6 8 laps DNF 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 62.2 DNF 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 74.6 DNF 37 A-Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell --

Class Results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 38, 2

nd 99, 3

rd 40

1301-1600: 1st 52, 2

nd 29, 3

rd 94

1601-2500: 1st 77, 2

nd 32, 3

rd 34

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79

Race 9: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 6 Befa George Cole 66.7 1:25 6:59.2 2 12 ZX3 FF Tony Alfonsi 77.2 0:35 6:59.4 3 10 Macon Craig McAllister 62.4 1:50 7:07.5 4 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 85.1 Go 7:07.8 5 1 McLaren M18 Don O’Sullivan 58.6 2:10 7:08.0 6 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 69.4 1:05 7:11.7 7 11 Elfin 600 FF Peter Briggs 74.1 1:00 7:13.0 8 4 Brabham Cosworth Bob Ilich 62.5 1:45 7:26.2 DNF 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 73.1 1:08 Fastest Time: No 1

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Race 10: Open Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 81.0 0:33 7:18.2 2 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Bob Richards 89.0 Go 7:29.6 3 38 Spridget Brian Cole 74.4 1:20 7:29.8 4 59 MG A Peter Wellman 82.2 0:35 7:29.9 5 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 76.0 1:08 7:30.0 6 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 76.4 1:05 7:30.5 7 60 MG A Bob Wellman 85.9 0:20 7:31.0 8 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 74.7 1:30 7:48.2 9 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 82.4 1:25 8:20.6 DNF 34 Datsun SR 311 John Hagarty 79.8 0:50 Fastest Time: No 38

Race 11: Touring Cars, 5 lap Handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 45 Valiant Charger Len Whieldon 76.3 1:10 7:37.9 2 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 80.4 0:55 7:43.2 3 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 75.3 1:25 7:46.4 4 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.9 Go 7:46.4 5 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 76.0 1:23 7:46.6 6 112 Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 74.6 1:30 7:48.9 7 26 Mini Cooper S Paul Wilkins 77.7 1:20 7:50.5 8 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 74.5 1:40 8:20.3 DNF 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.7 1:15 DNF 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus - 1:35 Fastest Time: No 112

Race 12: Closed Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 79 Holden EH Les Verco 80.1 0:35 7:16.9 2 71 Lotus 37 Christ Royston 71.7 1:15 7:18.2 3 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 78.0 0:50 7:23.3 4 29 Mini Cooper S Mal Bennett 76.6 0:55 7:23.8 5 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 77.8 0:48 7:24.1 6 25 Cortina Peter Green 88.8 Go 7:27.9 DNF 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt - 0:25 DNF 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman - 1:18 Fastest Time: No 71

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1972

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Lex Davison Memorial Meeting (WA Racing Car Championship)

7 May 1972

Race 1: Marque Sports Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 36 U2 Mk 8 B * Tony McAlinden 75.2 6:19.0 2 37 A-Healey Sprite * John Hagarty 74.9 6:23.7 3 38 Spridget * Brian Cole 73.0 6:27.8 4 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 76.5 6:33.0 5 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 75.4 6:37.4 6 40 A-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 81.7 6:59.7 7 22 Datsun Healey * Murray Thomas 81.2 7:20.4 8 25 MG B Pat Reed 86.5 7:20.4 9 60 MG A Beb Wellman 86.7 7:23.2 10 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 89.3 7:36.4 * By Invitation

Race 2: Series Production Touring Cars, 5 laps 1 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 73.7 6:17.2 2 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 73.5 6:17.5 3 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.8 6:22.8 4 112 Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 74.1 6:23.0 5 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 75.9 6:31.2 6 170 Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 76.2 6:31.5 7 103 Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Ron Lyon 75.4 6:34.9 8 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.4 6:35.2 9 130 Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 79.5 6:55.3 10 83 Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 79.6 6:56.8 11 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.1 7:23.2 12 80 Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 87.5 7:32.5 13 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.9 7:37.1 14 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.6 6:20.4 4 laps DNF 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 78.2 DNF 154 Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 78.4 DNF 100 Torana XU-1 Neville Cooper 82.5 DNF 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 82.7 DNF 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 84.1

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 86, 2

nd 80, 3rd 85

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 70, 2

nd 45, 3

rd 133

Race 3: No results sheet

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Race 4: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 7 Torana V8 Bob Jane (Vic) 65.9 11:21.7 2 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.0 11:24.2 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 69.5 11:46.8 4 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.8 11:54.4 5 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.3 12:22.6 6 29 Mini Cooper S Ross Bennett 72.5 12:29.5 7 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 73.9 12:30.6 9 laps 8 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 75.3 11:32.4 9 laps 9 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.2 11:35.6 9 laps 10 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.6 11:36.1 9 laps 11 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.0 11:42.6 9 laps 12 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 76.7 11:43.6 9 laps 13 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 77.5 11:49.8 9 laps 14 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 77.8 11:54.5 9 laps 15 41 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 77.0 11:58.0 9 laps 16 79 Holden EH Les Verco 78.9 12:08.3 9 laps 17 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 81.0 12:30.4 9 laps 18 32 Renault Spl Noel Pratt 79.1 12:45.5 9 laps 19 39 Anglia Spl Nick Benedetto 78.8 12:33.4 9 laps DNF 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 88.2

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 43, 3

rd 57

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 41

1301-1600: 1st 75, 2

nd 29, 3

rd 82

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 7, 2

nd 55, 3

rd 79

Race 5: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 60.6 5:12.5 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.7 5:27.3 3 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.4 6:10.3 4 36 U2 Mk 8 B Tony McAlinden 72.1 6:10.4 5 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 76.5 5:15.8 4 laps 6 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 78.4 5:24.6 4 laps 7 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 80.5 5:31.7 4 laps 8 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 81.0 5:33.4 4 laps 9 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 91.2 6:17.0 7 laps DNF 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 72.2 DNF 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 75.9 DNF 28 R E Ford Ean Hill 78.3 DNF 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 88.4

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 40, 2

nd 58

1301-1600: 1st 94, 2

nd 36, 3

rd 42

1601-2500: -- 2501-5000: 1

st 20, 2

nd 27

Race 6: Racing Cars, 35 laps. W A Racing Car Championship. 1 1 McLaren M18 Don O’Sullivan 57.8 34:22.3 2 76 Brabham BT36 Waggott John Harvey (Vic) 58.4 34:30.5 3 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 63.3 34:40.4 32 laps 4 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 63.2 35:00.5 32 laps 5 6 Befa George Cole 66.2 35:01.0 31 laps 6 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.9 34:25.4 29 laps 7 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 69.6 34:26.0 29 laps 8 12 ZX3 FF Tony Alfonsi 74.3 35:16.6 28 laps 9 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 85.9 35:31.6 28 laps 10 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 85.9 32:58.5 24 laps DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 80.5 DNF 10 Macon Craig McAllister 68.7 DNF 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 70.0 0-1300 cc: 1

st 2

1301-1600: 1st 76, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 6

1601-2500: -- 2501-5000: 1

st 1

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Race 7: Series Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 112 Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 74.1 12:32.8 2 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.3 12:35.5 3 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 73.9 12:37.5 4 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.8 12:40.1 5 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 75.2 12:46.3 6 170 Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.5 12:49.8 7 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 74.9 12:50.9 8 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 74.3 12:51.2 9 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.7 12:57.1 10 130 Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 78.1 13:19.5 11 83 Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 79.4 13:29.8 12 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.3 13:11.5 9 laps 13 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 91.0 13:55.2 9 laps 14 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 89.3 12:48.0 8 laps DNF 100 Torana XU-1 Neville Cooper 75.1 DNF 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Rod Donovan 74.7 DNF 103 Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Ron Lyon 75.4 DNF 80 Mini Cooper S Jack Michael --

