1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000

1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000
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The 1980 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was the 21st running of the Bathurst 1000 touring car race. It was held on 5 October 1980 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. The race was open to cars eligible under the locally developed CAMS Group C Touring Car regulations with four engine capacity based classes.

Peter Brock and Jim Richards won their third consecutive Bathurst 1000 debuting the Holden Commodore for the Holden Dealer Team. In taking a one lap win over Peter Janson and Larry Perkins, Brock won his fifth Bathurst 1000, breaking the record for most wins in the history of the race. Janson and Perkins finished second for the second successive year and finished three laps ahead of Ian Geoghegan and Paul Gulson as Commodores filled the first seven positions.

The race is most famous for the spectacular retirement of the Ford Falcon of Dick Johnson. The 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship had featured one of the smallest fields in its then twelve years as a multi-race championship. The championship was dominated by Brock, with only two or three other cars competitive, including the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 of Kevin Bartlett. The emergence of hard charging Ford privateer Johnson into a race winning threat just one month prior to Bathurst revitalised interest, more so when Johnson qualified on the front row of the grid, alongside the pole-setting Camaro of Bartlett, and ahead of Brock. Johnson ran away from the field at the start and Brock dropped a lap behind Johnson after a clash with a back-marker Holden Gemini. Johnson crashed heavily into the wall just after the Cutting on lap 17 after clipping a large rock on the track when presented with no other options as a slow-moving tow truck carrying a dead-car blocked the other side of the track. During a Channel 7 television interview with visiting pit reporter Chris Economaki, a distraught Johnson stated he had dedicated all of his finances in a final shot at the winning the race after ten years as a competent mid-fielder. Mike Raymond then interrupted the interview from the commentary booth to inform a moved Johnson that their switchboards around the country were flooded with calls from people pledging money to get Johnson and his Ford back racing. Eventually a total of AU$72,000 was raised. This was matched dollar for dollar by the then boss of Ford Australia, Edsel Ford II, who quickly saw the value of having Johnson keeping Ford at the front of touring car racing despite the company having pulled out of racing at the end of 1978. Johnson would go on to repay the faith shown in him by Edsel Ford and the Australian public, using the $144,000 he received to build a new Falcon in which he would go on to win the 1981 ATCC and the crash shortened 1981 James Hardie 1000.

The 1980 win by the HDT Commodore saw Holden become the first manufacturer since Ford in 1963, 1964 and 1965 to win three consecutive races on The Mountain.

Class structure

3001-6000cc

Bartlett/Forbes Chevrolet Camaro

Morris/O'Brien/Moffat Ford XD Falcon

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Muir/Hibbard Ford Falcon

Bond/Masterton Ford Capri

The class featured the V8 Holden Commodores, racing at Bathurst for the first time, the equally new Ford XD Falcons, Chevrolet Camaros and a Jaguar XJ-S.

2001-3000cc

The class featured a battle between Ford Capris and Mazda RX7s, with a six-cylinder Holden Commodore.

1601-2000cc

The class saw a mix Alfa Romeo Alfettas, Ford Escorts, Toyota Celicas and Triumph Dolomites plus a single Isuzu Gemini.

Up to 1600cc

The final class featured Ford Escorts, Holden Geminis, Isuzu Geminis, a Toyota Corolla, an Alfa Romeo Alfasud, a Volkswagen Golf GTi and a Mitsubishi Lancer.

Hardies Heroes

Pos	No	Entrant	Driver	Car	Time
Pole	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	2:20.972
2	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson	Ford XD Falcon	2:21.117
3	05	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock	Holden VC Commodore	2:21.815
4	25	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey	Holden VC Commodore	2:23.005
5	6	Craven Mild Racing	Allan Grice	Holden VC Commodore	2:23.650
6	7	Channel 7 Breville Racing	Bob Morris	Ford XD Falcon	2:23.850
7	10	Roadways Gown-Hindhaugh	Charlie O'Brien	Holden VC Commodore	2:24.038
8	4	Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd	Larry Perkins	Holden VC Commodore	2:25.505
9	1	Federation Insurance - Unipart	Allan Moffat	Ford XD Falcon	2:26.596
10	16	Greater Pacific Finance Coy	Garry Rogers	Holden VC Commodore	2:27.452

* This was the first touring car race in which he competed during 1980 where Peter Brock's #05 HDT Commodore did not claim pole position. Brock had claimed pole in his previous 12 races during the year including all 8 rounds of the ATCC and the Hang Ten 400 at Sandown.
* It was the first time that the 5.7L V8 Chevrolet Camaro, an American car, had sat on pole for the race. The Camaro was also the first non-Holden or Ford to compete in Hardie's Heroes since its inception in 1978. During qualifying Kevin Bartlett' Camaro was recorded at 170 mph (274 km/h) on Conrod Straight, a then record for a Group C touring car at Bathurst.
* 1974 winner Kevin Bartlett, and emerging star Dick Johnson, had set equal fastest times during qualifying, though Bartlett set his time before Johnson and was credited with provisional pole. The pair would repeat this in 1981.

