1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
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| title = Hardie-Ferodo 1000
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| year = 1979
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The 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 20th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 30 September 1979, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to cars eligible to the locally developed CAMS Group C touring car regulations with four engine capacity based classes.
Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their second successive Bathurst 1000 driving a Holden Dealer Team A9X SS Hatchback Torana. Brock and Richards won the race by a record six laps, beating the old winning margin of 2 laps set in 1975 with Brock setting the lap record of 2:21.1 on the last lap of the 6.172 km long circuit. It was Brock's fourth and Richards second win. Brock's win put him equal on most wins with Harry Firth, Bob Jane and his longtime rival Allan Moffat. Toranas swept the podium with Peter Janson and Larry Perkins finishing second ahead of Ralph Radburn and John Smith.
With Holden ending production of the Torana, 1979 would be the 5th and last Torana victory in the race (all bar 1976 were won by Brock). From 1980 Holden's flagship would be the European (Opel Senator) based Commodore.
The event was notable for the introduction of RaceCam – for the first time anywhere in the world, a camera broadcast live pictures to the race telecast from inside a participating car.{{cite web |url= http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/centenary/racecam.shtml |title= IP Australia |publisher= ipaustralia.gov.au |access-date= 2011-03-27 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110327233328/http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/centenary/racecam.shtml |archive-date= 2011-03-27 }} The camera was mounted on the passenger side of Peter Williamson's Toyota Celica, with Williamson wired for sound and able to talk to the commentary team.
Class structure
Cars competed in four classes defined by engine capacity.
=3001cc - 6000cc=
The 3001cc - 6000cc classOfficial Programme, Hardie-Ferodo 1000, 30 September 1979 featured the V8 Holden Toranas, Ford Falcons and a pair of Chevrolet Camaros, making their Bathurst debut. Class A cars would fill the first eight positions in the outright results, all of the Holden Toranas. Mirroring the outright result, Brock and Richards took a six lap victory over the similar Torana of Janson and Perkins. Smith and Radburn were two laps further behind.
=2001cc - 3000cc=
The 2001cc - 3000cc class saw the debut of the Mazda RX-7 (13B powered rotaries were rated as 2.292 litres capacity) which raced alongside its predecessor, the Mazda RX-3 and against Ford Capris, a BMW 3.0Si and a largely unmodified Volvo 242GT entered as a publicity exercise by veteran journalist-racer David McKay. Mechanical issues struck this class more than most, with the class winning car finishing in 13th outright, 26 laps behind Brock and Richards. That car was the Mazda RX-3 of Barry Lee and John Gates. Second in class was the Ford Capri of Peter Hopwood and Alan Cant, nine laps behind Lee and Gates. Third in class, finishing on the same lap as Hopwood/Cant was the Mazda RX-3 of Stephen Stockdale and John Duggan. The Volvo of McKay and Spencer Martin finished a creditable fourth in class, just a lap behind second and third.
=1601cc - 2000cc=
The 1601cc - 2000cc class saw a mix Alfa Romeo Alfettas, Ford Escort RS2000s, Toyota Celicas and Triumph Dolomites. Class C outperformed Class B with the Toyota Dealer Team Toyota Celica of Peter Williamson and Mike Quinn winning the class and finishing ninth outright and 17 laps behind Brock and Richards. The Brian Foley Alfa Romeo entered Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV of Phil McDonnell and British sportscar legend Derek Bell finished tenth outright, a lap behind the Celica. Frank Porter and Tony Niovanni were three laps further back in third in another Alfetta.
The Celica of Peter Williamson became the second car in the world to have an in-car race cam, after Benny Parsons drove his car with an in-car camera at the Daytona 500 earlier the same year.
=Up to 1600cc=
The entry in the Up to 1600cc class was dominated by Holden Geminis, but also included an Isuzu Gemini, a 1.6 litre Ford Escort, a Toyota Corolla, and a Volkswagen Golf. The Isuzu Gemini of Garry Leggatt and David Seldon won the class, finishing 21st outright, 36 laps down. Bernie McClure and David Langman's Holden Gemini was second, a lap behind the class winners with the Holden Gemini of Jim Faneco and Gary Rowe two laps further behind. Eight laps behind was the first non-Gemini, the Ford Escort of Bob Holden and David Earle.