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 86, 2

nd 81, 3rd 85

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 112, 2

nd 70, 3

rd 45

Race 10: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 36 U2 Mk 8 B Tony McAlinden 71.7 12:07.4 2 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 71.6 12:08.6 3 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.7 12:20.5 4 38 Spridget Brian Cole 73.1 12:27.4 5 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 76.3 12:57.0 6 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 80.0 12:11.9 9 laps 7 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 80.1 12:17.0 9 laps 8 60 MG A Bob Wellman 87.5 13:21.3 9 laps 9 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 90.6 12:15.6 8 laps DNF 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 62.9 DNF 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 63.3 DNF 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 73.1

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 40

1301-1600: 1st 36, 2

nd 94, 3

rd 42

1601-2500: -- 2501-5000: --

Race 11: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 7 Torana V8 Bob Jane (Vic) 65.8 11:23.7 2 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 66.8 11:24.5 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 68.8 11:41.6 4 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.0 11:42.1 5 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.0 12:19.2 6 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 73.3 12:25.9 7 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 75.6 11:31.9 9 laps 8 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 75.6 11:32.9 9 laps 9 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.6 11:34.4 9 laps 10 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.9 11:35.5 9 laps 11 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 77.6 11:50.7 9 laps 14 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 78.0 11:56.3 9 laps 15 79 Holden EH Les Verco 78.6 12:05.4 9 laps 16 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 80.7 12:24.4 9 laps DNF 29 Mini Cooper S Mal Bennett 73.6 DNF 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.6 DNF 41 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 77.8 DNF 39 Anglia Spl Nick Benedetto 79.0

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 57, 3

rd 44

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: -- 1301-1600: 1

st 75, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 7, 2

nd 55, 3

rd 79

1972

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Race 12: Results not in folder

Race 13: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.3 1:22 7:11.7 2 12 ZX3 FF Tony Alfonsi 74.4 1:02 7:16.9 3 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 82.3 0:22 7:21.4 4 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 70.8 1:27 7:26.2 5 6 Befa George Cole 66.8 1:52 7:31.1 6 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 74.3 1:17 7:32.0 7 7 Lotus Bill Downey 67.9 1:47 7:32.0 8 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 69.2 1:42 7:35.5 9 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 65.0 2:02 7:35.6 10 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 63.2 2:15 7:40.4 11 10 Macon Craig McAllister 64.6 2:20 7:51.5 12 9 Peugeot Spl Sam Santoro 92.0 Go 8:19.7 DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 92.0 Go Fastest Time: No 4

Race 14: Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 45 Austin-Healey Sprite Glen Caple 79.6 0:20 7:00.2 2 7 Torana V8 Bob Jane (Vic) 64.5 1:35 7:01.0 3 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 79.4 0:25 7:02.5 4 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.1 0:40 7:03.4 5 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 69.3 1:15 7:05.6 6 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.4 1:00 7:07.3 7 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 72.0 1:03 7:07.6 8 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 63.3 1:45 7:08.6 9 38 Spridget Brian Cole 73.5 1:00 7:10.6 10 79 Holden EH Les Verco 78.8 0:32 7:10.6 11 60 MG A Bob Wellman 87.3 Go 7:18.9 12 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 76.7 0:50 7:18.9 13 29 Mini Cooper S Mal Bennett 73.5 1:05 7:19.7 14 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 80.3 0:28 7:25.4 15 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 77.2 0:55 7:27.9 16 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 69.0 2:00 7:49.7 17 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 89.8 0:30 8:02.1 Fastest Time: No 27

Race 15: Touring Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 74.8 1:13 7:31.5 2 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 77.3 1:08 7:38.9 3 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 74.8 1:23 7:40.6 4 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 91.4 Go 7:40.7 5 83 Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 79.5 0:58 7:40.8 6 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 81.4 0:48 7:43.2 7 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.2 0:30 7:43.8 8 130 Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 77.8 1:10 7:44.0 9 57 Mini Cooper S Graeme Ashdown 76.0 1:15 7:44.9 10 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.6 1:25 7:46.6 11 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.9 0:20 7:48.4 12 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 73.4 1:30 7:50.2 13 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 77.2 1:25 7:56.2 14 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 76.4 1:25 7:56.2 15 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 83.7 1:00 8:02.0 16 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.9 1:30 8:02.8 17 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 74.8 1:30 8:03.7 Fastest Time: No 138

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1972

14

Six Hour Le Mans Source: Racing Car News report

Pos Drivers/Car Laps 1 Ray Thackwell/Jim Mullins, Porsche 911S 295 2 Wayne Negus/Neville Grigsby, Torana XU-1 279 3 Chris Royston/Colin Hall, Lotus 47 270 4 Basil Riciardello/Neville Cooper, Alfa Romeo GTA 262 5 Felix Smetana/Tony McAlinden, Lotus Super 7 256 6 Barry Coleman/Lance Barrett, Bolwell Mk 7 254 7 Stuart Kostera/George Cole, Matich SR3 254 8 Bill Russell/John Hagarty, Datsun SR311 254 9 Gordon Leney/Dave Sullivan Jr, Torana XU-1 251 10 Graeme Ibbotson/Bob Creasy, Jomax 250 11 P Reed/T Dunning, MG B 237 12 C Garratt/Phil Davenport, MG B 234 13 G Moffat/G Appleby, MG B 234 14 Howie Sangster/Rick Lisle/Craig McAllister, Charger 233 15 Bill Downey/Noel Mitchell, Lotus Elan 229 16 Dave Cliffe/R Mouncey, Lotus Cortina 226 17 J Michael/D Jorritsma, Mini Cooper S 224 18 Adrian Lewis/Elemer Vajda, Mini Cooper S 224 19 Stratton Joel/John Farrell, Torana XU-1 220 20 Murray Thomas/Tim Garratt, Datsun-Healey 197 21 Alby Valikov/Doug Tyler, Honda S800 187 22 Ross Crump/L Derriman, Fiat 170 ?? Jack Kennedy/ Terry Lyons, Mini [see Sports Closed below] ?? DNF Howie Sangster/Craig McAllister, McLaren LT170 194 DNF Ian Diffen/Ron Bairstow, Charger 128 DNF Gordon Mitchell/Brian Cole, Sprite 100 DNF John Haynes/Ray Tyler, Morgan V8 4.7 1 DNF Peter Doney/Paul Wilkins, Mini Cooper S DNF Brian Rhodes/Rod Collins, Charger DNF Murray Charnley/David Hipperson, Lotus 23B DNF Leo Stubber/Bob Kingsbury, Porsche 911S DNF Bill Maddocks/Peter Green, Monaco GT Clubman DNF Bill Nitscke/Bill Lee, Torana XU-1 DNF Neville Cooper/Ray Johnson, Spitfire DNF Michael Hector/John Farrell, Monaro HQ DNS Bob Biltoft/Harold Davies, VW 2-litre

[Racing Car News report shows 37 starters, Only 35 in above list.]

