1971 Rothmans 250

The 1971 Rothmans 250 was motor race[1] for Group E Series Production Touring Cars.[2] It was staged on 7 November 1971[3] at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia, over a 250-mile distance.[1] The race, which was Heat 5 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by Allan Moffat driving a Ford Falcon GTHO.[1]

Classes

As a heat of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, classes were defined by a Capacity/Price Units formula with values for each model calculated by multiplying the engine capacity in litres by the retail price.[4]

Results
Position[1] Drivers[1] No.[1] Car[1] Entrant[1] Laps[1]
1 Allan Moffat 60E Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Ford Motor Co 125
2 Leo Geoghegan 43D Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Austral Motors 125
3 Peter Brock 55D Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 Holden Dealer Team 124
4 Colin Bond 54D[6] Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 Holden Dealer Team 124
5 John French 61E[6] Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Ford Motor Co 123
6 Doug Chivas   Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Austral Motors 123
  Class A : Up to 3000 CP Units        
1 Jim Laing-Peach   Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team  
2 Barry Tapsall   Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team  
3 Mel Mollison 4A Mazda 1300 Mel Mollison  
4 Peter Le Francke   Toyota Corolla AMI Racing Team  
5 Doug Whiteford   Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team  
6 Paul McInerney   Chrysler Valiant Galant 1300    
7 Middleton   Mazda    
 ? Paul Buda 7A Honda Scamp    
  Class B : 3001 - 4600 CP Units        
1 Lakis Manticas   Morris Cooper S British Leyland Works Team  
2 Paul Gulson   Morris Cooper S Marque Motors  
3 Bruce Stewart   Datsun 1600 WH Motors  
4 Jenny Parker   Morris Cooper S    
5 Keith Henry   Morris Cooper S    
6 Graeme Finan   Morris Cooper S    
 ?     Datsun 1600[7]    
 ? Keith Shaw,[7] Dennis Caswell[7]   Honda Coupe 9[7]    
 ? O'Shanesy,[7] English[7]   Morris Cooper S[7] Marque Motors[7]  
DNF Joe Camilleri   Morris Clubman GT    
  Class C : 4601 - 9000 CP Units        
1 Eric Olsen   Ford Escort Twin Cam Eric Olsen  
2 Lyndon Arnel   Ford Escort Twin Cam Tony Motson's Performance Tune  
3 Bob Forbes   Fiat 124 Coupe Fiat Dealers Team  
 ? John Piper   Ford Escort Twin Cam    
 ? Jim Murcott   Ford Escort Twin Cam    
 ? George Giesberts   Holden LC Torana GTR    
 ? Warren Gracie   Holden LC Torana GTR    
 ? Garry Cooke   Mazda Capella RE    
 ? Charlie Lund   Mazda Capella RE    
 ? Terry Friar   Mazda Capella RE    
  Class D : 9001 - 18000 CP Units        
1 Leo Geoghegan 43D Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Austral Motors 125
2 Peter Brock 55D Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 Holden Dealer Team 124
3 Colin Bond 54D Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1 Holden Dealer Team 124
5 Doug Chivas   Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T Austral Motors 123
6 Tony Paul   Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T    
  Class E : 18001 and Over CP Units        
1 Allan Moffat 60E Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Ford Motor Co 125
2 John French 61E Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Ford Motor Co 123
DNF David McKay   Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Finnie Ford  
DNF Phil Barnes   Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5] Brian Byrt Ford  
DNF Rod Donovan   Ford Falcon GTHO[5]    

The winning car completed the race in 3 hours 11 minutes 46.1 seconds at an average speed of 83 mph[3] (133 km/h).

The above results table does not list all competitors, given that there were "over forty starters" in the race.[1]

References
  1. Des White, Moffat's 250, Torana's Title, Racing Car News, December 1971, pages 68-70
  2. Australian Title Conditions, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 82
  3. Bruce Waddell, Moffat by half lap in "250", Brisbane Courier Mail, Monday, 8 November 1971
  4. John Medley, Bathurst, The Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, 1997, page 423
  5. Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, Ford, The Racing History, 1989, page 287
  6. Fantastic Finale, Modern Motor, January 1972
  7. Keith Shaw, Surfers 250, Australian Motor Manual, January 1972, page 56

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