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Western Australian Motor Race Results 1979

11 Mar 1979 1979 Australian Grand Prix Page 2 1 Apr 1979 Closed Meeting Page 5 6 May 1979 Aust Touring Crt Championship Round Page 10 10 Jun 1979 Aust Sports Sedan Championship Round Page 11 15 Jul 1979 July Meeting Page 14 12 Aug 1979 WA State Championships Page 17 16 Sep 1979 Torque Trophy Page 20 21 Oct 1979 300 Km Race Page 28

All meetings held at Wanneroo Park

Compiled and Edited by Terry Walker, 2007

Member, Motoring Historians (WA)

[8 Oct 2007. Amended 9 Nov 2008]

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Australian Grand Prix 11 March 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F Lap Time 1 4 Torana Wayne Negus 72.6 6:09.3 2 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 72.6 6:10.8 3 22 Torana Tim Slako 73.7 6:16.9 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 74.0 6:22.5 5 18 Torana Owen Ogilvie 73.8 6:25.2 6 99 Torana Bob Shepherd 74.2 6:27.9 7 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 75.0 6:34.4 8 65 Falcon Vic Watson 75.6 6:35.4 9 38 Escort Les Verco 77.2 6:39.4 10 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.0 6:43.4 11 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 79.0 6:51.1 12 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 79.1 6:59.8 13 15 Toyota Russell West 78.1 7:00.6 14 20 MGB Peter Harper 79.9 7:04.5 15 67 Triumph Brian Jacobs 83.9 7:27.6 16 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 84.5 7:32.7 17 80 Fiat 124 Sport Mark Tonkin 86.5 7:34.3 DNF 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 79.0

Race 2: Racing and Sport Cars, 5 laps 1 8 Elfin Rod Housego 60.2 5:16.5 2 3 Birrana Bill Downey 62.7 5:28.7 3 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 62.3 5:40.9 4 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 65.7 5:43.0 5 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.9 6:03.2 6 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.4 6:05.0 7 41 Barp 9 Mike Miller 69.4 6:06.4 8 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.5 6:13.0 9 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 70.7 6:13.5 DNF 22 Asp Steve Shaw 66.3 DNF 19 Triden Steve Dunford 87.4

Race 3: Six Cylinder Series, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.8 6:02.1 2 40 Holden Warren Matthews 72.9 6:14.0 3 39 Anglia John Hollier 73.2 6:16.1 4 23 Torana Peter Henderson 74.6 6:21.0 DNF 84 Torana Ken Jones 80.9 DNF 9 Torana Mike Mettam 127.4

Race 4: Sports Sedans under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 38 Escort Les Verco 73.8 6:18.1 2 82 Escort Neil Bishop 73.4 6:19.2 3 30 Mini Cooper s Bob Woodland 74.7 6:24.2 4 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 75.2 6:31.5 5 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 78.2 6:42.4 6 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 79.2 6:46.8 7 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 81.7 7:01.3 DNF 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.8

Race 5: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 laps

1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 62.5 5:39.1 2 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 67.6 5:52.5 3 88 Welsor Dave Currell 69.0 5:52.8 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 70.3 6:08.7 DNF 22 Asp Steve Shaw 74.2

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Race 6: Sports Sedans, 10 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.9 11:16.3 2 46 Falcon Paul kelley 66.2 11:18.9 3 22 Torana Tim Slako 68.7 11:46.1 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 70.0 11:57.6 5 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 70.0 11:59.3 6 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 71.7 12:12.5 7 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 72.1 12:14.5 8 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 70.2 12:17.3 9 40 Holden Warren Matthews 72.2 12:29.8 10 21 Torana Chas Wheildon 73.7 11:31.1 9 laps 11 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.5 11:34.6 9 laps 12 39 Anglia John Hollier 73.6 11:42.3 9 laps 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.2 12:03.1 9 laps 14 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 79.2 12:11.5 9 laps DNF 14 Mini Cooper S R Barker/C Iskov 75.0 DNF 65 Falcon Vic Watson 76.7 DNF 15 Torana Russell West 80.5 DNF 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 69.7 DNF 45 Capri John Glasson 84.0 DNF 93 Torana Colin Manns 86.7

Race 7: Australian Grand Prix, 63 laps 1 25 Lola T332 Chevrolet John Walker 54.92 59:09.72 2 11 Elfin MR8 Chevrolet John Bowe 55.61 59:22.13 3 10 Lola T332 Chevrolet Rob Butcher 56.83 59:56.21 61 laps 4 71 Ralt RT1 Ford John Smith 57.98 60:00.33 61 laps 5 15 Lola T332 Chevrolet Terry Hook 56.23 59:15.75 59 laps 6 19 Gardos GL1 Chevrolet Barry Singleton 58.51 59:30.82 59 laps 7 38 Chevron B37 Chevrolet Ivan Tighe 61.24 59:14.73 46 laps 8 40 Elfin 622 Ford Geoff Nicol 62.54 60:15.25 45 laps DNF 8 Elfin 622 Ford Rod Housego 60.67 DNF 76 Lola T400 Chevrolet John Wright 54.92 DNF 17 El Toro Alfa Bob Kingsbury 65.15 DNF 7 McLaren M23 Leyland John McCormack 55.66 DNF 3 Birrana * Bill Downey 63.52 DNF 24 Lola T332 Chevrolet Jon Davison 55.51 DNF 30 Chevron B39 Ford Peter Larner 61.67 DNF 12 Elfin MR8 Chevrolet Larry Perkins 84.59 DNF 84 Lola T430 Chevrolet Alfredo Costanzo -- [* Some authorities say Minos. Official programme, official results say Birrana.- Ed]

Race 8: Street Cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 4 Torana Wayne Negus 73.3 6:19.6 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 72.8 6:20.0 3 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 72.2 6:20.4 4 18 Torana Owen Ogilvie 74.4 6:26.1 5 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 72.8 6:26.1 6 22 Torana Tim Slako 73.5 6:27.0 7 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 73.4 6:27.6 8 99 Torana Bob Shepherd 74.6 6:31.7 9 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 79.8 6:52.0 10 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 80.0 6:53.0 11 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 79.8 6:53.0 12 20 MGB Peter Harper 81.8 7:11.0 13 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 74.7 7:11.2 14 80 Fiat 124 Sport Mark Tonkin 81.3 7:27.0 15 67 Triumph Brian Jacobs 88.5 6:20.4 4 laps DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 81.4 DNF 93 Torana Colin Manns 81.3 DNF 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 82.3

Race 9: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 8 Elfin Rod Housego 61.4 5:36.8 2 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 66.6 5:44.0 3 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.6 5:58.8 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 71.5 6:10.0 5 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 70.7 6:10.9 DNF 22 Asp Steve Shaw 68.7 DNF 30 Lowhad Ray Hadlow 70.7