Hardies Heroes
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! No ! Team ! Driver ! Car ! Time |
| style="font-weight:bold"
! Pole | 05 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Brock | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:20.500 |
| 2
| 7 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Morris | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:22.466 |
|---|
| 3
| 6 | Craven Mild Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Allan Grice | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:23.539 |
| 4
| 25 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Allan Moffat | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 2:24.270 |
| 5
| 21 | Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh | {{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie O'Brien | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:24.579 |
| 6
| 34 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry Rogers | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:25.918 |
| 7
| 19 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Larry Perkins | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:26.212 |
| 8
| 11 | Citizen Watches Aust. P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gary Cooke | Holden LX Torana SLR 5000 A9X Sedan | 2:27.043 |
| 9
| 17 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Johnson | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 2:27.655 |
| 10
| 4 | Thompson Ford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Colin Bond | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 2:30.018 |
* Allan Moffat only qualified 22nd in his Falcon after engine troubles in qualifying. He was moved into Hardies Heroes by the ARDC at the expense of the HDT Torana SS A9X of John Harvey and ended up starting from 4th on the grid. Apart from race broadcaster Channel 7 wanting Moffat in the runoff for better television ratings, Harvey was bumped to 11th place on the grid due to the ARDC's desire to not have two cars from the same team in the top 10. As the #05 HDT Torana of Peter Brock was the fastest qualifier this saw Harvey the one left out.
* After Jack Brabham and Derek Bell in 1978, Larry Perkins became the third ex-Formula One driver to appear in the shootout driving Peter Janson's Torana. While neither Brabham or Bell would again appear in the runoff, Perkins would make another 16 appearances up until 2002 and would claim pole in 1993 (he also sat on pole in 1983 but that time was set by Peter Brock)
* Peter Brock claimed his 4th straight front row start at Bathurst (and his 5th in 6 years after starting 3rd in 1975) as well as his 3rd straight pole position. Brock's time was 1.966s faster than Bob Morris' 2nd place time in his ATCC winning A9X Torana. This was despite Brock admitting to making a big mistake at the Cutting on his second lap where his foot slipped off the brake pedal and the car went wide towards the wall forcing him to come to almost a complete stop at the bottom of the steepest part of the circuit.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anZlA3_EEuw 1979 Bathurst Peter Brock's Hardies Hero Lap]
Results
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! Pos ! Class ! No ! Team ! Drivers ! Car ! Laps ! Qual ! Shootout |
| style="font-weight:bold"
! 1 | 3001cc - 6000cc | 05 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Brock | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 163 | | 1 |
| 2
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 19 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Peter Janson | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 157 | | 7 |
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| 3
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 14 | Ralph Radburn | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ralph Radburn | Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X 4-Door | 155 | 17 | |
| 4
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 6 | Craven Mild Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Allan Grice | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 154 | | 3 |
| 5
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 34 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry Rogers | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 152 | | 6 |
| 6
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 15 | Scotty Taylor Holden | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Taylor | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback{{Cite web |url=http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/item-7832public.html?cache=no |title=79774 - Alan Taylor / Kevin Kennedy - Holden Torana A9X - Bathurst 1979 - Photographer Lance J Ruting |access-date=26 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215124501/http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/item-7832public.html?cache=no |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} | 151 | 15 | |
| 7
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 8 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Seton | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 148 | 16 | |
| 8
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 21 | Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh | {{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie O'Brien | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 147 | | 5 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
! 9 | 1601cc - 2000cc | 66 | Peter Williamson P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Williamson | 146 | 33 | |
| 10
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 58 | Brian Foley P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Phil McDonnell | 145 | 27 | |
| 11
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 59 | Beninca Motors | {{flagicon|AUS}} Frank Porter | 142 | 39 | |
| 12
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 64 | Ray Gulson | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Gulson | 140 | 37 | |
| style="font-weight:bold"
! 13 | 2001cc - 3000cc | 48 | Barry Lee | {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Lee | 139 | 29 | |
| 14
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 12 | Rusty French Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Keogh | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 138 | 22 | |
| 15
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 65 | Lockyer Wreckers | {{flagicon|AUS}} Walter Scott | 133 | 30 | |
| 16
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 46 | Fury Ford P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Terry Daly | 133 | 30 | |
| 17
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 24 | Re-Car Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Alan Browne | Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X 4-Door | 133 | 15 | |
| 18
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 41 | Jag Racing P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Hopwood | 130 | 32 | |
| 19
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 39 | Stephen Stockdale | {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Stockdale | 130 | 31 | |
| 20
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 44 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Spencer Martin | 129 | 47 | |
| style="font-weight:bold"
! 21 | Up to 1600cc | 70 | Garry Leggatt | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry Leggatt | Isuzu GeminiBill Tuckey & David Greenhalgh, Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1960 - 1989, © 1990, page 309 | 129 | 43 | |
| 22
| Up to 1600cc | 71 | Rejon Industries P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bernie McClure | 128 | 52 | |
| 23
