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{{short description|Australian racing driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}
'''Douglas Gordon Chivas''' (c.1922–2004) was an Australian rally and racing car driver. Chivas drove the first [[Lotus 6|Lotus Mark 6]] in Australia in the early 1950s winning many races.

==Career==
In the 1960s and 1970s he drove for some of the most important racing and rally teams in the country, including the [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]] works rally team, [[Alec Mildren]]’s [[Alfa Romeo]] team, the [[Holden Dealer Team]] and the factory-supported [[Chrysler Australia|Chrysler]] Series Production teams of the early 1970s.

Chivas won the [[1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour|1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour race]] with [[Kevin Bartlett (race driver)|Kevin Bartlett]] in a Mildren team [[Alfa Romeo Giulia|Alfa Romeo Giulia Super]]. He registered class wins at the [[Bathurst 1000|Bathurst 500]] in 1963, 1967 and 1968 and won a hard-fought final round of the [[Toby Lee Series]] in 1971 driving a [[Valiant Charger|Chrysler Valiant Charger E38]].

In 1972 Chivas achieved the best result for the Chrysler team at Bathurst by finishing third outright and second in class in a Charger E49.

Chivas is best remembered however for a sensational second place at the [[1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000]]. While co-driving with [[Peter Brock]] in the [[Holden Dealer Team]]'s leading [[Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1|LJ Torana GTR XU-1]] the car ran out of fuel and had to be pushed by Chivas, unaided (as per the rules), along part of pit lane that went slightly uphill. The exhausted 51-year-old had to be supported by pit crew after the effort of pushing the car in the hot conditions (and being flung aside by an anxious Brock), but the time lost may have cost the Brock/Chivas Torana a Bathurst victory. Chivas had been sent a message via his pit board to "GET MAX LAPS", but unfortunately went one lap too far and ran out of fuel at the Reid Park section of the 6.172 km (3.835 mi) [[Mount Panorama Circuit]], though luckily from there most of the over 3 km back to the pits was downhill. According to popular theory, the car should have coasted into the pits without the need for Chivas to get out and push, but he tried to bump start the car just before he got to the pits hoping there was enough fuel left to re-start; the car came to a stop about 20 metres short of the pit entry.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqijE-aqWcE When Chivas Ran Out Of Fuel In Brock's XU-1]</ref>

==Career results==
===Complete Bathurst 500/1000 results===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>pos.|Class position}}
|- align="center"
! [[1963 Armstrong 500|1963]]
|align="left"|
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Wilkinson]]
|align="left"| [[Morris Cooper]]
| B
| 125
| 6th
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|- align="center"
! [[1965 Armstrong 500|1965]]
|align="left"|
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Barnes (racing driver)|Phil Barnes]]
|align="left"| [[Morris Cooper S]]
| C
| 10
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! [[1966 Gallaher 500|1966]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Vern Potts
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Doug Chivas, Jr.]]
|align="left"| [[Morris Cooper]]
| B
| 119
| 17th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! [[1967 Gallaher 500|1967]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Alec Mildren Racing|Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Max Stewart]]
|align="left"| [[Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce)|Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV]]
| E
| 130
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|- align="center"
! [[1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500|1968]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Alec Mildren Racing|Alec Mildren Racing Pty Ltd]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Kevin Bartlett (racing driver)|Kevin Bartlett]]
|align="left"| [[Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce)#1750 GT Veloce (1967–1971)|Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV]]
| E
| 129
| 4th
| style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|- align="center"
! [[1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500|1969]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Alec Mildren Racing|Alec Mildren Alfa Romeo]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[John French (racing driver)|John French]]
|align="left"| [[Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce)#1750 GT Veloce (1967–1971)|Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV]]
| E
| 0
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! [[1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500|1970]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Geoghegan's Sporty Cars
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Graham Ryan (racing driver)|Graham Ryan]]
|align="left"| [[Chrysler Valiant#VG Series|Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrell]]
| C
| 129
| 4th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! [[1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500|1971]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Liverpool Chrysler
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Graham Moore (racing driver)|Graham Moore]]
|align="left"| [[Chrysler Valiant Charger|Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E38]]
| D
| 124
| 19th
| 12th
|- align="center"
! [[1972 Hardie-Ferodo 500|1972]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} D Beck
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} ''[[Damon Beck]]''
|align="left"| [[Chrysler Valiant Charger|Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49]]
| D
| 128
| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! [[1973 Hardie-Ferodo 1000|1973]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Holden Dealer Team]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Brock]]
|align="left"| [[Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1]]
| D
| 163
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! [[1976 Hardie-Ferodo 1000|1976]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} City Ford
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Lakis Manticas]]
|align="left"| [[Ford Capri|Ford Capri Mk.I]]
| 2001cc – 3000cc
| 3
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! [[1977 Hardie-Ferodo 1000|1977]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Bill Patterson (racing driver)|Bill Patterson Racing]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Tony Roberts (racing driver)|Tony Roberts]]
|align="left"| [[Holden Torana#LH|Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34]]
| 3001cc – 6000cc
| 154
| 7th
| 6th
|- align="center"
! [[1978 Hardie-Ferodo 1000|1978]]
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Citizens Watches Australia Pty Ltd
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Gary Cooke (racing driver)|Gary Cooke]]
|align="left"| [[Holden Torana#LX|Holden LX Torana SS A9X 4-Door]]
| A
| 158
| 4th
| 4th
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999 (Chevron) © 2000
*Australian Motor Racing Annual 1971

==External links==
*[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/12/1081621898936.html Vale Doug Chivas]

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[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian rally drivers]]
[[Category:Australian Touring Car Championship drivers]]

Doug Chivas - Revision history

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