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Race 10: Sports Sedans, 10 laps 1 46 Falcon Paul kelley 66.8 11:43.7 2 22 Torana Tim Slako 70.0 11:49.7 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.9 11:49.7 4 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 71.0 12:06.3 5 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 72.0 12:17.5 6 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 70.1 12:18.6 7 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.6 12:53.8 8 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.8 11:59.4 9 laps 9 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 79.8 12:10.3 9 laps 10 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 81.7 12:25.7 9 laps DNF 45 Capri John Glasson 71.7 DNF 14 Mini Cooper S R Barker/C Iskov 74.2 DNF 21 Torana Chas Wheildon 72.6 DNF 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 75.2 DNF 23 Torana Peter Henderson 71.1

Race 11: Racing Cars and Open Sports Cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 8 Elfin Rod Housego 61.4 5:12.9 2 71 Ralt RT1 Ford John Smith 58.7 5:12.9 3 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.3 5:49.8 4 30 Lowhad Ray Hadlow 69.5 6:05.4 5 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 71.5 6:09.8 DNF 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 65.6 DNF 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 75.6

Race 12: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 66.0 5:46.9 2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.0 5:48.3 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.3 5:59.2 4 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.4 5:59.4 5 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 70.6 6:07.7 6 21 Torana Chas Wheildon 71.2 6:09.4 7 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 71.0 6:11.1 8 45 Capri John Glasson 71.2 6:11.2 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.1 6:24.6 10 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 76.0 6:33.4 11 39 Anglia John Hollier 74.1 6:43.4 12 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 79.2 6:46.9 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.8 6:47.2 DNF 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 80.3 DNF 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 94.1

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Closed Meeting 1 April 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 71.4 6:07.0 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 72.0 6:07.4 3 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 72.4 6:10.6 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 72.5 6:12.4 5 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 73.9 6:18.7 6 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 73.8 6:19.0 7 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 77.6 6:37.4 8 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.6 6:41.5 9 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 78.2 6:44.3 10 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.7 6:46.1 11 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 79.0 6:49.2 12 66 Escort George Cole 79.2 6:52.2 13 20 MGB Peter Harper 80.2 6:57.0 14 93 Torana Colin Manns 78.0 7:05.4 15 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 81.0 7:07.9 16 52 Mazda Laurie Whittome 84.8 NT * * Last lap not timed

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 61.0 5:14.7 2 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 65.3 5:37.8 DNF 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 62.2

Race 3: Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 65.3 5:33.8 2 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhassett 69.2 5:57.6 3 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 69.1 5:58.4 4 10 Haggis John Hurney 69.1 5:58.9 5 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.2 5:59.2 6 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.9 6:40.4 7 20 MGB Peter Harper 80.2 6:56.1 8 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 79.1 5:34.8 4 laps DNF 22 Asp Steve Shaw --

Race 4: Sports Sedans, 5 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 64.8 5:34.1 2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 65.7 5:37.5 3 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.1 5:52.1 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.2 5:52.8 5 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 69.6 5:56.8 6 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 70.6 6:02.0 7 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 71.6 6:09.3 8 45 Capri John Glasson 71.3 6:09.7 9 28 Falcon Craig McAllister 70.0 6:19.9 10 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.9 6:28.0 11 14 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 75.2 6:33.5 12 39 Anglia John Hollier 74.3 6:33.9 13 70 Mini Cooper S Dave Betts 75.0 6:34.3 14 82 Escort Neil Bishop 76.5 6:40.6 15 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.7 6:45.6 16 12 Mini Cooper S Murray Davies 78.0 6:46.1 17 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.4 6:46.2 DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 75.8 DNF 9 Torana Mike Mettam 81.5 DNF 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 90.7

Race 5: Racing and Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 65.7 11:18.8 2 6 Elfin Graeme Head 64.2 11:24.0 3 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhassett 66.6 11:53.0 4 10 Haggis John Hurney 69.0 12:00.5 5 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 72.6 11:37.1 9 laps DNF 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 67.8 DNF 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.8

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Race 6: Street Cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 70.8 6:02.7 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 71.6 6:12.0 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 72.1 6:12.4 4 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 73.2 6:16.5 5 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 72.9 6:18.8 6 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 77.1 6:39.3 7 93 Torana Colin Manns 78.7 6:40.4 8 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.2 6:41.4 9 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 78.4 6:42.1 10 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.3 6:42.4 11 20 MGB Peter Harper 79.5 6:51.3 12 52 Mazda Laurie Whittome 83.7 7:08.5 DNF 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 72.1 DNF 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 92.7

Race 7: Sports Sedans, 10 laps

1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.2 11:16.3

2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.4 11:21.9

3 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 69.0 11:47.9

4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.4 11:50.3

5 45 Capri John Glasson 70.7 12:18.0

6 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 71.0 12:26.2

7 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 71.0 11:25.8 9 laps

8 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.2 11:26.1 9 laps

9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.0 11:30.1 9 laps

10 70 Mini Cooper S Dave Betts 75.4 11:36.5 9 laps

11 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.3 11:53.5 9 laps

DNF 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.8

DNF 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 70.8

DNF 14 Mini Cooper S R Barker/C Iskov 75.1

DNF 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 73.0

Race 8: Sports Sedans, Under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 73.1 6:14.3 2 70 Mini Cooper S Dave Betts 74.4 6:20.0 3 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.8 6:22.1 11 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.9 6:33.2 DNF 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.1 6:33.7

Race 9: Six Cylinder Sedans, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 69.2 5:55.2 2 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.7 6:48.4 4 laps DNF 53 Torana Mike Barnes -- DNF 39 Anglia John Hollier --

Race 10: Racing and Open Sports Cars, 10 lap reverse grid 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 62.3 10:52.5 2 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 76.8 no time 9 laps DNF 10 Haggis John Hurney 76.8 DNF 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury -- DNF 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol --

Race 11: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports cars, 10 lap reverse grid 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.0 11:04.7 2 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 64.8 11:05.8 3 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhassett 67.2 11:26.2 4 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.7 11:29.9 5 45 Capri John Glasson 70.8 12:06.6 6 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 71.3 11:22.8 7 95 Charger Craig Marsland 72.2 11:09.9 9 laps 8 14 Mini Cooper S R Barker/C Iskov 74.1 11:27.3 9 laps 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.8 11:27.5 9 laps 10 70 Mini Cooper S Dave Betts 75.2 11:28.3 9 laps DNF 87 Torana Tim Bonifant 70.1

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Race 12: Racing and Open Sports cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 61.8 0:20 5:36.8 2 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 74.0 Go 6:31.5 3 6 Elfin * Graeme Head 62.2 0:20 6:37.0 * One minute Penalty, jumped start