Classes:

Sports Open: 2501-3000 cc: Kostera/Cole 1 1601-2500 cc: Russell/Hagarty 1; Ibbotson/Creasy 2; Garratt/Davenport 3. 1301-1600 cc: Semtana/McAlinden 1; Downey/Mitchell 2; Thomas/Garratt 3. Up to 1300: No finishers

Sports Closed: 2501-5000 cc: Coleman/Barrett 1 1601-2500 cc: Thackwell/Mullins 1; Royston/Hall 2; Reed/Dunning 3. 1301-1600 cc: Ricciardello/Cooper 1; Crump/Derriman 2 Up to 1300: Kennedy/Lyons 1; Valikov/Tyler 2

Improved Production: Over 2000: No finishers 1301-2000 cc: Cliffe/Mouncey 1 Up to 1300: No finishers

Series Production: 3001-6000 cc: Negus/Grigsby 1; Leney/Sullivan 2; Sangster/Lisle/Mcallister 3 Up to 1300: Michael/Jorritsma 1; Lewis/Vajda 2.

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1972

15

Motorama Winter Classic 9 July 1972

Race 1: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.9 5:57.4 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 71.2 6:07.3 3 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.4 6:10.3 4 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.5 6:10.9 5 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 74.6 6:23.2 6 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 74.7 6:23.9 7 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 76.3 6:34.7 8 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 76.4 6:35.8 9 41 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 75.9 6:37.2 10 79 Holden EH Les Verco 77.2 6:37.5 11 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 77.7 6:54.9 12 97 VW 112 K Kanzler/G Moran 83.2 7:05.5 13 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 84.3 5:51.1 4 laps 14 36 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 88.1 6:01.5 4 laps 15 33 Mini Cooper S Monaco Bill Maddocks 92.5 6:19.3 4 laps DNF 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 81.3

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 44, 2

nd 53, 3

rd 30

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 41

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 97

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

2501-5000: 1st 79

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 64.0 5:36.9 2 6 Befa George Cole 66.6 5:38.5 3 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 70.8 6:02.1 4 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 70.6 6:03.1 5 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 70.6 6:05.0 6 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 64.3 6:10.0 7 3 Brabham Ford Werner Bekker 69.6 6:18.9 8 15 Peugeot Spl Dominic Mannello 76.8 6:35.2 9 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 76.2 6:35.4 10 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 76.3 6:36.1 11 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 74.1 6:40.9 12 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 79.0 6:51.0 0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14

1301-1600: 1st 8, 2

nd 6, 3

rd 16

1601-2500: 1st 5

2501-5000: ---

Race 3: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 66.1 5:38.1 2 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.2 5:53.4 3 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 69.8 5:57.8 4 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 69.3 5:59.0 5 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.2 6:08.3 6 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.2 6:08.9 7 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 78.9 6:42.2 8 50 Scimitar Bill Richards 80.1 6:49.6 9 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 81.6 6:57.3 10 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 71.3 7:06.6 DNF 42 Elfin Sports Doug Tyler 77.0

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 50

1301-1600: 1st 24, 2

nd 52, 3

rd 94

1601-2500: 1st 48

2501-5000: 1st 31

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Race 4: Series Production Touring Cars, 50 laps. Motorama 1-Hour Series 1 154C Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 73.0 62:08.1 2 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 73.4 62.18.5 3 64B Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Rod Donovan 73.2 62:31.7 4 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.2 62:48.1 5 65C Valiant Charger Craig McAllister 73.8 63:21.1 6 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 74.9 62:12.2 49 laps 7 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.0 62:26.3 49 laps 8 130C Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 76.7 62:54.2 48 laps 9 45C Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 75.2 63:05.5 47 laps 10 83C Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 78.2 62:14.9 45 laps 11 86F Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.9 62:15.2 42 laps 12 85F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.0 62:25.8 42 laps 13 61F Mini Cooper S Chas Lambert 87.4 62:28.8 41 laps 14 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 93.0 63:21.4 40 laps 15 80F Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 87.3 62:51.6 28 laps DNF 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.4 DNF 98C Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 75.7 DNF 101C Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 75.4 DNF 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 73.5 DNF 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.1

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st, 86, 2

nd 85, 3rd 61

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 154, 2

nd 112, 3

rd 64

Race 5: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.5 11:52.9 2 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.0 12:18.9 3 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.6 12:25.3 4 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.1 12:35.3 5 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 74.4 12:42.5 6 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 75.7 12:50.2 7 41 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 75.7 12:50.4 8 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 76.3 11:39.5 9 laps 9 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 76.2 11:40.2 9 laps 10 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.6 11:49.0 9 laps 11 79 Holden EH Les Verco 78.0 11:58.6 9 laps 12 33 Mini Cooper S Monaco Bill Maddocks 78.1 12:02.3 9 laps 13 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 78.6 12:03.1 9 laps 14 97 VW 112 K Kanzler/G Moran 83.3 12:55.6 9 laps 15 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 82.4 11:49.8 8 laps 16 36 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 87.4 11:56.2 8 laps 17 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 87.1 12;35.5 8 laps

Class Results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 57, 2

nd 53, 3

rd 30

1301-2000: 1st 23

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 41

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 33

1601-2500: 1st 71, 2

nd 75, 3

rd 54

2501-5000: 1st 79

Race 6: Racing Cars, 10 laps 1 6 Befa George Cole 66.9 11:36.5 2 3 Brabham Ford Werner Bekker 69.2 11:48.7 3 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 69.5 11:48.9 4 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 71.6 12:26.6 5 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 75.1 11:39.0 9 laps 6 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 79.4 12:11.5 9 laps DNF 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 75.6 DNF 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 75.5 DNF 15 Peugeot Spl Dominic Mannello 75.7 DNF 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 65.8 DNF 51 Renault Spl Sam Santoro 100.5 DNF 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 70.8 0-1300 cc: 1

st 2

1301-1600: 1st 6, 2

nd 3, 3

rd 16

1601-2500: --- 2501-5000: ---

1972

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Race 7: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 66.8 11:22.1 2 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 69.7 11:51.7 3 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.5 11:55.1 4 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 70.2 11:56.6 5 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.1 12:19.3 6 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.1 12:23.6 7 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 77.8 11:55.0 9 laps 8 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 78.3 11:57.7 9 laps 9 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 82.4 12:36.3 9 laps DNF 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 71.5

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 50

1301-1600: 1st 52, 2

nd 24, 3

rd 94

1601-2500: --- 2501-5000: 1

st 31

Race 8: Closed Cars (Groups B C and E), 10 laps 1 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.8 11:58.2 2 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.5 12:15.4 3 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.6 12:21.7 4 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 73.7 12:29.0 5 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 74.0 12:33.6 6 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.6 12:35.9 7 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 75.5 12:51.0 8 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 74.8 12:51.3 9 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 75.4 12:52.2 10 64 Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Rod Donovan 73.2 12:56.7 11 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 75.7 12:58.5 12 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 76.0 12:59.9 13 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.0 13:06.3 DNF 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 74.5 Crunch!!! DNF 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.3

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 53, 2

nd 44, 3

rd 57

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 71, 2

nd 75

2501-5000: 1st 45, 2

nd 63, 3

rd 133

Race 9: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 78.7 Go 6:38.1 2 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 67.1 0:58 6:38.1 3 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 69.3 1:20 7:06.3 4 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 74.4 0:55 7:09.0 5 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 73.6 1:00 7:13.0 6 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 73.6 1:05 7:13.2 7 3 Brabham Ford Werner Bekker 70.1 1:25 7:18.8 8 6 Befa George Cole 66.9 1:45 7:21.5 DNF 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 65.8 1:53 Fastest Time: No 6

