1965 Armstrong 500


















1965 Armstrong 500
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The winning Ford Cortina GT500 of Seton & Bosworth


The 1965 Armstrong 500 was the sixth running of the Bathurst 500 touring car race. It was held on 3 October 1965 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to Australian assembled or manufactured vehicles and, for the first time, to imported vehicles, of which at least 100 examples and 250 examples respectively had been registered in Australia.[1] Cars competed in four classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle in Australian pounds. Prize money was on offer only for class placings however the Armstrong Trophy was presented to the entrant of the outright winning car, this being the first time in the history of the event that there had been an official award for the outright winner.[1]


The outright winning car was the Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500 entered by Fairfield Motors and driven by Barry Seton and emerging young driver Midge Bosworth. Second was another Ford car dealer entered Cortina driven mainly by Bruce McPhee with one lap driven by Barry Mulholland. Third, and one lap behind the two Cortina was the factory entered Morris Cooper S of Brian Foley and Peter Manton.




Contents






  • 1 Class structure


    • 1.1 Class A


    • 1.2 Class B


    • 1.3 Class C


    • 1.4 Class D




  • 2 Results


  • 3 Statistics


  • 4 References


  • 5 Further reading


  • 6 External links





Class structure



Class A


The smallest class was for cars under £920. It was made of Datsun 1300, Fiat 850, 1.5 litre Ford Cortina 220, Morris Mini de Luxe and Vauxhall Viva, although all the Datsun's were withdrawn prior to race start due to wheel cracking failures.



Class B


The £921 to £1,020 class featured 1.5 litre Ford Cortina 240, Isuzu Bellett, Morris Cooper, Renault R8 and Toyota Corona.



Class C


The £1,021 to £1,300 class was dominated by the Morris Cooper S, but also contained Chrysler Valiant, Ford Cortina GT and Holden HD X2.



Class D


The £1,301 to £2,000 class featured the first of what came to be known as the 'Bathurst specials', the Ford Cortina GT500 named for the race. The class also contained Fiat 2300, Humber Vogue, Studebaker Lark, Triumph 2000 and Volvo 122.



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Pos
Class
Class
Pos
No
Team
Drivers
Car
Laps
1
D
1
11
Fairfield Motors Pty Ltd

Australia Barry Seton
Australia Midge Bosworth

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
130
2
D
2
4
Grawill Motors Pty Ltd

Australia Bruce McPhee
Australia Barry Mulholland

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
130
3
C
1
29
BMC

Australia Brian Foley
Australia Peter Manton

Morris Cooper S
129
4
C
2
21
L and D Motors Pty Ltd

Australia Lindsay Little
Australia Stan Pomroy

Morris Cooper S
129
5
D
3
12
Hunt Bros. Pty Ltd

Australia Jack Murray
Australia Bill McLachlan

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
128
6
C
3
30
BMC

United Kingdom Paddy Hopkirk
Finland Timo Makinen

Morris Cooper S
128
7
C
4
18
Marque Motors

Australia Bill Stanley
Australia Ralph Sach

Morris Cooper S
128
8
C
5
19
College Auto Port

Australia Ray Kaleda
Australia Graham Moore

Morris Cooper S
125
9
C
6
24
Killara Motor Garage

Australia Greg Cusack
Australia Bob Holden

Morris Cooper S
125
10
D
4
7

Australian Motor Industries

Australia Max Stewart
Australia Bob Young

Triumph 2000
124
11
C
7
26

Ford Motor Co

Australia Barry Arentz
Australia Geoff Russell

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT
124
12
D
5
3
British & Continental Cars