Race 13: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 45 Capri John Glasson 71.4 0:20 6:24.5 2 21 Torana C Wheildon/C Hall 71.0 0:20 6:25.1 3 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhassett 67.2 0:30 6:25.6 4 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 65.4 0:45 6:25.9 5 14 Mini Cooper S R Barker/C Iskov 73.1 0:10 6:33.1 6 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.5 Go 6:33.4 7 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.0 Go 6:35.0 8 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.6 0:15 6:38.1 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.4 0:10 6:38.8 10 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 78.6 Go 6:43.3 11 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.6 0:10 6:43.5 12 20 MGB Peter Harper 79.6 Go 6:47.8 DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 79.0 Go DNF 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine -- 0:25

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Australian Touring Car Championship 6 May 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 4 Torana Wayne Negus 70.7 6:00.0 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 70.4 6:02.1 3 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.9 6:26.2 4 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.7 6:38.5 5 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.1 6:39.4 6 20 MGB Peter Harper 78.7 6:45.9 7 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 79.9 6:53.7 8 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 82.0 6:58.1 9 65 Falcon Vic Watson 76.6 7:03.2 10 67 Triumph Brian Jacobs 83.8 7:07.9 DNF 38 Escort Les Verco 78.6 DNF 6 Lotus Elan * Trevor Hine 71.7 3 laps * Insufficient laps: 75% rule

Race 2: Six Cylinder Sedans, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.4 5:48.3 2 40 Holden Warren Matthews 71.8 6:08.0 3 95 Charger Craig Marsland 71.5 6:09.0 4 53 Holden Mike Barnes 74.4 6:20.1 5 9 Torana Mike Mettam 75.1 6:24.6

Race 3: Sports Sedans Under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 6 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 72.2 6:06.8 2 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 71.2 6:08.3 3 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 72.8 6:10.5 4 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.5 6:26.7 5 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.5 6:35.1 6 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 75.4 6:35.6 7 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 79.2 6:45.8 8 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 78.7 6:46.6 9 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 78.6 6:46.6 10 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 82.6 7:06.4 DNF 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 73.5 DNF 75 Alfetta Gordon Stephenson 79.6 DNF 70 Mini Cooper S Dave Betts 81.2

Race 4: Racing and Open Sports cars, 5 laps 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 61.7 5:14.7 2 8 Elfin Rod Housego 61.7 5:30.7 3 6 Elfin Graeme Head 62.7 5:31.9 4 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 65.3 5:33.2 5 51 Ashdown Al Ford 67.1 5:44.8 6 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.7 5:52.8 7 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 68.8 5:54.7 8 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.6 5:57.5 DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 69.6

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Race 5: Sports Sedans, 10 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.9 11:24.7 2 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.4 12:01.8 3 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 72.0 12:13.7 4 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.2 12:18.0 5 40 Holden Warren Matthews 72.8 12:28.4 6 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 70.8 12:32.0 7 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 73.8 11:26.6 9 laps 8 45 Capri John Glasson 74.4 11:36.2 9 laps 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.8 11:36.7 9 laps 10 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 74.6 11:44.4 9 laps 11 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.8 11:55.0 9 laps 12 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.2 12:00.9 9 laps 13 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 80.0 12:15.4 9 laps 14 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 83.7 11:18.8 8 laps DNF 87 Torana Tim Bonifant 72.4 DNF 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.6 DNF 95 Charger Craig Marsland 74.6 DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 75.4 DNF 75 Alfetta Gordon Stephenson -- DNF 6 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward --

Race 6: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 62.1 5:17.4 2 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.0 5:36.5 3 51 Ashdown Al Ford 67.2 5:45.6 4 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 66.8 5:46.1 5 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.7 5:52.9 6 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.3 5:20.6 4 laps 7 20 MG B Peter Harper 79.1 5:24.1 4 laps 8 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 78.6 5:25.1 4 laps DNF 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 70.3 DNF 6 Elfin Graeme Head --

Race 7: Sports Sedans, 10 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 64.8 11:10.1 2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.0 11:20.6 3 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 69.5 11:47.5 4 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 71.7 12:09.7 5 40 Holden Warren Matthews 71.8 12:12.3 6 95 Charger Craig Marsland 72.6 11:16.8 9 laps 7 82 Escort Neil Bishop 76.0 11:39.0 9 laps 8 45 Capri John Glasson 76.3 11:45.9 9 laps 9 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.0 11:46.8 9 laps DNF 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 69.4 DNF 75 Alfetta Gordon Stephenson 70.1 DNF 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.7

Race 8: Australian Touring Car Championship, 42 laps 1 05 Torana A9X Peter Brock 63.73 46:45.51 2 76 Torana A9X John Harvey 64.32 46:47.85 3 6 Torana A9X Allan Grice 65.14 46:55.99 4 7 Torana A9X Bob Morris 64.55 47:05.34 41 laps 5 22 Torana A9X Tim Slako 69.00 47:16.13 40 laps 6 77 Toyota Celica Peter Williamson 70.35 47:22.47 40 laps 7 21 Torana A9X Colin Hall 70.14 47:44.13 40 laps 8 87 Torana L34 Ric Rossiter 70.84 47:05.63 39 laps 9 71 Torana A9X Graeme Hooley 68.84 48:16.75 34 laps DNF 4 Torana A9X Wayne Negus 66.72 18 laps DNF 99 Torana L34 Bob Shepherd 72.17 16 laps DNF 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 68.91 15 laps

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Race 9: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports Cars, 5 laps reverse grid 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.8 5:48.0 2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.8 5:50.1 3 64 Milano John Blennerhasett 65.9 5:52.7 4 94 Torana XU-1 Brian Rhodes 68.0 6:06.5 5 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 69.4 6:06.9 6 95 Charger Craig Marsland 71.8 6:11.6 7 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 71.1 6:15.2 8 9 Torana XU-1 Mike Mettam 73.2 6:16.2 9 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.0 6:18.5 10 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 73.6 6:29.0 11 40 Holden EH Warren Matthews 73.0 6:29.6 12 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 77.9 6:40.0 13 45 Capri John Glasson 77.7 6:43.5 14 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 80.0 6:55.1 DNF 82 Escort Neil Bishop 78.8 DNF 6 Fiat Abarth Dick Ward 70.4 DNF 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker -- DNF 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov --

Race 10: Racing and Open Sports Cars, 5 laps reverse grid 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 63.9 5:31.0 2 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.8 5:45.8 3 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.8 5:54.7 4 51 Ashdown Al Ford 67.4 5:58.9 5 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 70.0 6:08.8 DNF 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhasett 68.0 DNF 6 Elfin Graeme Head 70.5