| Up to 1600cc | 75 | Victoria Police MSC | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Faneco | 126 | 48 | |
| 24
| Up to 1600cc | 74 | Modulaire Air Conditioning | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Price | 124 | 55 | |
| 25
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 56 | Jagparts | {{flagicon|AUS}} Terry Wade | 120 | 40 | |
| 26
| Up to 1600cc | 68 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Holden | 116 | 61 | |
| 27
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 62 | Jagparts | {{flagicon|AUS}} Martin Power | 114 | 46 | |
| 28
| Up to 1600cc | 73 | Lennox Motors | {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Heyer | 111 | 49 | |
| DSQ
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 42 | Brian Boyd | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lynn Brown | 138 | 38 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 25 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Allan Moffat | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 136 | | 4 |
| DSQ
| Up to 1600cc | 76 | Re-Car Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Allan Gough | 135 | 42 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 52 | Masterton Homes Pty Ltd | {{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Masterton | 130 | 28 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 32 | King George Tavern | {{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Gibson | Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X 4-Door | 125 | 18 | |
| NC
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} John Goss | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 118 | 58 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 13 | TJ Slako | {{flagicon|NZL}} Tim Slako | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback[http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/item-1628public.html?cache=no Image of the Slako/Hall Holden Torana SS A9X Hatchback] Retrieved from www.autopics.com.au on 31 August 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120226102716/http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/item-1628public.html?cache=no Archived] 2009-09-03. | 111 | 19 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 47 | Barry Jones | {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Jones | 106 | 26 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 33 | Tony Packard Holden | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Skelton | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 105 | 44 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 50 | Capri Components | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lawrie Nelson | 105 | 53 | |
| NC
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 55 | Graham Mein | {{flagicon|AUS}} Graham Mein | 105 | 41 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 7 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Morris | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 95 | | 2 |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 29 | Garry Willmington Performance | {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry Willmington | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 95 | 24 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 18 | Brian Wood Ford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Murray Carter | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 74 | 14 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 40 | Ross Burbidge | {{flagicon|AUS}} Terry Shiel | 72 | 36 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 43 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lakis Manticas | 69 | 34 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 9 | Nine Network Racing Team | {{flagicon|AUS}} John McCormack | 62 | 60 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 30 | Everlast Battery Service | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bill O'Brien | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 62 | 21 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 26 | {{flagicon|AUS}} John Harvey | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 57 | 11 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 11 | Citizen Watches Aust. P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gary Cooke | Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X 4-Door | 57 | | 8 |
| DNF
| Up to 1600cc | 69 | Victoria Police MSC | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mal Smith | 51 | 56 | |
| DNF
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 61 | Brian Hilton Toyota | {{flagicon|AUS}} Graeme Bailey | 46 | 35 | |
| DNF
| Up to 1600cc | 77 | Peter Williamson P/L | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mark Thatcher | 41 | 54 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 35 | B Parsons / T Rabold | {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Parsons | Ford XC Falcon Cobra #35 Hardtop | 38 | 63 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 22 | Settlement Road Motor Wreckers | {{flagicon|AUS}} Warren Cullen | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 30 | 13 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 36 | Brian Wood Ford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Rod Stevens | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 24 | 25 | |
| DNF
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 54 | Roger Cartwright | {{flagicon|AUS}} Roger Cartwright | 24 | 62 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 17 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Johnson | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 24 | | 9 |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 4 | Thompson Ford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Colin Bond | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 23 | | 10 |
| DNF
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 60 | Bill Stanley | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bill Stanley | 23 | 45 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 27 | Denmac Ford P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ron Wanless | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 21 | 12 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 2 | AWA-Thorn Consumer Products | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ron Dickson | 16 | 59 | |
| DNF
| 2001cc - 3000cc | 45 | Precinct Performance P/L | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dean Gall | 16 | 57 | |
| DNF
| 3001cc - 6000cc | 10 | Rusty French Racing | {{flagicon|AUS}} Rusty French | Ford XC Falcon GS500 Hardtop | 9 | 23 | |
| DNS
| 1601cc - 2000cc | 53 | Ken Harrison | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Harrison | | 51 | |
| DNS
| Up to 1600cc | 72Official Programme, Hardie-Ferodo 1000, 30 September 1979, page 45 | Lennox Motors | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Lander | | | |
References
{{Reflist}}
Statistics
- Provisional Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - 2:26.8
- Pole Position - #05 Peter Brock - 2:20.500
- Fastest Lap - #05 Peter Brock - 2:21.1 - Lap 163 (lap record)
- Average Speed - 152 km/h
- Race Time - 6:38:15.8
External links
- [http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/records/1403%20Australian%20titles%20Q307.pdf CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090310023756/http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Races/1979%20Bathurst.html www.touringcarracing.net]
- [http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/bathurst_1979.htm race results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101737/http://www.autopics.com.au/cache/list-409public__0-0.html?cache=no Autopics Bathurst images]
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