The 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was the 11th running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on 4 October 1970 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. The race was open to standard production sedans competing in five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle (in Australian dollars).

Allan Moffat won his first Bathurst endurance race, leading home Bruce McPhee in a one-two result for the Ford works team and their Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II's. It was the fifth Phillip Island / Bathurst 500 victory for the factory team. Third, a lap behind the Fords, was Don Holland driving a Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1.

Defending winners Colin Bond and Tony Roberts drove separate cars in the event. Bond finished 16th in his Holden Dealer Team Torana GTR XU-1 after having led the early laps, while Roberts was lucky to survive a spectacular accident when his Ford Falcon GTHO crashed at Skyline only 6 laps from the finish. The Falcon spun backwards, leapt over the guard rail and rolled about 50 metres down the mountain before being stopped by a tree.

Class structure

Class A For cars up to $1,960. It was made up of Datsun 1200s, 1.3 litre Ford Escorts, Mazda 1300s and Toyota Corollas. A Datsun 1200 won the class with an average lap time of 3 minutes, 26 seconds.

Class B The $1,961 to $2,400 class consisted of Datsun 1600, Fiat 128, Ford Cortina and 2.6 litre Holden Torana.

Class C The $2,401 to $3,150 class saw a mix of two barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, 1.6 litre Ford Escort, 3.1 litre Holden Torana and Morris Cooper S.

Class D The $3,151 to $4,100 class featured only the four barrel carburettor Chrysler Valiant Pacer, a Fiat 125 and a Triumph 2.5 PI although a Ford Capri was also entered but did not start.

Class E For cars over $4,100. Apart from a single BMW 2800 and a Holden Monaro the class consisted only of Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II.

Top 10 Qualifiers Pos No Entrant Driver Car Qual Pole 64 Ford Motor Co of Australia Allan Moffat Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:49.3 2 63 Ford Motor Co of Australia Bruce McPhee Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:50.0 3 62 Ford Motor Co of Australia Fred Gibson Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:53.6 4 39 Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.0 5 30 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Don Holland Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.3 6 40 Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 2:54.8 7 67 The Tony Roberts Team Tony Roberts Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:54.9 8 56 Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd Graham Ritter Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.1 9 55 Finnie Ford Pty Ltd David McKay Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.1 10 60 Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd Bob Muir Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 2:55.4