Race 11: Street Cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 70.5 6:07.4 2 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 70.4 6:07.8 3 71 Torana A9X Graeme Hooley 72.5 6:17.6 4 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.1 6:32.0 5 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 77.0 6:40.4 6 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.1 6:42.8 7 20 MGB Peter Harper 78.6 6:44.3 8 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 78.7 6:44.7 9 67 Triumph Brian Jacobs 84.8 7:15.6

Race 12: Racing and Open Sports Cars, 5 laps reverse grid 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 61.1 5:24.1 2 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.0 5:43.7 3 64 Milano John Blennerhasett 67.1 5:52.1 4 51 Ashdown Al Ford 67.1 5:52.8 5 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 69.3 6:04.6

Race 13: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 69.8 0:35 6:33.8 2 10 Lotus Super 7 Chuck Taylor 78.2 Go 6:38.4 3 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 77.6 Go 6:40.6 4 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.2 0:10 6:41.4 5 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.9 Go 6:41.6 6 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.0 0:25 6:43.1 7 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 73.0 0:25 6:43.8 8 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 71.7 0:25 6:45.4 9 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 79.5 Go 6:46.0 10 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 71.1 0:40 6:46.0 11 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.0 0:05 6:46.2 12 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 77.2 Go 6:47.2 13 9 Torana Mike Mettam 75.9 0:25 6:55.0 DNF 45 Capri John Glasson 88.3 0:35 DNF 40 Holden Warren Matthews 78.4 0:25 DNF 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 79.1 0:45 DNF 87 Torana Tim Bonifant 93.2 0:35 DNF 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker -- Go

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Australian Sports Sedan Championship 10 June 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/Lap Time 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 71.50 6:04.97 2 4 Torana Wayne Negus 72.17 6:06.23 3 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 73.58 6:18.76 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 75.49 6:29.83 5 87 Torana R Rossiter/T Bonifant 78.45 6:42.72 6 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 77.54 6:43.72 7 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.59 6:44.01 8 38 Escort Les Verco 77.23 6:45.89 9 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 79.27 6:48.85 10 20 MGB Peter Harper 79.42 6:50.85 11 61 VW Peter Jordan 79.38 6:51.57 12 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 84.10 7:11.83 13 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda 91.13 6:13.12 4 laps DNF 93 Torana Colin Manns 78.36

Race 2: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 61.64 5:21.73 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.51 5:22.19 3 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 63.08 5:29.53 4 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 66.34 5:42.82 5 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.86 5:46.72 6 51 Ashdown Al Ford 69.01 5:58.06 7 22 Asp Steve Shaw 67.34 5:58.30 8 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.39 6:02.00 9 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.51 6:02.75 10 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.09 6:07.31

Race 3: Six Cylinder Sedans, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 70.37 6:02.07 2 19 Torana Mike Mettam 71.47 6:10.74 3 40 Holden Warren Matthews 72.94 6:35.83 DNF 95 Charger Craig Marsland 75.16

Race 4: Sports Sedans under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 71.30 6:11.72 2 38 Escort Les Verco 73.81 6:16.42 3 29 Leyland Clubman Mal Bennett 73.44 6:19.10 4 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 72.99 6:22.76 5 82 Escort Neil/Peter Bishop 75.00 6:25.46 6 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.57 6:32.88 7 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.64 6:26.19 8 61 VW Peter Jordan 77.78 6:47.87 9 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 81.43 7:02.63 10 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 83.38 7:08.93 DNF 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann -- DNF 81 Subaru Elemer Vajda --

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Race 5: Australian Sports Sedan Championship, heat 1, 20 laps 1 6 Corvair Allan Grice 58.74 20:25.66 2 9 Alfetta Tony Edmondson 59.54 20:41.81 3 47 Charger Brian Smith 64.32 21:20.97 19 laps 4 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 66.59 21:40.15 18 laps 5 22 Torana Tim Slako 67.35 20:43.02 18 laps 6 90 Torana Frank Wilson 68.19 21:05.94 18 laps 7 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.16 21:20.06 18 laps 8 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.90 21:21.94 18 laps 9 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 72.23 21:03.38 17 laps 10 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.47 21:17.23 17 laps 11 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 73.82 21:26.27 17 laps 12 51 Toyota Les Verco 73.09 21:26.79 17 laps 13 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 73.48 21:34.83 17 laps 14 82 Escort Neil Bishop 75.48 20:39.02 16 laps 15 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.96 21:06.78 16 laps 16 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.00 21:07.58 16 laps 17 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 78.55 21:34.03 16 laps DNF 45 Capri * John Glasson 69.27 21:18.92 13 laps DNF 40 Holden * Warren Matthews 73.29 20:52.38 11 laps DNF 29 Leyland Cubman Ross Bennett 72.21 DNF 12 Falcon Jim Richards 58.87 DNF 95 Charger Craig Marsland 74.17 DNF 7 Monza John Briggs 61.43 DNF 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 71.33 * Technical DNF: less than 75% of winner’s laps.

Race 6: Racing and Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 60.22 10:31.07 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.36 10:39.61 3 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 65.94 11:25.15 4 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.32 11:44.49 5 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.71 10:54.49 9 laps 6 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 68.59 10:59.67 9 laps 7 51 Ashdown Al Ford 67.12 11:12.05 9 laps DNF 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 61.04 DNF 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.75 DNF 22 Asp Steve Shaw --

Race 7: Street Cars, 5 laps reverse grid 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 84.06 7:07.68 2 4 Torana Wayne Negus 85.59 7:24.14 3 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 88.26 7:33.00 4 38 Escort Les Verco 89.35 7:39.01 5 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 89.31 7:41.97 6 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 90.31 7:43.71 7 20 MGB Peter Harper 89.88 7:44.31 8 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 89.92 7:47.83 9 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 92.69 7:57.27 10 61 VW Peter Jordan 91.38

Events 8 and 9

Cancelled due to heavy rain and flooding of circuit.