1972

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Race 10: Sports Cars open and closed, 5 lap handicap 1 41 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 75.4 0:28 6:48.3 2 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 77.1 0:23 6:50.8 3 97 VW 112 K Kanzler/G Moran 82.0 Go 6:52.0 4 50 Scimitar Bill Richards 80.8 0:15 7:00.8 5 79 Holden EH Les Verco 77.9 0:35 7:10.4 6 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 66.6 1:35 7:12.5 7 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 70.4 1:15 7:15.1 8 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 71.8 1:10 7:15.1 9 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.7 1:08 7:15.7 10 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 75.7 0:55 7:19.1 11 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 81.4 0:28 7:19.2 12 33 Mini Cooper S Monaco Bill Maddocks 79.8 0:34 7:19.7 13 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 74.9 1:00 7:22.5 14 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.6 1:35 7:23.6 15 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.1 1:13 7:25.3 16 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 77.3 0:30 7:25.4 17 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 83.6 0:35 7:53.8 18 36 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 97.5 0:53 8:24.0 Fastest Time: No 31

Race 11: Touring Cars, groups C and E, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 76.5 1:05 7:31.5 2 27 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.2 1:13 7:31.7 3 61 Mini Cooper S Keith Dootson 88.2 0:05 7:31.8 4 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 87.3 0:13 7:31.8 5 45 Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 73.6 1:23 7:35.0 6 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 74.8 1:15 7:35.0 7 80 Mini Cooper S J Michael/D Jorritsma 87.0 0:15 7:35.0 8 23 Cortina Dick Mouncey 80.7 0:45 7:35.0 9 83 Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 77.2 1:03 7:35.0 10 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.1 1:25 7:41.3 11 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.8 Go 7:46.8 12 57 Mini Cooper S G Ashdown/J Power 74.9 1:08 7:51.0 DNF 73 Mini Cooper s Eric Payne 81.7 1:00 DNF 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport -- 1:05 Fastest Time: No 45

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1972

19

Australian Sports Car Championship Round 5 WA Sports Car Championship

20 August 1972

Race 1: Series Production Touring Cars, 10 laps. Lightning Series race 1

Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time

1 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 74.8 12:59.4 2 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 76.3 13:09.1 3 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 76.4 13:09.2 4 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 75.6 13:14.2 5 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.6 13:20.6 6 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 76.8 13:21.1 7 101C Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 74.9 12:59.6 9 laps 8 111C Torana XU-1 Morris Mills 83.5 13:05.5 9 laps 9 130C Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 82.7 13:05.6 9 laps 10 80F Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 86.5 13:24.6 9 laps 11 86F Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 86.1 13:26.8 9 laps 12 61F Mini Cooper S Chas Lambert 91.0 13:57.4 9 laps 13 61F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.3 14:06.5 9 laps 14 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 95.7 13:10.8 8 laps DNF 98C Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 77.2 DNF 154C Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 78.8 DNF 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 79.4 DNF 64B Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Rod Donovan 94.2 DNF 45C Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 87.0

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 80, 2

nd 86, 3rd 61

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 63, 2

nd 138, 3

rd 112

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 62.4 5:22.3 2 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 61.8 5:22.8 3 6 Befa George Cole 66.0 5:36.1 4 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 69.8 5:54.8 5 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.2 5:55.0 6 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 71.4 6:08.8 7 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 72.8 6:10.0 8 7 Lotus Bill Downey 65.2 6:10.6 9 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 73.1 6:19.5 10 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 75.5 6:28.6 11 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.8 5:35.4 4 laps 12 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 76.8 5:36.0 4 laps DNF 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 67.0 0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14, 3

rd 18

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 6

2001-3000: 1st 5

3001-5000: ---

1972

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Race 3: Sports Cars, Division 2, 15 laps 1 35 U2 Roy Stokes 74.1 19:07.8 2 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 74.8 19:08.4 3 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 75.0 19:09.0 4 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 75.8 19:26.9 5 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 74.0 19:38.0 6 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 77.3 19:55.5 7 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 78.1 20:03.7 8 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Basil Ricciardello 78.1 20:14.0 9 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 80.6 19:42.0 14 laps 10 60 MG A Rob Wellman 84.0 20:03.0 14 laps DNF 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 79.7 DNF 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 73.2 DNF 26 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 88.8 DNF 79 Holden EH Les Verco 92.0 DNF 97 VW Geoff Moran 92.0

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 50, 2

nd 58

1301-1600: 1st 35, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 42

1601-2500: 1st 77, 2

nd 75

2501-5000: ---

Race 4: Sports Cars, Div 1, 35 laps. Aust Sports Car Ch. Race 5; WA Sports Car Ch. 1 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 60.3 39:33.9 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.9 40:31.9 34 laps 3 6 Elfin 360 Phil Moore 63.5 40:32.1 34 laps 4 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 66.8 40:19.9 33 laps 5 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 72.7 39:53.3 30 laps 6 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 72.1 40:05.6 30 laps 7 36 U2 Mk 8 B Tony McAlinden 74.0 40:36.9 30 laps 8 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 75.6 40:45.0 30 laps 9 76 McLaren M6 John Harvey 61.0 29 laps 10 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 75.5 29 laps 11 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 75.6 29 laps 12 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 74.4 29 laps 13 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 75.9 27 laps DNF 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 81.9

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38

1301-1600: 1st 36, 2

nd 52, 3

rd 29

1601-2500: 1st 6, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 48

2501-5000: 1st 20, 2

nd 27, 3

rd 31

Race 5: Series Production Touring Cars, 10 laps. Lightning Series race 2

1 45C Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 72.5 12:15.6 2 154C Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 72.6 12:16.3 3 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 73.0 12:21.3 4 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 72.9 12:26.4 5 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 73.3 12:27.2 6 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 73.3 12:28.7 7 98C Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 74.3 12:41.0 8 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.7 12:42.8 9 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.1 12:44.4 10 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 75.7 13:06.5 11 130C Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 77.1 13:10.5 12 83C Torana XU-1 Stratton Joel 77.3 13:24.4 13 111C Torana XU-1 Morris Mills 79.1 12:36.4 9 laps 14 86F Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 85.3 13:04.4 9 laps 15 61F Mini Cooper S Chas Lambert 86.3 13:15.8 9 laps 16 85F Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 90.1 12:15.6 8 laps 17 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 93.8 12:49.4 8 laps DNF 64B Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Rod Donovan 73.1 DNF 65C Valiant Charger Howie Sangster 74.7 DNF 80F Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 85.0 DNF 101C Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 73.2

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 86, 2

nd 61, 3rd 85

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 154, 2

nd 112

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Race 6: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 7 Chev Camaro Bob Jane (Vic) 66.4 11:20.2 2 8 Alfa Romeo GTA V8 Brian Foley (Vic) 66.6 11:20.6 3 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.6 11:39.1 4 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.8 12:09.0 5 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.1 12:24.4 6 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 73.1 12:24.4 7 49 Mini Cooper s David Hipperson 74.1 11:22.4 9 laps 8 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 76.0 11:38.0 9 laps 9 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.0 11:38.3 9 laps 10 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 76.0 11:38.9 9 laps 11 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 78.3 12:03.3 9 laps 12 74 Monaro GTS 350 Michael Hector 78.2 12:05.1 9 laps 13 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 79.2 12:07.8 9 laps 14 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 81.3 12:29.0 9 laps DNF 26 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 92.1

Class results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 57, 3

rd 30

1301-2000: 1st 23

3001-6000: 1st 7, 2

nd 74

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: -- 1301-1600: 1

st 29, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 8, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