Results

Pos	Class	No	Entrant	Drivers	Car	Laps	Qual Pos	Shootout Pos
1	3001-6000cc	05	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	Peter Brock Jim Richards	Holden VC Commodore	163		3
2	3001-6000cc	4	Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd	Peter Janson Larry Perkins	Holden VC Commodore	162		8
3	3001-6000cc	21	Stockton Coin & Bullion Exchange Pty Ltd	Ian Geoghegan Paul Gulson	Holden VB Commodore	159	13
4	3001-6000cc	15	Re-Car Consolidated Industries	Alan Browne Brian Sampson	Holden VC Commodore	158	15
5	3001-6000cc	10	Roadways Gown-Hindhaugh	Charlie O'Brien Garth Wigston	Holden VC Commodore	157		7
6	3001-6000cc	16	Greater Pacific Finance Coy	Garry Rogers Fred Giessler	Holden VC Commodore	157		10
7	3001-6000cc	6	Craven Mild Racing	Allan Grice John Smith	Holden VC Commodore	156		5
8	2001-3000cc	35	Don Smith	Barry Seton Don Smith	Ford Capri Mk.III	156	22
9	3001-6000cc	26	Re-Car Consolidated Industries	Ron Wanless Greg Wright	Holden VC Commodore	154	26
10	3001-6000cc	14	Wayne Negus	Wayne Negus Trevor Hine	Holden VC Commodore	153	19
11	3001-6000cc	9	Nine Network Racing Team	Kevin Bartlett Bob Forbes	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	152		1
12	1601-2000cc	51	Chickadee Chicken	Graeme Bailey Doug Clark	Toyota Celica	148	30
13	2001-3000cc	32	Masterton Homes	Steve Masterton Colin Bond	Ford Capri Mk.II	147	16
14	1601-2000cc	45	Graham Mein	Graham Mein Geoff Russell	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	142	41
15	Up to 1600cc	54	Terry Finnigan	Terry Finnigan Peter Dane	Isuzu Gemini	140	46
16	Up to 1600cc	57	Scottune	Ian Burrell Rob Shute	Mitsubishi Lancer	139	45
17	2001-3000cc	37	Trend Windows P/L	Terry Daly Peter Hopwood	Ford Capri Mk.II	138	24
18	3001-6000cc	2	Ron Dickson	Ron Dickson Bob Stevens	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	138	12
19	1601-2000cc	40	Rex Monaghan	Ray Cutchie Ray Farrar	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	135	32
20	Up to 1600cc	65	Formula Ford Australia	Bob Holden David Earle	Ford Escort Ghia 1.6	135	51
21	1601-2000cc	42	Warwick Henderson	Warwick Henderson Graham Harrison	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 2000	135	44
22	3001-6000cc	19	Tom Heard	Neville Bridges Sue Ransom	Holden VB Commodore	134	40
23	Up to 1600cc	64	Ray Gulson	Ray Gulson Paul Jones	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	134	51
24	1601-2000cc	52	B&G Meyers Leyland	Terry Wade Brian Reed	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	131	37
25	Up to 1600cc	58	Bernie McLure	Bernie McClure David Langman	Holden Gemini	130	53
26	1601-2000cc	43	Allbrells Auto Care Centres	John Faulkner Gary Dumbrell	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	129	36
27	2001-3000cc	34	Scotty Taylor Holden	Alan Taylor Kevin Kennedy	Holden VB Commodore	128	48
28	1601-2000cc	62	Alexandra Surplice	Alexandra Surplice John Gates	Toyota Corolla Levin	127	57
29	Up to 1600cc	61	Ken Harrison	Ken Harrison Ian Wells	Ford Escort 1.6 Mk.II	126	55
30	2001-3000cc	29	Capri Components	Lawrie Nelson Tony Farrell	Ford Capri Mk.III	121	29
31	1601-2000cc	53	Bathurst Light Car Club	Tony Mulvihill Brian Nightingale	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	120	56
32	2001-3000cc	31	Masterton Homes	Bruce Stewart Cam Worner	Ford Capri Mk.II	120	28
33	Up to 1600cc	55	CARS Gemini Racing Team	Ken Price Steve Jonas	Isuzu Gemini	116	50