Race 10: Australian Sports Sedan Championship, heat 2, 20 laps 1 6 Corvair Allan Grice 70.28 24:23.30 2 9 Alfetta Tony Edmondson 72.84 25:07.88 19 laps 3 40 Holden Warren Matthews 77.77 24:28.45 18 laps 4 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 81.07 24:56.25 18 laps 5 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 86.61 25:14.09 17 laps 6 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 84.19 25:20.22 17 laps 7 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 84.97 25:25.57 17 laps 8 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 85.86 25.27.33 17 laps 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 87.05 25:43.45 17 laps 10 19 Torana Mike Mettam 84.90 25:55.41 17 laps 11 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 88.78 24:33.06 16 laps 12 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 88.72 24:35.14 16 laps 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 92.53 25:21.34 16 laps 14 95 Charger Craig Marsland 89.94 25:25.13 16 laps 15 90 Torana Frank Wilson 79.78 24:24.92 15 laps 16 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 97.08 25:54.57 15 laps DNF 45 Capri John Glasson 82.14 DNF 47 Charger Brian Smith 116.63

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Race 11: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 74.0 0:25 6:49.5 2 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 81.4 0:10 7:09.9 3 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 80.7 0:20 7:19.9 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 86.6 Go 7:27.0 5 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 88.5 0:15 8:13.9 6 22 Asp * Steve Shaw 85.3 0:05 8:18.7 7 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 93.6 0:05 8:23.2 * One minute penalty for jumped start

Race 12: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap 1 40 Holden Warren Matthews 78.89 0:25 7:07.55 2 90 Torana Frank Wilson 80.35 0:40 7:28.11 3 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 80.09 0:45 7:34.13 4 22 Torana Tim Slako 79.58 0:40 7:36.01 5 45 Capri John Glasson 78.82 0:35 7:47.72 6 82 Escort Neil Bishop 90.09 0:15 7:51.98 7 20 MGB Peter Harper 92.48 0:05 7:51.98 8 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 89.64 0:15 8:00.58 9 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 93.90 Go 8:00.89 10 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 79.58 0:10 8:05.16 11 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 85.11 0:35 8:05.47 12 61 VW Peter Jordan 93.23 0:15 8:07.82 13 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 89.30 0:35 8:07.86 14 95 Charger Craig Marsland 91.74 0:25 8:13.19 15 87 Torana Ric Rossiter 90.02 0:30 8:14.59 16 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 85.29 0:20 8:19.59 DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 81.89 0:45

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July Meeting 15 July 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/Lap Time 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 86.10 7:19.02 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 90.24 7:25.24 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 92.74 7:56.10 4 20 MGB Peter Harper 91.91 7:56.81 5 22 Torana Tim Slako 91.40 8:00.77 6 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 90.11 8:01.96 7 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 94.00 8:08.97 8 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 98.13 8:23.69 9 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 112.5 7:24.95 4 laps DNF 15 Mini Cooper S Chris Iskov 96.30 DNF 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 104.06

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 78.23 6:41.08 2 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 77.25 6:43.76 DNF 16 Birrana Bob Creasy -- DNF 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi --

Race 3: Sports Cars, 5 laps 1 64 Milano GT2 John Blennerhassett 77.64 6:48.10 2 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 82.97 7:06.46 3 51 Ashdown Al Ford 82.44 7:08.25 4 41 Barp 9 Mike Miller 85.64 7:25.90 5 10 Haggis John Hurney 82.32 7:37.32 DNF 23 U2 Trevor Gaynor 85.45

Race 4: Sports Sedans, 5 laps 1 22 Torana Tim Slako 67.90 5:43.02 2 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 67.98 5:54.34 3 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 69.00 5:50.24 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 70.70 6:10.96 5 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 70.93 6:25.90 6 47 Charger Brian Smith 66.68 6:29.12 7 29 Leyland Cubman Mal Bennett 73.78 6:29.50 8 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.42 6:30.48 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.80 6:33.44 10 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 74.81 6:38.19 11 53 Holden Mike Barnes 76.95 6:44.39 12 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.93 6:50.24 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.11 6:50.24 14 55 Toyota Murray Spalding 80.69 7:04.36 15 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 85.41 5:57.31 4 laps DNF 40 Holden Warren Matthews 75.56 DNF 9 Torana Mike Mettam 76.68 DNF 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 77.20 DNF 45 Capri John Glasson --

Race 5: Sports Sedans Under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 29 Leyland Cubman Ross Bennett 72.52 6:08.46 2 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.43 6:13.25 3 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 72.56 6:13.56 4 82 Escort Neil Bishop 73.65 6:15.53 5 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 72.87 6:24.95 6 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.64 6:32.30 7 55 Toyota Murray Spalding 78.21 6:43.80 DNF 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.72

Race 6: Six Cylinder Sedans, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 70.77 6:00.17 2 53 Holden Mike Barnes 75.23 6:27.50 3 40 Holden Warren Matthews 74.82 6:30.17 4 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 76.98 6:37.04

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Race 7: Racing and Open Sports, 10 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 60.68 1:05 11:27.16 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.74 1:10 11:32.31 3 51 Ashdown Al Ford 66.45 0:30 11:55.90 DNF 23 U2 Trevor Gaynor 71.63 Go DNF 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.89 0:30 DNF 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 68.82 0:10 DNF 41 Barp 9 Mike Miller 81.42 Go DNF 6 Elfin Graeme Head -- 1:05 DNF 10 Haggis John Hurney -- 0:10

Race 8: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports, 10 lap handicap 1 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 76.46 0:30 12:13.39 2 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.19 0:50 12:33.80 3 55 Toyota Murray Spalding 78.08 Go 12:40.20 4 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 68.96 2:00 12:48.03 5 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 83.82 Go 12:50.89 6 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 73.08 1:30 12:57.66 7 45 Capri John Glasson 68.99 2:00 12:57.99 8 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 65.96 2:30 12:59.90 9 22 Torana Tim Slako 67.32 2:20 13:01.99 10 29 Leyland Cubman Mal Bennett 73.71 1:30 13:03.77 11 9 Torana Mike Mettam 71.55 1:40 13:04.52 12 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.66 2:10 13:04.72 13 40 Holden Warren Matthews 74.00 1:40 13:23.21 DNF 47 Charger Brian Smith 66.48 2:50 DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 68.71 2:30 DNF 82 Escort Neil Bishop -- 1:10 DNF 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann -- 1:20 Flag shown to wrong car. Race declared at 9 laps.

Race 9: Street Cars, 5 lap reverse grid Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 86.02 7:22.35 2 20 MGB Peter Harper 89.12 7:33.40 3 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 89.32 7:35.78 4 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 89.65 7:41.76 5 22 Torana Tim Slako 90.93 7:48.99 6 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 90.83 7:49.45 7 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 93.79 8:00.21 8 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 93.79 8:01.91 9 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 94.31 8:06.27 DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 94.25

Race 10: Division A handicap, 10 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 22 Torana Tim Slako 77.51 0:40 13:49.05 2 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 82.49 0:10 14:26.02 3 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 83.98 0:10 14:33.04 4 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 74.54 1:50 14:33.51 5 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 76.94 1:30 14:34.32 6 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 84.73 0:20 14:42.82 7 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 86.65 Go 14:47.14 8 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 83.34 0:20 15:11.61 DNF 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 76.09 0:40 DNF 45 Capri John Glasson 77.77 0:10