2501-5000: 1st 55

Race 7: Racing Cars, 10 laps 1 20 McLaren LT170 * Howie Sangster 71.7 12:32.8 2 6 Elfin 360 * Phil Moore 72.6 12:49.3 3 10 Macon Craig McAllister 74.7 12:50.9 4 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 75.1 13:31.4 5 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 78.3 13:37.4 6 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 79.8 13:48.3 7 7 Lotus Bill Downey 79.6 12:34.0 9 laps 8 6 Befa George Cole 80.1 13:00.2 9 laps 9 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 86.1 13:17.1 9 laps 10 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 84.0 13:39.1 9 laps 11 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 90.3 13:30.9 8 laps DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 95.4 DNF 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 80.9 DNF 27 Matich SR3 * Stuart Kostera -- DNF 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie -- * By invitation

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 16

2001-3000: --- 3001-5000: ---

1972

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Race 8: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 7 Chev Camaro Bob Jane (Vic) 76.4 11:59.3 2 8 Alfa Romeo GTA V8 Brian Foley (Vic) 76.3 13:00.6 3 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 81.4 13:48.4 4 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 82.2 13:57.4 5 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 83.8 14:29.1 6 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 85.1 13:00.8 9 laps 7 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 85.3 13:06.4 9 laps 8 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 87.1 13:25.7 9 laps 9 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 87.5 13:27.7 9 laps 10 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 88.1 13:31.0 9 laps 11 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 86.2 13:35.0 9 laps 12 74 Monaro GTS 350 Michael Hector 89.2 13:53.0 9 laps DNF 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 87.9

Class results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 57, 2

nd 30, 3

rd 73

1301-2000: 1st 23

3001-6000: 1st 7, 2

nd 74

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: -- 1301-1600: 1

st 29, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 8, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 77

2501-5000: 1st 55

Race 9: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 76 McLaren M6 John Harvey 64.3 11:12.0 2 20 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 64.2 11:12.1 3 6 Elfin 360 Phil Moore 68.2 11:42.8 4 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 70.1 12:06.7 5 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 68.8 12:07.0 6 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 75.0 11:42.2 9 laps 7 24 Lotus Super 7 Felix Smetana 74.3 11:55.7 9 laps 8 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 75.9 11:58.6 9 laps 9 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 77.7 12:13.4 9 laps 10 35 U2 Roy Stokes 83.0 11:19.0 8 laps 11 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 82.4 11:28.4 8 laps 12 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 82.5 11:28.7 8 laps 13 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 84.3 11:42.3 8 laps 14 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 85.6 11:50.3 8 laps 15 36 U2 Mk 8 B Tony McAlinden 87.1 12:07.4 8 laps 16 60 MG A Rob Wellman 88.8 12:18.8 8 laps 17 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 88.3 8 laps DNF 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 82.4

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 99

1301-1600: 1st 24, 2

nd 52, 3

rd 35

1601-2500: 1st 6

2501-5000: 1st 76, 2

nd 20, 3

rd 27

Race 10: Closed Sports and Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 8 Alfa Romeo GTA V8 Brian Foley (Vic) 66.7 11:26.4 2 7 Chev Camaro Bob Jane (Vic) 67.6 11:40.7 3 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.8 12:00.0 4 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 72.8 12:19.4 5 29 Mini Cubman GT Ross Bennett 72.4 12:19.8 6 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 73.2 12:26.8 7 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.2 12:34.7 8 98 Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 74.1 12:34.7 9 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 74.3 12:37.9 10 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.0 11:28.8 9 laps 11 98 Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 74.8 11:35.5 9 laps 12 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.0 11:40.9 9 laps 13 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 77.0 11:56.5 9 laps DNF 101 Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 73.6 DNF 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.5

Class results:

0-1300 cc: -- 1301-1600: 1

st 29, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 8, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

2501-5000: 1st 7, 2

nd 64, 3

rd 138

1972

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Race 11: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 82.0 0:45 8:07.7 2 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 82.6 1:00 8:30.1 3 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 95.4 0:20 8:43.4 4 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 90.8 0:25 8:55.6 5 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 88.7 0:30 8:56.9 6 7 Lotus Bill Downey 82.6 1:00 9:06.5 7 10 Macon Craig McAllister 77.5 1:22 9:10.6 DNF 6 Befa George Cole 80.0 1:05 DNF 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 113.0 Go DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 97.1 0:15 DNF 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 87.2 0:50 DNF 19 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich -- 1:22 Fastest Time: No 16

Race 12: Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 29 Mini Cubman GT Ross Bennett 83.8 0:53 7:55.7 2 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 93.6 0:10 8:00.6 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 85.0 0:40 8:01.1 4 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 86.8 0:40 8:02.0 5 8 Alfa Romeo GTA V8 Brian Foley (Vic) 78.4 1:30 8:04.4 6 60 MG A Rob Wellman 97.1 Go 8:08.8 7 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 92.7 0:30 8:15.5 8 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 94.0 0:25 8:15.7 9 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 86.5 1:00 8:16.2 10 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 85.7 1:08 8:18.7 11 35 U2 Roy Stokes 89.8 0:50 8:25.9 12 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 96.0 1:10 9:12.2 DNF 42 Elfin Doug Tyler --- 0.28 Fastest Time: No 8

Race 13: Touring Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 80 Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 92.7 0:30 8:20.4 2 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 99.7 Go 8:25.9 3 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 83.4 1:28 8:28.5 4 61 Mini Cooper S Keith Dootson 95.3 0:30 8:31.8 5 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 88.0 1:00 8:32.2 6 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 96.3 0:25 8:33.9 7 170 Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 84.1 1:30 8:34.3 8 7 Chev Camaro Bob Jane 73.8 2:00 8:38.5 9 74 Monaro GTS 350 Michael Hector 92.1 0:55 8:41.0 10 63 Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 82.5 1:38 8:41.0 11 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 87.4 1:25 8:44.0 12 64 Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Rod Donovan 83.1 1:40 8:47.8 13 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 86.0 1:35 8:52.3 14 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 90.5 1:20 8:53.4 15 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 86.6 1:35 8:55.8 16 45 Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 86.5 1:38 8:58.6 17 111 Torana XU-1 Morris Mills 93.3 1:10 9:00.9 Fastest Time: No 7

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1972

24

WA Touring Car Championship 19 September 1972

Race 1: Closed Sports Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.0 5:44.0 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 67.7 5:44.8 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.7 6:05.1 4 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.0 6:09.2 5 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.6 6:09.2 6 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 73.2 6:18.7 7 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.2 6:29.4 8 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 76.0 6:31.7 9 79 Holden EH Les Verco 76.8 6:39.1 10 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.1 6:39.5 11 77 Porsche 911S Leo Stubber 76.9 6:44.9 12 39 Anglia Spl Nick Benedetto 80.9 7:01.3 13 34 Cortina Peter Green 84.1 5:45.7 4 laps DNF 25 Mini Cooper Jack Kennedy 76.0 DNF 97 VW 112 Geoff Moran 91.1

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 56

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 62, 3

rd 82

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79, 3

rd 39

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.2 5:15.1 2 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 61.3 5:15.3 3 7 Lotus Bill Downey 65.2 5:34.4 4 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 68.9 5:50.0 5 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.0 5:50.0 6 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 72.4 6:10.2 7 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 72.7 6:11.0 8 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 73.8 6:17.1 9 21 Elfin Ford Colin Ekert 77.0 5:19.1 4 laps 10 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 77.9 5:21.5 4 laps 11 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.1 5:37.2 4 laps

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14, 3

rd 18

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 7

2001-3000: --- 3001-5000: ---

Race 3: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 3 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 60.1 5:19.3 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.3 5:21.5 3 31 Graduate Mk 2 Stan Starcevich 66.6 5:44.0 4 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 71.2 6:04.9 5 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 72.2 6:10.2 6 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 71.8 6:10.9 7 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.3 6:12.2 8 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 70.4 6:16.0 9 35 U2 Roy Stokes 73.1 6:17.0 10 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 73.1 6:17.0 11 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 77.9 5:19.7 4 laps 12 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 77.4 5:21.5 4 laps 13 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 80.8 5:38.9 4 laps 14 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler 83.4 5:45.0 4 laps 15 60 MG A Rob Wellman 86.3 5:57.6 4 laps DSQ * 36 U2 Mk 8 B Tony McAlinden 70.3 * Disqualified for passing under a yellow flag.

