The 1975 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 16th running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was an endurance race for touring cars complying with CAMS Group C regulations. The event was held at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales on 5 October 1975 over a distance of 1006.036 km (163 laps × 6.172 km). The race was Round 3 of the 1975 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.

The race was won by Peter Brock, his second win, and Brian Sampson for his only Bathurst 1000 win. The pair drove their Gown - Hindhaugh entered Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 to a two-lap victory, avenging the previous year's result when the pair built up a record six-lap lead before suffering terminal engine failure on lap 118 with Brock at the wheel. Another dealership entered L34 Torana, the Ron Hodgson Motors car of Bob Morris and Frank Gardner, finished second with the Holden Dealer Team L34 Torana of Colin Bond and Johnnie Walker completing a clean sweep of the top three places for Holden.

Class structure Cars competed in four classes, defined by engine capacity:

Class A The smallest class was for under 1300cc engine capacity. It was made up of Alfa Romeo GT Junior, Datsun 1200, Ford Escort, Honda Civic, Mazda 1300, Morris Cooper S, Toyota Corolla and Volkswagen Passat.

Class B The under two litre class saw a mix of Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV, BMW 2002, Ford Escort RS2000, Mazda RX-3 and Triumph Dolomite.

Class C The under three litre class featured Datsun 260Z, Ford Capri, Mazda RX-3 and Mercedes-Benz 280E.

Class D For cars over three litres of engine capacity, the class consisted only of Holden Torana and Ford Falcon.

Top 10 Qualifiers Pos No Team Driver Car Qual Pole 2 Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:27.4 2 25 Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 2:27.5 3 5 Gown - Hindhaugh Peter Brock Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:28.6 4 7 Ron Hodgson Motors Bob Morris Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:31.8 5 3 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Bob Skelton Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:32.0 6 12 Craven Mild Racing Allan Grice Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:32.1 7 18 M Carter Murray Carter Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 2:32.9 8 15 R Coppins Jim Richards Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:33.4 9 4 Bob Forbes Automotive Bob Forbes Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 2:33.6 10 1 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd John Goss Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 2:33.6

Final results Final results were as follows:

Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps QualPos 1 D 5 Gown - Hindhaugh Peter Brock Brian Sampson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 163 3 2 D 7 Ron Hodgson Motors Bob Morris Frank Gardner Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 161 4 3 D 2 Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Johnnie Walker Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 154 1 4 D 3 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Bob Skelton Ron Dickson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 152 5 5 C 6 Penrith Mazda Centre Pty Ltd Don Holland Hiroshi Fushida Mazda RX-3 151 19 6 B 27 Alfa Romeo Dealers Australia Marie-Claude Beaumont John Leffler Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 150 29 7 B 50 Fischer Ford Racing John Bassett Eric Boord Ford Escort RS2000 149 20 8 D 15 R Coppins Rod Coppins Jim Richards Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 147 8 9 D 11 Tokico John Pollard Bryan Thomson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 147 14 10 B 37 Ron Hodgson Motors James Laing-Peach Graham Moore Triumph Dolomite Sprint 145 33 11 B 45 Jubilee Motors Five Dock Pty Ltd Bill Brown Sue Ransom Ford Escort RS2000 144 34 12 B 36 B S Stillwell Ford & Co Pty Ltd Mike Stillwell Geoff Brabham Ford Escort RS2000 141 27 13 B 46 De Bortolis Wines Pty Ltd Bruce Hodgson Dave Morrow Ford Escort RS2000 140 37 14 A 58 Orange City Motors Peter Lander Bob Martin Morris Cooper S 140 45 15 A 68 Datsun Racing Team Bill Evans Bruce Stewart Datsun 1200 139 48 16 C 22 Rotary Rebuild Ray Harrison Craig Bradtke Mazda RX-3 139 18 17 C 28 B Benson Barry Seton Don Smith Ford Capri Mk.I GT 3000 138 17 18 A 65 Mini Bits Terry Wade John Dellaca Morris Cooper S 136 52 19 B 42 R Gulson Ray Gulson Paul Gulson Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 135 30 20 D 4 Bob Forbes Automotive Bob Forbes Wayne Negus Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 135 9 21 B 35 Eurocars Pty Ltd David Clement Brian Wheeler Mazda RX-3 135 39 22 A 62 Fred's Treads Pty Ltd David Crowther Gordon Rich Alfa Romeo GT Junior 135 56 23 C 29 G Moran Geoff Moran Eugene McLaoughlin Ford Capri Mk.I GT 3000 134 50 24 A 69 James Mason Motors Pty Ltd Brian Porter John Ainsley Mazda 1300 132 59 25 D 20 K Kennedy Kevin Kennedy Steve Land Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 130 62 26 C 51 J Wharton John Wharton Kerry Horgan Mazda RX-3 129 41 27 A 59 Orange City Motors Caroline O'Shanesy David Booth Morris Cooper S 128 57 28 A 55 Alfa Romeo Owners Club of Aust. Robin Dudfield Lance DeLuca Alfa Romeo GT Junior 128 55 29 A 53 I Wells Ian Wells Neil West Honda Civic 127 51 30 A 60 Peter Mac's Towing Service Pty Ltd Geoff Wade Robert Bride Ford Escort GT1300 125 60 31 B 40 W D Electrics Warren Thompson Rod Morris Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 119 36 32 B 49 Clemens Sporting Car Services Pty Ltd Mal Robertson Frank Porter Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 119 28 33 C 10 Mazda House Racing Team Lakis Manticas Mel Mollison Mazda RX-3 116 22 34 B 39 G Morrell George Morrell Alan Cant Ford Escort Mk.I Twin Cam 113 38 DNF D 17 Massey Holden Peter Janson John Harvey Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 143 12 DNF B 26 Alfa Romeo Dealers Australia Tim Schenken Paul Bernasconi Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 140 24 NC D 19 American Express International Inc Graeme Adams Bob Stevens Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 118 61 DNF A 56 Ray Molloy Motors Preston Ray Molloy Alan Brazell Morris Clubman GT 118 54 DNF D 16 J Stoopman John Stoopman Stuart Saker Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 113 16 DNF D 25 Allan Moffat Racing Allan Moffat Ian Geoghegan Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 109 2 DNF C 30 West End Mazda Bernie Haehnle Terry Finnigan Mazda RX-3 97 21 NC A 52 M McGinley Max McGinley Paul King Honda Civic 92 53 DNF B 70 BMW Dealers NSW Peter Williamson John McDonald BMW 2002Tii 89 23 DNF D 21 T Slako Tim Slako Tony Wilkinson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 87 15 NC A 57 Orange City Motors Gary Leggatt David Seldon Morris Cooper S 83 44 DNF B 41 Brian Wood Ford Jim Murcott Rod Stevens Ford Escort RS2000 82 31 DNF A 54 Lordco (Aust) Pty Ltd John Lord John Harris Morris Cooper S 75 46 DNF D 9 Dusting of Burwood Rod McRae Russ McRae Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 67 13 DNF C 23 Mazda Dealers Victoria Nick Louis Ted Brewster Mazda RX-3 64 32 DNF A 67 C Heyer Chris Heyer Barry Allen Volkswagen Passat 1300 57 49 DNF D 18 M Carter Murray Carter Ray Winter Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 53 7 DNF A 64 Fred Williams Car Sales Pty Ltd Richard Stiegler Greg Toepfer Toyota Corolla 46 58 DNF D 12 Craven Mild Racing Allan Grice Jim Hunter Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 41 6 DNF C 31 G Newton Geoff Newton Paul Feltham Ford Capri Mk.I GT 3000 41 43 DNF C 66 Hobson White Motors Pty Ltd Tom Naughton Ross Wemyss Mercedes-Benz 280E 23 47 DNF D 14 C O'Brien Charlie O'Brien Graham Ryan Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 22 11 DNF C 32 HM Headers Lawrie Nelson Bob Watson Ford Capri Mk.I GT 3000 16 35 DNF B 8 Alfa Romeo Dealers Australia John Fitzpatrick Fred Gibson Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV 12 26 DNF D 1 John Goss Racing Pty Ltd John Goss Kevin Bartlett Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop 10 10 DNF B 13 Bob Holden - Shell Racing Bob Holden Lyndon Arnel Ford Escort RS2000 3 40 DNF C 33 John Roxburgh Motors Pty. Ltd.Entry List, 1975 Official Programme, Hardie-Ferodo 1000, pages 34 & 35 Doug Whiteford Geoff Perry Datsun 260Z 2+2 3 42 DSQ C 24 James Mason Motors Pty Ltd Lynn Brown Ron Gillard Mazda RX-3 149 25

Statistics Pole Position - #2 Colin Bond - 2:27.4 Fastest Lap - N/A Average Speed - 140 km/h Race Time - 7:10:11.3

References

Australian Competition Yearbook, 1976 Edition Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1960–1989 Australia's Greatest Motor Race, The Complete History, © 1981 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1975 Hardie-Ferodo Bathurst 1000, The First 15 Years Official Programme, Hardie Ferodo 1000, Bathurst, 5 October 1975 The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989 The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988

External links CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles www.touringcarracing.net race results