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Race 11: Division B handicap, 10 laps 1 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 82.16 Go 14:09.60 2 20 MGB Peter Harper 82.33 Go 14:11.64 3 40 Holden Warren Matthews 77.66 1:10 14:22.66 4 9 Torana Mike Mettam 76.00 1:10 14:33.46 5 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 78.55 1:00 14:33.80 6 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 81.53 Go 14:34.59 7 29 Leyland Cubman Ross Bennett 79.88 1:00 14:48.51 8 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 83.99 0:20 14:56.60 DNF 23 U2 Trevor Gaynor 80.63 1:10 9 laps DNF 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 84.31 0:20 DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 84.62 0:50

Race 12: Invitation handicap, 10 laps 1 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 78.03 Go 13:13.71 2 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.66 Go 13:14.97 3 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 70.64 1:10 13:17.65 4 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 73.19 0:50 13:18.03 5 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.66 0:20 13:22.27 6 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 77.31 0:20 13:33.16 7 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 66.14 2:20 13:47.04 8 22 Torana Tim Slako 74.27 1:10 13:57.07 9 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 71.89 1:30 14:06.05 10 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 71.01 1:20 14:06.32 11 40 Holden Warren Matthews 76.84 1:00 14:18.77 DNF 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 62.44 2:40 DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 78.57 Go DNF 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 70.98 1:20 DNF 47 Charger Brian Smith 69.45 2:00 DNF 29 Leyland Cubman Mal Bennett 133.03 0:50 DNF 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 189.00 1:30

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State Championships 12 August 1979

Race 1: Street Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 4 Torana Wayne Negus 70.75 6:06.67 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 72.06 6:12.85 3 21 Torana Colin Hall 73.15 6:15.95 4 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 73.11 6:16.19 5 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.55 6:24.70 6 38 Escort Les Verco 76.48 6:30.94 7 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.72 6:33.22 8 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 76.76 6:34.48 9 20 MGB Peter Harper 78.30 6:40.82 10 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 83.62 7:06.27 11 86 Mini Cooper S Ron Cavill 83.55 7:07.15 12 43 Lotus Europa Gerrard Drysdale 83.94 7:10.63 DNF 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 78.42

Race 2: Sports Sedans Under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 38 Escort Les Verco 73.05 6:17.22 2 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.73 6:17.53 3 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.26 6:25.64 4 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 73.69 6:27.02 5 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.46 6:35.38 6 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.59 6:43.08 7 55 Toyota Maurie Spalding 77.50 6:55.04 DNF 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 72.72 DNF 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 78.56

Race 3: Six Cylinder Series, 5 laps 1 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 69.64 5:58.34 2 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.97 6:01.73 3 36 Torana Bob Biltoft 70.71 6:10.14 4 95 Charger Craig Marsland 73.42 6:16.34 DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 73.24

Race 4: Sports Cars, 10 laps Sports Car Championship Race 1 1 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 65.63 10:18.41 9 laps 2 22 Asp Steve Shaw 66.45 10:19.39 9 laps 3 88 Welsor Dave Currell 66.70 10:22.98 9 laps 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 73.65 10:02.97 8 laps DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 66.07 DNF 9 Haggis John Hurney 102.31

Race 5: Racing Cars, 10 laps Racing Car Championship Race 1 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 59.58 10:10.63 2 8 Elfin Rod Housego 60.65 10:17.41 3 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 60.78 10:21.75 4 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.34 11:15.23 5 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.39 10:25.49 9 laps DNF 6 Elfin Graeme Head 68.48

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Race 6: Sports Sedans, 10 laps Sports Sedans Championship Race 1 1 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 65.06 11:02.68 2 47 Charger Brian Smith 64.42 11:07.07 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.51 11:50.42 4 90 Torana Frank Wilson 67.93 11:50.85 5 45 Capri John Glasson 68.41 11:51.93 6 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 70.22 12:02.50 7 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.82 12:14.05 8 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 73.61 11:26.40 9 laps 9 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.61 11:28.62 9 laps 10 38 Escort Les Verco 73.38 11:29.02 9 laps 11 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 74.38 11:29.53 9 laps 12 78 Toyota Sandy Peterkin 72.72 11:39.56 9 laps 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 75.78 11:49.73 9 laps 14 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.17 11:52.66 9 laps EXCL 4 Torana Wayne Negus 64.28 11:13.25 Excluded DNF 21 Torana Colin Hall 68.01 DNF 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 70.31 DNF 55 Toyota Maurie Spalding 79.05 DNF 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 73.24 DNF 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 74.15 DNF 86 Mini Cooper S Les Cavill 92.14

Race 7: Street Cars, 5 laps reverse grid 1 4 Torana Wayne Negus 71.43 6:06.79 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 72.03 6:13.06 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 72.29 6:14.43 4 38 Escort Les Verco 76.77 6:30.79 5 73 Jaguar John Smith 76.62 6:33.23 6 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.10 6:33.70 7 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.51 6:34.32 8 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.94 6:39.25 9 43 Lotus Europa Gerrard Drysdale 81.99 7:02.32 10 86 Mini Cooper S Les Cavill 83.31 7:23.87 DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm --

Race 8: Racing Cars, 10 laps. Racing Car Championship Race 2 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 59.25 10:08.63 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.00 10:12.25 3 8 Elfin Rod Housego 60.42 10:17.77 4 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 60.52 10:20.66 5 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 66.83 10:27.65 9 laps DNF 17 El Toro Bob Kingsbury 66.83

Race 9: Sports Cars, 10 laps. Sports Car Championship Race 2 1 60 Chevron B8 Tony McAlinden 66.20 10:08.18 9 laps 2 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 66.36 10:25.56 9 laps 3 22 Asp Steve Shaw 68.20 10:36.67 9 laps 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 72.85 10:06.47 8 laps DNF 88 Welsor Dave Currell 69.95

Race 10: Sports Sedans, 10 laps. Sports Sedan Championship Race 2 1 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 64.58 10:59.47 2 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.25 11:03.68 3 4 Torana Wayne Negus 65.48 11:13.07 4 21 Torana Colin Hall 67.75 11:33.39 5 45 Capri John Glasson 68.65 11:43.53 6 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 69.82 11:49.29 7 94 Torana Brian Rhodes 68.72 11:50.34 8 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 68.03 11:57.60 9 9 Torana Mike Mettam 71.05 12:05.44 10 38 Escort Les Verco 72.62 11:06.94 9 laps 11 14 Mini Cooper S Ray Barker 72.49 11:11.63 9 laps 12 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.66 11:27.73 9 laps 11 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 74.54 11:32.68 9 laps 13 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.72 11:46.28 9 laps 14 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.63 11:47.85 9 laps 15 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 77.17 11:57.11 9 laps DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 72.47 11:28.44 9 laps DNF 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 67.50 DNF 7 Rover Marina Gordon Mitchell 66.53 DNF 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 88.79

