1970 Rothmans 250 Production Classic

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

Allan Moffat won the race driving a Ford Falcon GTHO

Peter Brock and Digby Cooke placed second driving a Holden Torana GTR XU-1

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

• Attendance: 8,000 ^[5]
• Starters: 29 ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Rothman 250 race to end Speed Week, The Courier Mail, Thursday, October 22, 1970, page 25
2. Des White, Moffats's Series Hat-Trick, Racing Car News, December 1970, pages 28 & 29
3. Brier Thomas, Moffat's Hat Trick, Sports Car World, January 1971, page 27 & 28
4. 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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