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in Victoria,

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on 24 November 1974 over 106 laps, a race distance of . The race, which was the fifth round of the

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". The race was won by Holden Dealer Team driver Colin Bond driving a

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. Bond finishing a lap ahead of the

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. Brothers Rod and Russ McRae finished three laps behind Bond in a

to take third.

Class structure

Cars competed in four classes:Official Souvenir Programme, The RE-PO Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, 24 November 1974 *Class A : Up 1300cc *Class B : 1301–2000cc *Class C : 2001 – 3000cc *Class D : More than 3000cc

Race results

Race results were as follows: Note: * The Mazda RX-3 of Tony Farrell was excluded from the results due to a modification to the half shafts.Six months late but..., Australian Auto Action No 109, Friday, 25 April 1975, page 1 An appeal was successful and the car was re-instated.

References

{{Reflist *CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1974 *The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989 *The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988 Phillip Island 500 Repo 500K Motorsport at Phillip Island November 1974 sports events in Australia