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Race 11: Racing and Open Sports Car 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 6 Elfin George Cole 59.93 0:30 5:33.73 2 8 Elfin Rod Housego 60.21 0:30 5:36.31 3 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 59.84 0:35 5:45.43 4 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 61.32 0:30 5:49.08 5 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.42 0:05 5:52.85 6 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.62 0:05 5:57.65 7 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.36 Go 5:58.59 Fastest Time: No 6, Cole

Race 12: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 45 Capri John Glasson 67.97 0:40 6:32.86 2 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.01 0:20 6:34.35 3 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 66.96 0:50 6:34.60 4 9 Torana Mike Mettam 71.19 0:35 6:40.02 5 38 Escort Les Verco 72.82 0:30 6:41.57 6 28 Falcon Craig McAllister 67.48 0:45 6:42.26 7 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 74.49 0:25 6:44.02 8 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 74.54 0:30 6:54.07 9 86 Mini Cooper S Ron Cavill 84.19 Go 7:08.87 Fastest Time: No 64, Blennerhassett

Race 13: Invitation handicap, 7 laps 1 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.37 1:00 8:05.04 2 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 61.46 0:55 8:09.86 3 45 Capri John Glasson 67.23 0:20 8:26.65 4 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 67.92 0:25 8:35.21 5 38 Escort Les Verco 72.67 0:10 8:53.65 6 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.93 0:30 8:58.11 7 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.47 0:05 9:04.78 8 73 Jaguar John Smith 77.05 Go 9:10.01 9 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 76.45 Go 9:11.07 10 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.11 Go 9:11.82 11 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.79 G0 9:14.15 12 30 Mini Cooper S Bob Woodland 74.42 0:10 9:16.66 DNF 8 Elfin Rod Housego 62.43 0:55 DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 66.82 0:30 DNF 9 Torana Mike Mettam 71.74 0:15 DNF 88 Welsor Dave Currell 98.46 0:30 Fastest Time: no 16, Creasy

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Torque Trophy

16 September 1979

Race 1: Street Cars 5 laps. Torque Trophy Heat 1 1 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 70.97 6:01.77 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 71.90 6:07.63 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 72.20 6:08.65 4 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 71.30 6:11.71 5 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.29 6:23.85 6 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 76.09 6:32.52 7 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 73.36 6:32.80 8 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 77.26 6:40.07 9 20 MGB Peter Harper 78.20 6:40.39 10 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 78.13 6:43.06 11 10 Falcon Reg Berle 81.83 7:00.09 12 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 82.64 7:02.71 13 43 Lotus Europa Gerrard Drysdale 80.49 7:20.39 14 38 Escort Les Verco 77.38 no time 4 laps

Race 2: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 59.65 5:05.50 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 59.57 5:06.25 3 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 59.69 5:07.23

Race 3: Sports Cars, 4 laps 1 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.99 5:07.38 2 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 69.87 5:08.71 3 53 Ashdown Dave Bunnett 71.97 5:21.86 4 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.85 5:12.84 3 laps DNF 23 U2 Trevor Gaynor 69.98 DNF 31 Barp 9B Barry Strother 81.07

Race 4: Six Cylinder Sports Sedans, 5 laps 1 9 Torana Mike Mettam 71.43 6:04.62 DNF 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 85.96 DNF 36 Torana Bob Biltoft -- DNF 53 Holden Mike Barnes 137.98

Race 5: Sports Sedans under 2000 cc, 5 laps 1 38 Escort Les Verco 73.18 6:40.07 2 82 Escort Neil Bishop 74.51 6:40.94 3 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 73.63 6:45.06 4 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.41 6:57.55 5 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews 78.28 7:00.73

Race 6: Sports Sedans, 5 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.00 5:34.66 2 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.04 5:36.14 3 45 Capri John Glasson 69.55 5:55.66 4 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 68.60 5:56.44 5 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.28 6:00.62 6 38 Escort Les Verco 70.28 6:09.99 7 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.43 6:40.84 8 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 82.92 6:40.84 4 laps DNF 32 Renault 1800 Noel Pratt 70.05 DNF 82 Escort Neil Bishop 81.89

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Race 7: Street Cars, 10 lap reverse grid. Torque Trophy, Heat 2 1 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 70.81 12:06.40 2 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 70.93 12:10.73 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 72.03 12:17.43 4 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.53 12:52.43 5 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 75.54 12:53.56 6 38 Escort Les Verco 77.08 13:04.36 7 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 77.27 13:06.11 8 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.19 13:07.48 9 10 Falcon Reg Berle 81.74 12:33.33 9 laps 10 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 83.48 12:55.30 9 laps DNF 6 Lotus Elan Trevor Hine 71.89 DNF 37 Austin-Healey Sprite Frank Van Der Worm 82.96

Race 8: Racing Cars, 5 laps 1 6 Elfin Graeme Head 59.35 5:04.08 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 59.85 5:05.18 3 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 68.11 5:20.55 4 3 Birrana Bill Downey 68.53 5:57.20 DNF 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 59.80

Race 9: Sports Cars, 4 laps 1 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.31 6:12.23 2 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.96 5:05.98 4 laps 3 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.37 5:06.80 4 laps

Race 10: Sports Sedans, 9 laps 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 65.10 10:01.35 2 45 Capri John Glasson 70.27 10:47.22 3 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.61 10:49.14 4 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 73.41 10:19.42 8 laps 5 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 77.40 10:29.27 8 laps 6 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 76.95 10:29.86 8 laps 7 38 Escort Les Verco 74.18 10:36.77 8 laps 8 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 80.24 10:57.24 8 laps 9 58 Torana R Zemunik/P Hawkins 70.70 10:19.42 7 laps DNF 46 Falcon Paul Kelley 66.07 DNF 72 Mini Cooper S Roger Matthews --

Race 11: Street Cars, 10 lap reverse grid. Torque Trophy Race 3. 1 59 Falcon Ron Lindau 70.75 12:07.37 2 28 Falcon Rod Donovan 70.85 12:09.57 3 71 Torana Graeme Hooley 71.72 12:15.72 4 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 76.25 13:01.58 5 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 76.61 13:03.67 6 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 76.74 13:04.91 7 20 MGB Peter Harper 77.31 13:06.54 8 10 Falcon Reg Berle 81.42 12:26.75 9 laps 9 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 81.31 12:31.23 9 laps DNF 73 Jaguar XK140 John Smith 76.86 DNF 43 Lotus Europa Gerrard Drysdale 81.15

Race 12: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 lap reverse grid 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 60.14 5:11.18 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.74 5:30.92 3 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 69.31 5:56.87 4 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 72.53 6:13.48 5 88 Welsor Dave Currell 69.51 6:14.67 DNF 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 70.16 3 laps DNF 6 Elfin Graeme Head --

