1970 Rothmans 250 Production Classic

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The 1970 Rothmans 250 Production Classic was an endurance motor race for Series Production Touring Cars staged at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia on 1 November 1970. Race distance was 125 laps of the 2 mile circuit, a total of 250 miles.

The race was won by Allan Moffat driving a Ford Falcon GTHO.

Classes

Cars competed in four classes based on purchase price.[1]

Results

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Allan Moffat won the race driving a Ford Falcon GTHO
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Peter Brock and Digby Cooke placed second driving a Holden Torana GTR XU-1
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Colin Bond placed fifth driving a Holden Torana GTR XU-1
Position [2] [3] Drivers [2] [3] No. [2] [3] Car [2] [3] Entrant [2] [3] Laps [2] [3]
1 Allan Moffat 63 Ford Falcon XW GTHO Ford Motor Company 125
2 Peter Brock, Digby Cooke 32 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Fair Deal Car Sales 125
3 Bruce McPhee Ford Falcon XW GTHO Ford Motor Company 124
4 Bob Morris, Lakis Manticas Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Lakis Manticas 124
5 Colin Bond 38 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 124
6 Paul Zacka, Graham Perry Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 New Formula Motors 122
7 John French, J. Bertram Ford Falcon XW GTHO McClusky Ford P/L 122
8 Christine Cole 39 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 121
9 Bob Holden Ford Falcon XW GTHO Alto Ford 119
10 Doug Whiteford 20 Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 115
Class A
1 John Leffler 12 [4] Mazda 1300 John Palmer Motors 112
2 Barry Tapsall Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team 112
3 G. Leeds, L. Carne Mazda 1300 Tynan Motors 110
4 Bill Stanley Toyota Corolla 1200 108
5 P. Granger, K. Merz Toyota Corolla 1200 107
6 J. Leighton 5 Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team 103
Class B
1 Doug Whiteford 20 [4] Datsun 1600 Datsun Racing Team 115
2 Bruce Stewart 24 [4] Datsun 1600 WH Motors P/L 115
3 L. Massey, J. Massey Datsun 1600 WH Motors P/L 107
4 D. Jemison, D. Booty Datsun 1600 WH Motors P/L 103
Class C
1 Peter Brock, Digby Cooke 32 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Fair Deal Car Sales 125
2 Bob Morris, Lakis Manticas Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Lakis Manticas 124
3 Colin Bond 38 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 124
4 Paul Zacka, Graham Perry Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 New Formula Motors 122
5 Christine Cole 39 Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 121
6 S. Townsend, C. Wenzel Ford Escort Twin Cam 112
7 G. Giesberts. C. Clough Holden Torana LC GTR XU-1 102
8 L. Arnel, T. Kucks Ford Escort Twin Cam 99
Class D
1 Allan Moffat 63 Ford Falcon XW GTHO Ford Motor Company 125
2 Bruce McPhee 64 Ford Falcon XW GTHO Ford Motor Company 124
3 John French, J. Bertram Ford Falcon XW GTHO McClusky Ford P/L 122
4 Bob Holden Ford Falcon XW GTHO Alto Ford 119
5 Keith Self Ford Falcon XW GTHO Automatic 112
6 J. English, Harris Ford Capri V6 107
? Leo Geoghegan, Tony Paul Chrysler Valiant Pacer ?
? Bob Skelton Ford Falcon XW GTHO ?
? Whitchurch Chrysler Valiant Pacer ?
DNF Phil Barnes Ford Falcon XW GTHO ?
DNF Trevor Meehan Ford Falcon XW GTHO ?

Notes

References

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  1. ↑ Rothman 250 race to end Speed Week, The Courier Mail, Thursday, October 22, 1970, page 25
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Des White, Moffats's Series Hat-Trick, Racing Car News, December 1970, pages 28 & 29
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Brier Thomas, Moffat's Hat Trick, Sports Car World, January 1971, page 27 & 28
  4. ↑ a b c Surfers Paradise 250, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1971, pages 106 & 107
  5. ↑ Moffat in "250" Victory, The Courier Mail, Monday, November 2, 1971

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