1971 Castrol Trophy
Introduction Layout of the Warwick Farm Raceway (1960-1973)The '''1971 Castrol Trophy''' was an endurance race for Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The event, which was staged at the Warwick Farm circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 2 May 1971, was Round 2 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.
Classes As the race was an Australian Manufacturers’ Championship round, the field was divided into five classes, based on “CP Units”. The engine capacity, in litres, was multiplied by the retail price, in Australian Dollars, to arrive at a CP Unit value for each competing model. * Class A : 0 to 3000 CP Units* Class B : 3001 - 4600 CP Units* Class C : 4601 - 9000 CP Units* Class D : 9001 - 18000 CP Units* Class E : Over 18000 CP Units
Results  Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Colin Bond 22 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100 2 Peter Brock 23 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100 3 Allan Moffat   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 98 4 Don Smith   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 WH Motors 98 5 Barry Seton   Ford Escort Twin Cam Barry Seton 96 6 Bill Evans   Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans 96   Class A         1 Doug Whiteford   Datsun 1200 Datsun Racing Team 90 2 Jim Laing-Peach   Mazda 1300 Mazda House 90   Class B         1 Lakis Manticas   Morris Cooper S British Leyland Team 94 2 Bruce Stewart   Datsun 1600 SSS WH Motors 93 DNF Paul Gulson   Morris Cooper S Marque Motors    DNF Bill Stanley   Morris Cooper S Marque Motors   DISQ Les Grose   Morris Cooper S       Class C         1 Barry Seton   Ford Escort Twin Cam Barry Seton 96 2 Bill Evans   Ford Escort Twin Cam Bill Evans 96 3 George Giesberts, Scott Townsend   Ford Escort Twin Cam Smith Ford 95 ? Bob Forbes   Fiat 124 Coupé     ? Jim Murcott   Ford Escort Twin Cam     ? Bruce Allison     ? ? John Piper   Ford Escort Twin Cam     DNF Warren Gracie   Holden LC Torana GTR       Class D         1 Colin Bond 22 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100 2 Peter Brock 23 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Holden Dealer Team 100 3 Don Smith   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 WH Motors 98 4 Bob Morris  31 Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 Mark IV Car Air Conditioning   5 Norm Beechey 32 Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer     DNF Doug Chivas   Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer   83 DNF Don Holland   Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1     DNF Geoff Hunter   Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 26     Class E         1 Allan Moffat   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 99 2 Barry Sharp 38 Ford XY Falcon GT Brabham Ford 94 3 Bruce McPhee 42 Holden HT Monaro GTS 350 Bardahl International Oil Corp 94 4 John French   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Ford Motor Company 90 DNF Murray Carter   Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Bob Rollington  The winner's race time for the 100 lap, 225 mile race was 3 hours 6 minutes 29.5 seconds.From the 30 entries for the race, 28 cars started, with seven failing to finish.
Notes and references
Further reading * Australian Title Conditions, CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1971, page 82* Holden, The Official Racing History, 1988, page 333
External links *  Image of the field in the opening lap of the race*  Image of the winning car, driven by Colin Bond*  Image of the second placed car, driven by Peter Brock