Race 13: Sports Sedans, 5 laps reverse grid 1 47 Charger Brian Smith 66.24 5:42.22 2 45 Capri John Glasson 68.88 5:45.55 3 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 69.07 5:55.63 4 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.87 6:01.79 5 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 72.79 6:19.36 6 41 Cortina Jeff Minney 77.78 6:39.69 7 56 Fiat Topolino Ross Crump 80.68 6:54.69 8 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 81.99 6:24.76 4 laps

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Race 14: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 69.81 Go 5:57.37 2 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.74 0:10 5:59.45 3 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 68.73 0:05 6:00.19 4 88 Welsor Dave Currell 68.10 0:10 6:02.89 5 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.03 1:15 6:04.10 6 40 Elfin * Geoff Nicol 59.57 1:15 5:59.87 * jumped start; 1 minute Penalty Fastest Time: No 40, Geoff Nicol

Race 15: Sports Sedans and Closed Sports cars, 5 lap handicap 1 43 Lotus Europa Gerrard Drysdale 80.11 Go 6:49.72 2 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann 71.90 0:40 6:51.38 3 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 76.73 0:20 6:53.04 4 20 MGB Peter Harper 76.98 0:20 6:54.42 5 45 Capri John Glasson 68.25 1:05 6:54.91 6 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill 81.17 Go 6:55.39 7 54 Lotus Europa Mike Griffiths 75.65 0:30 6:57.51 8 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.52 0:55 6:57.74 9 58 Torana R Zemunik/P Hawkins 70.14 1:05 7:03.73 10 10 Falcon Reg Berle 81.65 0:20 7:16.87 Fastest Time: No 45, Glasson

Race 16: Invitation handicap, 8 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 11 BMW Simon Emmerling 76.74 0:32 10:56.36 2 51 Toyota Mal McKiggan 77.00 0:32 10:57.03 3 9 Torana Mike Mettam 70.76 1:28 10:59.00 4 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 60.04 3:04 11:08.09 5 45 Capri John Glasson 68.04 1:44 11:08.44 6 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 59.61 3:04 11:11.91 7 10 Falcon Reg Berle 82.19 Go 11:12.23 8 88 Welsor Dave Currell 67.97 1:52 11:18.23 9 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 69.72 1:36 11:22.49 10 12 Alfonsi Tony Alfonsi 67.75 1:52 11:25.84 11 58 Torana Rocka Zemunik 72.14 1:44 11:54.18 DNF 20 MGB Peter Harper 76.85 0:32 DNF 86 Mini Cooper S Les/Ron Cavill -- Go DNF 35 Mini Cooper S Kevin Mann -- 1:04 Fastest Time: No 40, Nicol

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300 Km Race Meeting 21 October 1979

Race 1: Racing Cars, 5 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 59.19 5:06.00 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 61.34 5:20.11 3 6 Elfin Graeme head 60.58 5:32.72

Race 2: Sports Cars, 4 laps 1 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 67.58 4:38.78 2 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 68.55 4:42.30 3 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 68.46 4:42.76 4 25 U2 Trevor Gaynor 71.47 4:54.55 DNF 53 Ashdown Dave Bunnett 69.15 4:54.55

Race 3: Racing and Sports Cars, 5 lap handicap Pos No Car Driver F/lap Hcp Time 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 59.16 1:50 6:52.30 2 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 67.18 1:15 7:00.99 3 68 MG B David Williams 83.96 Go 7:13.18 4 20 MG B Peter Harper 77.28 0:40 7:15.60 5 92 MG B Tony Ford 80.95 0:35 7:27.55 DNF 73 Jaguar XK 140 John Smith 76.53 0:40 DNF 25 U2 Trevor Gaynor 74.65 1:05 Fastest Time: No 40, Nicol

Race 4: Racing Cars, 10 laps Pos No Car Driver F/lap Time 1 40 Elfin Geoff Nicol 60.19 10:43.55 2 16 Birrana Bob Creasy 64.14 11:11.65 DNF 6 Elfin Graeme head 63.15

Race 5: Sports Cars, 10 laps 1 59 Haggis Bruce Youngberg 67.21 11:36.93 2 25 U2 Trevor Gaynor 71.00 11:05.01 9 laps DNF 64 Milano John Blennerhassett 67.12 DNF 44 Haggis Rod Kirk-Burnnand 67.62

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Race 6: 300 km Race 1 48 Neville Cooper Alfa Romeo 124 laps 2 90 F Wilson Torana 122 laps 3 85 John Farrell Torana 120 laps 4 71 Graeme Hooley Torana 115 laps 5 23 P Henderson Torana 111 laps 6 55 Maurie Spalding Toyota 109 laps 7 20 Peter Harper MG B 108 laps 8 54 M Griffiths Lotus Europa 108 laps 9 25 Bruce Peacock Volvo 103 laps 10 92 A Ford MG B 103 laps 11 89 K Barry Mustang 103 laps 12 41 Jeff Minney Cortina 102 laps 13 76 Ron Burrowes Mazda RX2 100 laps 14 46 Paul Kelley Falcon 93 laps 15 86 Les/Ron Cavill Mini Cooper S 87 laps 16 19 Ian Wookey Austin Healey 83 laps 17 36 Bob Biltoft Torana 56 laps DNF 9 Mike Mettam Torana 104 laps DNF 4 Wayne Negus Torana 103 laps DNF 7 G Mitchell/D Ward Marina 101 laps DNF 68 D Williams MG B 81 laps DNF 32 Noel Pratt Renault 1800 77 laps DNF 45 John Glasson Capri 59 laps DNF 38 Les Verco Escort 56 laps DNF 18 R West Torana 53 laps DNF 59 Ron Lindau Falcon 51 laps DNF 30 R Woodland Mini Cooper S 46 laps DNF 51 M McKiggan/L Stubber Toyota 41 laps DNF 58 R Zemunik/P Hawkins Torana 36 laps DNF 28 R Donovan/C McAllister Falcon 35 laps DNF 13 Tim Slako Torana 31 laps DNF 73 J Smith Jaguar 24 laps DNF 53 Mike Barnes Holden 20 laps DNF 93 C Manns Torana 17 laps DNF 72 R Matthews/R Bennett Mini Cooper S 11 laps DNF 65 Vic Watson Falcon 8 laps DNF 14 Ray Barker/Chris Iskov Mini Cooper S 7 laps DNF 82 N Bishop/ P Bishop Escort 2 laps Class places: Sports Sedans over 2000 cc: 48, 90, 85, 71 Sports Sedans under 2000cc: 55, 41, 86 Street over 2000cc: 71, 25, 89, 76 Street under 2000cc: 20, 54, 92, 86 * Corrected 20 Feb 2008: 16th place was shown incorrectly as 56 laps; and 17

th place was omitted.

Confirmed from Official Race file.

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