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 99, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 37

1301-1600: 1st 52, 2

nd 94, 3

rd 35

1601-2500: 1st 48, 2

nd 66

3001-5000: 1st 3, 2

nd 27, 3

rd 31

1972

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Race 4: Improved and Series Production Touring Cars, 35 laps.

WA Touring Car Championship 1 1 Monaro 350 GTS Norm Beechey 68.4 42:33.0 2 64B Falcon GT HO Phase 3 Bill Dickson 71.5 42:44.5 3 45C Valiant Charger Leon Shenton 72.1 42:49.0 4 154C Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 72.1 42:50.3 5 112C Valiant Charger Jim Mullins 71.7 43:22.5 6 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 72.8 42:34.4 34 laps 7 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 74.3 43:09.0 34 laps 8 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.6 43:36.6 34 laps 9 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.8 43:44.8 34 laps 10 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.7 43:45.4 34 laps 11 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 76.2 42:45.3 33 laps 12 83C Torana XU-1 Stretton Joel 76.3 43:04.3 33 laps 13 74 Monaro 350 GTS Michael Hector 77.9 42:38.1 32 laps 14 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 78.3 42:50.3 32 laps 15 61F Mini Cooper S Chas Lambert 85.3 43:08.7 30 laps 16 72F Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 83.4 43:32.0 30 laps DNF 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 72.8 DNF 130C Torana XU-1 Simon Emmerling 77.2 DNF 111C Torana XU-1 Morris Mills 76.7 DNF 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 73.3 DNF 98C Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 72.9 DNF 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 79.5 DNF 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 71.7 DNF 65C Valiant Charger Howie Sangster 74.2 DNF 30 Mini Cooper S Bill Nuske 77.6

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 43, 2

nd 44, 3

rd 57

1301-2000: 1st 23

2001-3000: 3001-6000: 1

st 1, 2

nd 64, 3

rd 45

Race 5: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 3 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 60.0 10:24.8 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 61.1 10:26.2 3 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 63.6 10:49.8 4 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 69.4 10:41.0 9 laps 5 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.8 10:41.8 9 laps 6 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 70.1 10:56.1 9 laps 7 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 72.1 10:59.1 9 laps 8 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 71.6 11:00.5 9 laps 9 35 U2 Roy Stokes 71.8 11:00.6 9 laps 10 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.7 11:12.8 9 laps 11 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 78.5 10:37.4 8 laps 12 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 79.8 10:59.5 8 laps 13 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler 82.9 11:21.8 8 laps 14 60 MG A Rob Wellman 85.6 11:42.8 8 laps

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 99, 3

rd 38

1301-1600: 1st 52, 2

nd 24, 3

rd 35

1601-2500: 1st 48, 2

nd 66

3001-5000: 1st 3, 2

nd 27, 3

rd 31

1972

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Race 6: Closed Sports and Improved Production Cars, 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.0 11:32.2 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.4 11:38.8 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.0 11:59.5 4 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.2 12:20.9 5 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 73.1 12:21.4 6 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.9 12:31.7 7 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.3 12:46.0 8 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 75.8 11:33.0 9 laps 9 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.4 11:33.0 9 laps 10 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 75.2 11:33.3 9 laps 11 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 74.7 11:34.3 9 laps 12 74 Monaro 350 GTS Michael Hector 77.1 11:52.3 9 laps 13 79 Holden EH Les Verco 76.8 12:02.7 9 laps 14 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 78.7 12:03.7 9 laps 15 39 Anglia Spl Nick Benedetto 79.5 12:27.6 9 laps DNF 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 73.6 DNF 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.4 DNF 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 76.4 DNF 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 82.4 DNF 97 VW 112 G Moran/K Kanzler 81.6

Class results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 43, 3

rd 57

1301-2000: 1st 23

3001-6000: 1st 74

Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 56

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 82

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

2501-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 79, 3

rd 39

Race 7: Racing Cars, 10 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.8 10:34.5 2 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 61.9 11:01.1 3 7 Lotus Bill Downey 64.9 11:01.8 4 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 69.2 11:41.6 5 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.2 11:42.4 6 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 72.6 11:02.9 9 laps 7 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 73.5 11:14.6 9 laps 8 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 72.4 11:38.9 9 laps 9 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 77.2 11:44.6 9 laps 10 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.1 10:57.0 8 laps DNF 21 Elfin Ford Colin Ekert 76.7

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14, 3

rd 18

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 7

2001-3000: --- 3001-5000: ---

Race 8: Sports and Touring Cars (by Invitation), 10 laps 1 83 Torana XU-1 Stretton Joel 76.3 13:05.9 2 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 79.3 13:32.6 3 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 78.2 13:43.8 4 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler 81.6 14:13.6 5 61 Mini Cooper S Keith Dootson 82.9 14:14.4 6 80 Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 82.7 14:15.0 7 72 Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 84.1 14:33.3 8 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 88.4 13:32.6 9 laps 9 86 Mini Cooper s Russell Riley 85.0 13:99.9 9 laps 10 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 94.4 14:39.0 9 laps DNF 74 Monaro 350 GTS Michael Hector 77.4 DNF 79 Holden EH Roy Prout 78.3 DNF 97 VW 112 Geoff Moran 84.3 DNF 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 79.6 DNF 111 Torana XU-1 Morris Mills 87.9

1972

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Race 9: Closed Sports and Touring Cars, 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.8 11:36.0 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.5 11:39.3 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.0 11:59.5 4 133 Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 71.8 12:10.4 5 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 71.7 12:11.4 6 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.7 12:20.2 7 49 Mini Cooper S David Hipperson 72.8 12:21.8 8 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 73.2 12:25.4 9 45 Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 73.0 12:28.4 10 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 73.5 12:30.1 11 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 74.0 12:34.6 12 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.4 12:50.5 13 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.3 11:38.6 9 laps DNF 65 Valiant Charger Howie Sangster 87.4 DNF 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 86.0

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 49, 2

nd 44, 3

rd 43

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 62

1601-2500: 1st 54, 2

nd 71, 3

rd 75

3001-6000: 1st 55, 2

nd 133, 3

rd 138

Race 10: Racing cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 72.0 0:18 6:23.6 2 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 72.2 0:28 6:33.0 3 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 72.6 0:25 6:33.4 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 65.0 1:05 6:34.7 5 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 76.1 0:08 6:35.6 6 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 68.5 0:50 6:36.3 7 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 62.3 1:18 6:36.5 8 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.6 0:55 6:39.4 9 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.4 Go 6:45.6 DNF 10 Macon Craig McAllister -- 1:18 Fastest Time: No 4

