The 1971 Rothmans 250 was motor race
[Des White, Moffat's 250, Torana's Title, Racing Car News, December 1971, pages 68-70] for
Group E Series Production Touring Cars Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972.
Although production car racing in Australia had gained momentum with ...
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[Australian Title Conditions, 1971 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 82] It was staged on 7 November 1971
[Bruce Waddell, Moffat by half lap in "250", Brisbane Courier Mail, Monday, 8 November 1971] at the
Surfers Paradise International Raceway in
Queensland
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Australia, over a 250-mile distance.
[ The race, which was Heat 5 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by ]Allan Moffat
Allan George Moffat OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian racing driver known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four ...
driving a Ford Falcon GTHO.[
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Classes
As a heat of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, classes were defined by a Capacity/Price Units formula with values for each model calculated by multiplying the engine capacity in litres by the retail price.[John Medley, Bathurst, The Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, 1997, page 423]
Results
The winning car completed the race in 3 hours 11 minutes 46.1 seconds at an average speed of 83 mph[ (133 km/h).
The above results table does not list all competitors, given that there were "over forty starters" in the race.][
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References
External links
Image of model of winning car at www.motorfocus.com.au
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Rothmans 250
Motorsport at Surfers Paradise International Raceway