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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.
Cars competed in four classes based on purchase price.
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Note: The above results table shows only the top ten outright finishers plus the top three placegetters in each class.
Surfers Paradise International Raceway
Surfers Paradise International Raceway was a motor racing complex at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The circuit was designed and built by Keith Williams, a motor racing enthusiast. It was located opposite the Surfers Paradise Ski Gardens at Carrara...
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia on 1 November 1970.
Race distance was 125 laps of the 2 mile circuit, a total of 250 miles.
Cars competed in four classes based on purchase price.
Results
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
1 | 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 XW GTHO 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... |
Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK... |
125 | |
2 | 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... , Digby Cooke |
32 | Holden Torana 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... LJ GTR XU-1 |
Fair Deal Car Sales | 125 |
3 | Bruce McPhee Bruce McPhee Bruce Alexander McPhee was a former Australian motor racing driver.He is most famous for winning the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 , defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams. He drove a Holden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow and black stripes with the number 13... |
Ford Falcon XW GTHO | Ford Motor Company | 124 | |
4 | R Morris, L Manticas | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Lakis Manticas | 124 | |
5 | 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... |
Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Holden Dealer Team Holden Dealer Team The Holden Dealer Team was Holden’s semi-official racing team from 1969 until 1987, primarily contesting Australian Touring Car events but also rallying, rallycross and sports sedans during the 1970s... |
124 | |
6 | P Zacka, G Perry | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | New Formula Motors | 122 | |
7 | John French | Ford Falcon XW GTHO | McClusky Ford P/L | 122 | |
8 | Christine Cole | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Holden Dealer Team | 121 | |
9 | Bob Holden | Ford Falcon XW GTHO | Alto Ford | 119 | |
10 | Doug Whiteford | 20 | Datsun 1600 Datsun 1600 Datsun 1600 may refer to one of the following Datsun cars:* Datsun 510* Datsun Fairlady 1600 Roadster SP311/SPL311... |
Datsun Racing Team | 115 |
Class A | |||||
1 | John Leffler John Leffler John Leffler is a former Australian racing driver. Leffler is best known for driving open-wheelers and winning the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1976.Leffler drove Morris Coopers for many years in the 1960s... |
12 | Mazda 1300 | John Palmer Motors | |
2 | Barry Tapsall | Datsun 1200 | Datsun Racing Team | ||
3 | G Leeds, L Carne | Mazda 1300 | Tynan Motors | ||
Class B | |||||
1 | Doug Whiteford | 20 | Datsun 1600 | Datsun Racing Team | 115 |
2 | Bruce Stewart | 24 | Datsun 1600 | WH Motors P/L | |
3 | L Massey, J Massey | Datsun 1600 | WH Motors P/L | ||
Class C | |||||
1 | Peter Brock, Digby Cooke | 32 | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Fair Deal Car Sales | 125 |
2 | R Morris, L Manticas | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Lakis Manticas | 124 | |
3 | Colin Bond | Holden Torana LJ GTR XU-1 | Holden Dealer Team | 124 | |
Class D | |||||
1 | Allan Moffat | Ford Falcon XW GTHO | Ford Motor Company | 125 | |
2 | Bruce McPhee | Ford Falcon XW GTHO | Ford Motor Company | 124 | |
3 | John French | Ford Falcon XW GTHO | McClusky Ford P/L | 122 |
Note: The above results table shows only the top ten outright finishers plus the top three placegetters in each class.