Race 11: Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler 80.8 Go 6:53.7 2 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 72.7 1:08 7:14.2 3 3 McLaren LT170 Howie Sangster 59.1 2:25 7:28.2 4 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 75.8 1:15 7:38.1 5 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 76.3 1:15 7:40.2 6 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 72.5 1:33 7:40.3 7 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.9 2:15 7:40.4 8 39 Anglia Spl Nick Benedetto 78.7 1:00 7:42.3 9 31 Graduate Mk 2 Derek Vince 66.0 2:12 7:44.8 10 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 68.0 2:00 7:48.0 11 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.9 2:05 7:48.4 12 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 70.5 1:40 7:50.2 13 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.9 1:38 7:52.4 14 35 U2 Roy Stokes 73.8 1:35 7:52.4 15 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 70.0 1:53 7:52.7 16 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.3 1:38 7:53.2 17 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 69.4 1:55 7:57.0 18 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.8 1:55 7:57.8 19 94 Lotus Elan Brian Rhodes 73.0 1:40 7:58.0 DNF 97 VW 112 G Moran/K Kanzler -- 0:50 DNF 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper -- 1:35 Fastest Time: No 3

1972

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Race 12: Touring Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 80 Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 83.4 0:40 7:40.3 2 73 Mini Cooper S Lizc Payne 78.6 1:00 7:40.4 3 85 Mini Cooper S Adrian Lewis 87.4 0:25 7:45.3 4 72 Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 83.4 0:45 7:45.3 5 86 Mini Cooper s Russell Riley 84.4 0:40 7:46.1 6 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 92.7 Go 7:46.9 7 61 Mini Cooper S Keith Dootson 81.8 0:50 7:47.0 8 83 Torana XU-1 Stretton Joel 75.8 1:25 7:47.3 9 70 Valiant Charger Colin Hall 73.3 1:40 7:49.7 10 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 74.5 1:35 7:50.7 11 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 75.9 1:40 7:51.0 12 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 72.8 1:40 7:51.0 13 45 Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 73.1 1:45 7:54.9 14 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 79.0 1:20 8:01.3 Fastest Time: No 70

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1972

29

Wanneroo Spring Cup 15 October 1972

Race 1: Open Sports Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 61.4 5:17.6 2 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 70.1 5:57.7 3 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 70.0 5:57.8 4 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 73.2 6:11.8 5 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 73.1 6:12.2 6 35 U2 Roy Stokes 72.9 6:12.4 7 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 72.0 6:20.7 8 50 Scimitar Bill Richards 80.6 5:31.1 4 laps 9 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 77.8 5:33.2 4 laps 10 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler/John Haynes 86.1 5:57.3 4 laps DNF 60 MG A Rob Wellman 88.1 DNF 48 Jomax Graeme Ibbotson 76.4 DNF 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 86.7

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 38, 2

nd 99, 3

rd 37

1301-1600: 1st 24, 2

nd 52, 3

rd 35

1601-2500: 1st 66

3001-5000: 1st 27

Race 2: Closed Sports and Improved Production Touring Cars, 5 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 69.1 5:51.7 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.1 5:53.5 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.3 6:04.2 4 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.8 6:12.1 5 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 73.8 6:18.0 6 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 72.0 6:18.4 7 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.4 6:26.5 8 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 75.0 6:28.1 9 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 75.7 6:33.6 10 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 75.9 6:38.0 11 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 76.5 6:40.2 12 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.0 6:40.4 13 79 Holden EH Les Verco 77.7 6:41.3 14 73 Mini Cooper S Liz Payne 79.8 6:49.9 15 23 Cortina Dick Mouncey 80.6 6:53.9 16 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 86.8 5:59.3 4 laps 17 26 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 87.4 6:01.1 4 laps DNF 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.8 DNF 46 Ford Escort John Strother 82.4

Class results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 44, 2

nd 43, 3

rd 53

1301-2000: 1st 23

3001-6000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 56

1301-1600: 1st 62, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 34

1601-2500: 1st 71, 2

nd 75, 3

rd 32

2501-5000: 1st 54, 2

nd 55, 3

rd 79

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Race 3: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.0 5:12.7 2 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 60.8 5:14.0 3 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 65.2 5:34.2 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 65.3 5:36.6 5 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 67.0 5:44.2 6 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.9 5:54.4 7 11 Elfin FF Peter Briggs 69.8 5:55.6 8 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 76.8 5:15.7 4 laps 9 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 73.3 5:24.2 4 laps 10 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.1 5:33.8 4 laps 11 5 Brabham Climax Neill Rear 72.6 5:34.5 4 laps DNF 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 72.9 DNF 15 Peugeot Spl Dom Mannello 77.1 DNF 9 Peugeot Spl Barry Green 76.0 DNF 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin --

Class results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 18

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 8

2001-3000: 1st 5

Race 4: Not in folder

Race 5: Series Production Cars, 50 laps. Final, Motorama 1-Hour Series 1 63B Falcon GT HO Phase 2 Bill Dickson 72.1 61:39.8 2 154C Torana XU-1 Ray Thackwell 72.9 61:43.8 3 65C Valiant Charger Craig McAllister 73.7 62:16.7 49 laps 4 170C Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 74.6 61:41.6 48 laps 5 92C Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 76.2 62:06.7 48 laps 6 83C Torana XU-1 Stretton Joel 77.0 62:44.4 48 laps 7 133C Torana XU-1 Wayne Negus 73.4 61:42.1 46 laps 8 72F Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 84.7 62:57.4 44 laps 9 86F Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 83.8 61:41.2 43 laps 10 81G Subaru Elemer Vajda 94.9 62:43.5 39 laps DNF 70C Valiant Charger Colin Hall 73.0 DNF 101C Torana XU-1 Bill Nitschke 73.6 DNF 80F Mini Cooper S Jack Michael 84.7 DNF 61F Mini Cooper S C Lambert/K Dootson 83.7 DNF 138C Valiant Charger Tim Slako 72.2 DNF 98C Valiant Charger Ian Diffen 74.4 DNF 45C Valiant Charger Len Wheildon 73.5 DSQ 112C Valiant Charger * Jim Mullins 72.2 62:01.1 50 laps * Excluded by the Stewards for refusing to present his car for post-race scrutineering.