Australia Bill Ford
Australia Des West

Volvo 122S
121
13
D
6
2
Continental & General Distributors Pty Ltd

Australia Fred Sutherland
Australia Allan Mottram

Studebaker Lark
120
14
A
1
45

Ford Motor Co

Australia Harry Firth
Australia John Reaburn

Ford Cortina Mk.I 220
119
15
A
2
54
Ray Morris Motors

Australia Bruce Maher
Australia Ray Morris

Ford Cortina Mk.I 220
119
16
D
7
5


Australia Graham Ward
Australia Barry Collerson

Volvo 122S
118
17
B
1
40

Ford Motor Co

Australia Glyn Scott
Australia Max Volkers

Ford Cortina Mk.I 240
118
18
B
2
39

Australian Motor Industries

Australia Brian Reed
Australia Des Kelly

Toyota Corona
118
19
A
3
53
H and G Taylor

Australia John Hall
Australia Herb Taylor

Ford Cortina Mk.I 220
118
20
B
3
41

Australian Motor Industries

Australia Bill Buckle
Australia Neil McKay

Toyota Corona
117
21
C
8
22


Australia Alton Boddenberg
Australia Digby Cooke

Chrysler Valiant
116
22
C
9
31


Australia Don Smith
Australia Bruce Stewart

Holden HD X2
116
23
B
4
36

Australian Motor Industries

Australia Brian Sampson
Australia Ern Abbott

Toyota Corona
116
24
B
5
29
BMC

Australia Barry Ferguson
Australia Charlie Smith

Morris Cooper
115
25
A
4
43
Griffith Barke Service

Australia Ken Harrison
Australia Bruce Hodgson

Ford Cortina Mk.I 220
114
26
A
5
52
G Shoesmith

Australia Gary Shoesmith
Australia Tony Robards

Vauxhall Viva
113
27
D
8
10


Australia Warren Weldon
Australia Bill Slattery

Studebaker Lark
112
28
A
6
55
BMC

Australia Kevin Bartlett
Australia Ron Haylen

Morris Mini de Luxe
111
29
A
7
47


Australia John Marchiori
Australia Arnold Ahrenfeld

Ford Cortina Mk.I 220
111
30
B
6
32
John Rhodin Pty ltd

Australia Arthur Treloar
Australia Colin Bond

Isuzu Bellett 1500
109
31
A
8
50


Australia P.Taylor
Australia T.Egan

Morris Mini de Luxe
109
32
B
7
34


Australia John Connolly
Australia Rex Emmett

Renault R8
108
33
A
9
49


Australia Bill Daly
Australia Ray Heffernan

Fiat 850
106
34
D
9
6


Australia Peter Brown
Australia Ray Gulson

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
106
35
A
10
44
BMC

Australia Steve Harvey
Australia Laurie Stewart

Morris Mini de Luxe
105
36
B
8
37


Australia Peter Cray
Australia Don Holland

Morris Cooper
99
37
D
10
13


Australia Bob Salter
Australia Ken Wiggins

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
94
38
C
10
28


Australia Evan Thomas
Australia Lionel Williams

Holden HD X2
84
39
B
9
35


Australia George Forrest
Australia Frank Hann

Morris Cooper
81
40
D
11
8


Australia Carl Kennedy
Australia David Walker

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
64
DNF
D

23


Australia Bill Barnett
Australia Don Johnston

Humber Vogue
106
DNF
D

16


Australia Fred Otten
Australia Mick Crampton

Fiat 2300
65
DNF
D

9


Australia Keith Russell
Australia Colin Wear

Triumph 2000
60
DNF
D

14

Ford Motor Co

Australia Bob Jane
Australia George Reynolds

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
58
DNF
D

15


Australia Ron Hodgson
Australia Bob Beasely

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
54
DNF
A

46


Australia Bill Burns
Australia Brian Lawler

Fiat 850
54
DNF
A

58


Australia Don Mudd
Australia Tony Kavanagh

Vauxhall Viva
48
DNF
B

38


Australia Brian McGrath
Australia David Frazer

Renault R8
42
DNF
B

33


Australia Ron Clarke
Australia John Prisk

Morris Cooper
25
DNF
C

25
BMC

Australia John French
Australia John Harvey

Morris Cooper S
24
DNF
D

17


Australia Arthur Davis
Australia Paul Mander

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
14
DNF
C

20


Australia Ian Cook
Australia Ken Lindsay

Morris Cooper S
11
DNF
C

27


Australia Doug Chivas
Australia Phil Barnes

Morris Cooper S
10
DNF
A

59


Australia Trevor Meehan
Australia Pat Holmes

Fiat 850
6
DSQ
D

1

Ford Motor Co

Australia Ian Geoghegan
Australia Leo Geoghegan

Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500
130
DNS
A

46

Scuderia Veloce
Datsun Racing Team

Australia Spencer Martin
Australia Bill Brown

Datsun 1300

DNS
A

48

Scuderia Veloce
Datsun Racing Team

Australia Tony Simmons
Australia Mike Champion

Datsun 1300

DNS
A

51

Scuderia Veloce
Datsun Racing Team

Australia Bruce Demuth
Australia Bill Orr

Datsun 1300



Statistics



  • Fastest Lap - #29 Brian Foley - 3:13.7 (lap record)

  • Average Speed - 110 km/h

  • Race Time - 7:16:45.1



References


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  • Greenhalgh, David; Thomas B. Floyd; Bill Tuckey (2000). "1965 Ah-so; maybe next year". Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999 The first 40 years. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited. pp. 130–137 & 453. ISBN 1-875221-12-3..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}





  1. ^ ab Australian Motor Manual, August 1965, page 4




Further reading


  • Australian Motor Manual, December 1965, page 47


External links



  • CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles

  • www.touringcarracing.net

  • race results

  • Autopics Bathurst images










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