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- ↑ Conditions for Australian Titles, 1973 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 95 – indicates that the 1973 Australian Manufacturers Championship was open to Group C Touring Cars
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Phillip Island 500k, Australian Competition Yearbook, 1974 Edition, pages 139 to 143
- ↑ It has been assumed that all of the thirteen "XU-1" entries listed in the results published in Stewart Wilson's, The Official Racing History of Holden, 1988, page 337 were LJ series Torana GTR XU-1s
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Phillip Island Double, Modern Motor, February 1974, page 98 to 101
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 General Firth’s Man.Champ.Coup, Australian Motor Manual, February 1974, pages 64 & 65
- 1 2 Image of No 22 Holden LJ Torana of Barry Nixon Smith at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 Image of No 30 Holden LJ Torana of John Stoopman at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 Image of No 49 Alfa Romeo of Ray Harrison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 Image of No 37 Holden LC Torana GTR of Roger Bonhomme at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 54 Morris Cooper S of John Lord at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 55 Fiat 128 Coupe of Lakis Manticas at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 3 Image of No 62 Morris Cooper S of Geoff Newton at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 3 Image of No 59 Mazda 1300 of Lynne De Luca at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 45 Mazda RX-3 of Mel Mollison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 50 Mazda R100 Coupe of Raymond Harrison at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 3 Image of the No 48 Mazda RX-3 of Geoff Perry at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 3 Image of the No 38 Ford Escort Twin Cam of Geoff Wade at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 40 Alfa Romeo of Christine Cole at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 44 Ford Escort of Graeme Ritter at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 43 Ford Escort of Bob Holden at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 36 Datsun 240K of Tony Roberts at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 15 Ford Falcon of Murray Carter at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 3 4 Stewart Wilson & Max Stahl, The Australian Racing History of Ford, 1989, page 290
- 1 2 Image of No 12 Holden LJ Torana of Rod McRae at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- 1 2 Image of No 27 Holden LJ Torana of Stuart saker at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013
- ↑ Image of No 5 Ford Falcon of John Goss at Phillip Island on 25 November, www.autopics.com.au Retrieved on 12 November 2013