Results

Pos Class No EntrantOfficial Programme, 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500, pages 28-29 Drivers Car Laps QualPos 1 E 64 Ford Motor Co of Australia Allan Moffat Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 130 1 2 E 63 Ford Motor Co of Australia Bruce McPhee Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 130 2 3 C 30 Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd Don Holland Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 129 5 4 C 35 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Doug Chivas Graham Ryan Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrel 129 25 5 C 34 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Leo Geoghegan Nick Ledingham Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrel 128 22 6 C 33 McLeod Kelso & Lee Pty Ltd George Garth John Hall Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 128 19 7 D 51 Geoghegan's Sporty Cars Peter Brown Des West Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel 127 11 8 C 31 Booran Motors Pty Ltd Brian Reed Bob Watson Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 127 14 9 E 53 McLeod Ford Pty Ltd John Goss Bob Skelton Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 127 32 10 C 28 Waterloo High Performance Centre Ron Gillard Warren Gracie Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 126 30 11 C 37 Boyded Pty Ltd Bob Martin Spencer Martin Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 125 16 12 E 66 Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited Bill Ford Hans Tholstrup Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 125 21 13 C 38 Holden Dealer Team Sandra Bennett Christine Cole Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 123 24 14 E 65 Alto Ford Racing Pty Ltd Bob Holden (Bill Fanning)"How They Finished Last Year", Official Programme, 1971 Hardie Ferodo 500, page 58 indicates that Fanning co-drove the car with Holden. Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1990 edition, page 300 omits Fanning from the results Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 123 26 15 D 46 Central Motors (Nepean) Pty Ltd Bob Cook Alan Cant Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel 121 31 16 C 39 Holden Dealer Team Colin Bond Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 119 4 17 C 36 Thomson Ford Pty Ltd Bob Drane Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 119 34 18 E 54 Rowell Thiele Ford Pty Ltd Trevor Meehan Peter Wherrett Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 118 15 19 B 23 W.H. Motors Pty Ltd Don Smith (Herb Taylor)"How They Finished Last Year", Official Programme, 1971 Hardie Ferodo 500, page 58 indicates that Taylor co-drove the car with Smith. Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1990 edition, page 300 states that both Smith and Taylor have confirmed that Smith completed the race solo Datsun 1600 117 38 20 B 20 Datsun Racing Team Doug Whiteford Datsun 1600 117 39 21 C 42 Muir Motors (Ryde) Pty Ltd Martin Cortese Chris Cronan Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 117 29 22 E 58 Eiffeltower Group Jack Nougher David O'Keefe BMW 2800 117 33 23 D 47 John McNicol Pty Ltd Zanardo & Rodriguez Ron Kearns Gerry Lister Fiat 125S 116 40 24 A 6 Datsun Racing Team Jon Leighton Barry Tapsall Datsun 1200 114 43 25 A 1 Denlo Motors Pty Ltd Bernie Haehnle Neil Revell Mazda 1300 114 47 26 A 12 John Palmer Motors Gary Hodge John Leffler Mazda 1300 113 45 27 A 10 AMI Racing Team Brian Sampson Dick Thurston Toyota Corolla 113 48 28 A 7 Mazda House Pty Ltd Barry Ferguson Jim Laing-Peach Mazda 1300 112 50 29 B 21 Kloster Pty Ltd Ray Marquet Geoff Westbury Ford Cortina 240 Mk.II 112 53 30 A 9 AMI Racing Team Max Stewart Dick Young Toyota Corolla 112 51 31 D 48 TVW 7 Perth Artransa Park Television Brian Culcheth Lyndon McLeod Triumph 2.5 PI 111 37 32 A 13 Tynan Motors Ray Morris Mazda 1300 111 54 33 A 4 Parry's Car Sales Pty Ltd Trevor Mason Mazda 1300 111 55 34 C 32 Fair Deal Car Sales Pty Ltd Digby Cooke David Seldon Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 108 13 35 A 14 C Kennedy Carl Kennedy Bill Slattery Datsun 1200 108 56 36 C 26 P & R Williams Lyn Keefe Arthur Olsen Morris Cooper S 107 57 37 C 40 Holden Dealer Team Peter Brock Bob Morris Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 107 6 38 A 2 Marque Motors Bill Stanley Mike Kable Toyota Corolla 106 52 39 B 22 Grenville Motors Pty Ltd Peter Finlay Bob Forbes Fiat 128 106 58 40 C 43 BP Muirfield Service Station Ross Hewison Brian Hones Ford Escort Twin Cam Mk.I 105 36 41 A 8 Harry Gapps Ford Pty Ltd Harry Gapps Frank Hann Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 59 42 A 15 Woman's Day Carole Corness Gloria Taylor Ford Escort 1300 Mk.I 103 60 43 D 49 J Butta Joe Butta Bob Genders Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel 63 18 DNF E 67 The Tony Roberts Team Tony Roberts Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 124 7 DNF A 5 Datsun Racing Team John Roxburgh Datsun 1200 100 46 DNF A 11 AMI Racing Team Bill Evans Gary Cooke Toyota Corolla 98 49 DNF C 27 Les Grose Racing Division Les Grose Keith Grose Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 81 27 DNF B 19 G Moore Graham Moore Bill Brown Holden LC Torana 2600S 52 42 DNF E 56 Stillwell & Co Pty Ltd Graham Ritter Richard Knight Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 49 8 DNF D 50 N Beechey Norm Beechey Bruce Hindhaugh Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 4 Barrel 39 17 DNF C 29 Pat Cullen's Garage John Keran Clyde Hodgins Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 38 23 DNF E 62 Ford Motor Co of Australia Fred Gibson Barry Seton Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 33 3 DNF B 24 W.H. Motors Pty Ltd Bruce Stewart Iain Corness Datsun 1600 32 41 DNF E 61 Byrt Ford Pty Ltd Garry Rush Martin Chenery Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 27 12 DNF E 55 Finnie Ford Pty Ltd David McKay Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 23 9 DNF E 57 Aunger Accessories Fairway Ford Kym Aunger Johnnie Walker Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 18 28 DNF E 59 Southern Motors Pty Ltd Bruce Hodgson Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 16 35 DNF E 69 EL Hugo David Sheldon Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 11 20 DNF E 60 Wright Ford Motors Pty Ltd Bob Beasley Bob Muir Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II 6 10 DNF A 3 Tynan Motors Geoff Leeds Les Carne Mazda 1300 3 44 DNS E 70 Rollington Pty Ltd Murray Carter Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II DNS E 71 Ira L & AC Birk Pty Ltd Nick Petrilli Mike Savva Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II DNS D 52 B Arentz Barry Arentz Brian Michelmore Ford Capri V6 GT DNS C 45 Sydney Speed Shop Pty Ltd Scott McNaughton Bob Inglis Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 DNS C 44 R Radford Rick Radford Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 DNS A 17 M Daddo M Daddo P Ulbrich Morris Mini K DNS A 18 RG Lanyon A Barrett R Withers Mazda 1300

Statistics Pole Position - #64 Allan Moffat - 2:49.3 Fastest Lap - #53 Goss/Skelton - 2:53 Race time of winning car - 6:33:47

References

External links 1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au (includes Official Programme and race results) Bathurst 1970 images, autopics.com.au