Class Results:

0-1300 cc: 1

st 72, 2

nd 86, 3rd 81

1301-2000: -- 2001-3000: -- 3001-6000: 1

st 154, 2

nd 65

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Race 6: Open Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.6 10:54.7 2 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.7 11:46.4 3 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 70.9 12:02.0 4 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 71.2 12:02.4 5 35 U2 Roy Stokes 72.5 11:02.0 9 laps 6 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 73.0 11:10.8 9 laps 7 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 76.2 11:39.4 9 laps 8 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 76.8 11:51.5 9 laps 9 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 81.0 11:05.3 8 laps 10 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 71.5 11:32.5 8 laps 11 60 MG A Rob Wellman 87.1 1:52.8 8 laps DNF 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 76.4 DNF 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler/John Haynes 88.4

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 37, 2

nd 38, 3

rd 50

1301-1600: 1st 24, 2

nd 52, 3

rd 35

1601-2500: --- 3001-5000: 1

st 27

Race 7: Not in folder

Race 8: Closed Sports and Improved Touring, 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 67.7 11:27.7 2 71 Lotus 47 Chris Royston 69.1 11:54.4 3 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 70.4 11:58.6 4 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 73.2 12:23.6 5 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 74.1 12:37.8 6 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 74.6 12:40.9 7 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 74.9 12:41.7 8 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 75.0 11:32.7 9 laps 9 57 Mini Cooper S Jeff Power 76.7 11:42.5 9 laps 10 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 77.0 11:49.2 9 laps 11 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 78.4 12:06.8 9 laps 12 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 78.4 12:06.8 9 laps 13 82 Cortina SL Noel Mitchell 79.4 12:21.5 9 laps 14 34 Cortina P Green/A Groom 82.5 12:41.0 9 laps DNF 29 Mini Clubman GT Mal Bennett 73.9 DNF 23 Cortina Dick Mouncey 81.6 DNF 79 Holden EH Les Verco 78.9 DNF 26 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 95.1

Class results:

Improved Touring: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 44, 2

nd 43, 3

rd 57

1301-2000: -- Closed Sports: 0-1300 cc: 1

st 56

1301-1600: 1st 62, 2

nd 82, 3

rd 34

1601-2500: 1st 71, 2

nd 75, 3

rd 32

2501-5000: 1st 54, 2

nd 55

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Race 9: Racing Cars (Open Sports Cars by Invitation), 10 laps 1 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.1 10:33.6 2 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 61.3 10:40.8 3 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 61.9 10:41.4 4 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 64.1 11:04.3 5 7 Lotus Bill Downey 64.7 11:10.9 6 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.3 10:35.6 9 laps 7 24 Lotus Super 7 Tony McAlinden 69.8 10:45.4 9 laps 8 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 70.9 10:51.3 9 laps 9 11 Elfin FF P Briggs/J Farrell 71.0 10:53.2 9 laps 10 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 71.8 11:06.6 9 laps 11 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 72.5 11:11.3 9 laps 12 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 72.4 11:12.5 9 laps 13 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 72.3 11:18.5 9 laps 14 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 73.4 11:32.7 9 laps 15 15 Peugeot Spl Dom Mannello 75.5 11:42.2 9 laps 16 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 80.0 10:54.7 8 laps DNF 16 Fielding FF Bob Creasy 67.0 DNF 9 Peugeot Spl Barry Green 60.5 DNF 18 Renault Spl John Flynn 92.5

Class results (Racing Cars)

0-1300 cc: 1

st 2, 2

nd 14, 3

rd 3

1301-2000: 1st 10, 2

nd 4, 3

rd 8

2001-3000: ---

Race 10: Not in Folder

Race 11: Closed Cars (75.5 or better), 10 laps 1 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.9 11:38.1 2 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.0 11:58.4 3 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.9 12:22.5 4 138 Valiant Charger Tim Slako 72.4 12:37.0 5 65 Valiant Charger Craig McAllister 74.2 12:38.6 6 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 74.8 12:44.4 7 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.8 12:52.8 8 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 75.0 12:54.2 9 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 75.9 12:54.2 10 170 Torana XU-1 Brian Smith 76.0 11:39.9 9 laps DNF 75 Alfa Romeo GTA Neville Cooper 72.7 DNF 44 Mini Cooper S Trevor Wright 75.2

Class results

0-1300 cc: 1

st 43, 2

nd 56

1301-1600: 1st 29, 2

nd 62

1601-3000: 1st 54

3001-5000: 1st 55, 2

nd 138, 3

rd 65

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Race 12: Sports and Touring Cars (By Invitation), 10 laps 1 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 71.3 12:14.9 2 35 U2 Mk 8 B Roy Stokes 72.3 12:30.6 3 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 75.4 12:47.0 4 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 75.8 12:49.6 5 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.5 13:20.5 6 23 Cortina Dave Cliffe 78.8 13:23.2 7 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 78.8 13:43.5 8 58 A-Healey Sprite Rob Richards 78.5 12;20.0 9 laps 9 72 Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 83.8 12:46.3 9 laps 10 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 83.5 12:47.1 9 laps 11 61 Mini Cooper S C Lambert/K Dootson 83.3 12:51.1 9 laps 12 60 MG A Rob Wellman 85.9 13:12.0 9 laps 13 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 94.0 12:49.9 8 laps 14 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler/John Haynes 82.4 13:20.4 7 laps DNF 26 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 85.8 DNF 79 Holden EH Roy Prout 78.4 DNF 50 Scimitar Bill Richards 88.1

Class results

0-1600 cc: 1

st 99, 2

nd 35, 3

rd 42

Over 1600: 1st 32, 2

nd 66

Race 13: Racing Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 11 Elfin FF Peter Briggs 70.4 6:24.5 2 15 Peugeot Spl Dom Mannello 74.0 6:29.8 3 19 Triden Ford Bill McCrorie 78.9 6:37.9 4 7 Lotus Bill Downey 64.5 6:38.0 5 10 Macon Craig McAllister 61.2 6:38.2 6 4 Repco Brabham Bob Ilich 61.6 6:38.5 7 8 ZX5 Bernie Zampatti 64.2 6:45.3 8 2 Gard 27B Terry Lyons 68.8 6:49.7 9 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 74.2 6:52.1 10 14 Triumph Spl Dick Turpin 74.8 6:53.4 DNF 12 ZX3 Tony Alfonsi 72.4 Fastest Time: No 10

Race 14: Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 27 Matich SR3 Stuart Kostera 62.5 6:49.1 2 50 Scimitar Alan Richards 77.0 6:55.6 3 29 Mini Clubman GT Ross Bennett 72.6 6:57.5 4 22 Datsun Healey Murray Thomas 75.7 7:01.1 5 38 MG Midget Brian Cole 71.9 7:02.0 6 62 Mini Cooper s Graeme Ibbotson 74.3 7:04.0 7 99 Wilmer Ford Bill Brown 71.7 7:05.2 8 55 Bolwell Mk 7 Barry Coleman 71.1 7:06.1 9 37 Austin Healey Sprite Gordon Mitchell 69.6 7:07.3 10 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.1 7:07.3 11 56 Mini Clubman GT Graeme Ashdown 76.0 7:07.7 12 52 Lotus 23 Murray Charnley 69.3 7:07.9 13 35 U2 Roy Stokes 71.6 7:08.5 14 60 MG A Rob Wellman 85.2 7:09.1 15 54 Porsche 911S Ray Thackwell 68.1 7:13.0 16 66 R T Holden Ray Tyler/John Haynes 81.4 7:15.5 DNF 42 Elfin Doug Tyler 75.0 Fastest Time: No 27

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Race 15: Touring Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver Fast Lap Hcp Time 1 86 Mini Cooper S Russell Riley 84.0 7:40.7 2 43 Mini Cooper S Peter Doney 75.0 7:42.9 3 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 93.3 7:48.5 4 72 Mini Clubman GT Ray Miles 83.5 7:48.5 5 53 Mini Cooper S Phil Davenport 76.3 7:48.8 6 83 Torana XU-1 Stretton Joel 75.9 7:51.0 7 57 Mini Cooper S Terry Power 75.2 7:52.2 8 92 Torana XU-1 Lance Barrett 75.6 7:53.8 9 23 Cortina D Cliffe/D Mouncey 80.0 7:55.3 10 65 Valiant Charger Craig McAllister 75.0 7:57.2 11 61 Mini Cooper S C Lambert/K Dootson 83.7 7:58.4 12 73 Mini Cooper S Eric Payne 78.7 Fastest Time: No 65

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