34	Up to 1600cc	56	CARS Gemini Racing Team	Allan Gough Colin Spencer	Isuzu Gemini	111	43
DNF	3001-6000cc	11	Citizens Watches (Aust) Pty Ltd	Gary Cooke Warwick Brown	Holden VB Commodore	155	11
DNF	1601-2000cc	44	Peter Williamson Pty Ltd	Peter Williamson Mike Quinn	Toyota Celica	129	27
DNF	1601-2000cc	49	Jagparts Racing Team	Gerald Kay Martin Power	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	116	39
DNF	1601-2000cc	41	Roger Cartwright	Roger Cartwright Rod Stevens	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	112	31
DNF	Up to 1600cc	60	Country Dealer Team	Jim Faneco Peter Boston	Isuzu Gemini	111	52
DNF	3001-6000cc	18	Murray Carter	Murray Carter Graeme Lawrence	Ford XD Falcon	106	14
DNF	2001-3000cc	39	Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Lty Ltd	Barry Jones Geoff Leeds	Mazda RX-7	105	25
DNF	3001-6000cc	12	Ron Dickson	Dick Barbour Sam Posey	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	91	18
DNF	3001-6000cc	7	Channel 7 Breville Racing	Bill O'Brien Bob Morris Allan Moffat	Ford XD Falcon	88		6
DNF	3001-6000cc	25	Marlboro Holden Dealer Team	John Harvey Ron Harrop	Holden VC Commodore	78		4
DNF	2001-3000cc	30	McLeod Mazda	Peter McLeod Mal Brewster	Mazda RX-7	65	33
DNF	Up to 1600cc	63	Lennox Motors	Chris Heyer Peter Lander	Volkswagen Golf GTi	63	42
DNF	3001-6000cc	20	King George Tavern	Joe Moore Fred Gibson	Ford XD Falcon	51	20
DNF	1601-2000cc	46	Formula Ford Australia	Stephen Brook Wally Storey	Ford Escort RS2000 Mk.II	45	34
DNF	3001-6000cc	22	Jim Keogh	Jim Keogh Ross Mathiesen	Ford XD Falcon	42	21
DNF	3001-6000cc	8	Garry Willmington	Garry Willmington Rod Donovan	Ford XD Falcon	24	23
DNF	3001-6000cc	23	Phil Lyon	Phil Lyon Bill Stanley	Holden VB Commodore	155	11
DNF	2001-3000cc	28	Precinct Performance Pty Ltd	Allan Bryant Terry Shiel	Mazda RX-7	19	38
DNF	1601-2000cc	50	Cinzano Team	Garry Leggatt David Seldon	Isuzu Gemini	18	60
DNF	3001-6000cc	17	Palmer Tube Mills	Dick Johnson John French	Ford XD Falcon	17		2
DNF	1601-2000cc	48	Brian Foley Pty Ltd	Phil McDonnell Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 2000	16	35
DNF	3001-6000cc	3	John Goss Racing Pty Ltd	John Goss Ron Gillard	Jaguar XJ-S	14	58
DNF	Up to 1600cc	59	Country Dealer Team	Gary Rowe Geoff Wade	Isuzu Gemini	12	49
DNF	3001-6000cc	24	Robert Muir Motors Pty Ltd	Bob Muir Kingsley Hibbard	Ford XD Falcon	7	17
DNF	3001-6000cc	1	Federation Insurance - Unipart	Allan Moffat John Fitzpatrick	Ford XD Falcon	3		9
DNF	1601-2000cc	47	Wally Scott	Walter Scott Peter Walton	Toyota Celica	3	47

Statistics

• Provisional Pole Position - #9 Kevin Bartlett
• Pole Position - #9 Kevin Bartlett - 2:20.972
• Fastest Lap - #17 Dick Johnson - 2:22.2
• Average Speed - 148 km/h
• Race Time - 6:47:52.7

Further reading

• Australia's Greatest Motor Race, 1960–1989, page 310

External links

• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles
• www.touringcarracing.net
• race results
• Autopics Bathurst images
• Entry List from the Official Programme for the 1980 Hardie Ferodo 1000, pages 44 & 45 Retrieved from www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au on 6 February 2009
• Official Results for the 1980 Hardie Ferodo 1000 from the Official Programme for the 1981 James Hardie 1000, page 73 Retrieved from www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au on 6 February 2009