1971 Rothmans 250

The 1971 Rothmans 250 was motor race^[1] for Group E Series Production Touring Cars.^[2] It was staged on 7 November 1971^[3] at the Surfers Paradise International Raceway in Queensland, Australia, over a 250-mile distance.^[1] The race, which was Heat 5 of the 1971 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was won by Allan Moffat driving a Ford Falcon GTHO.^[1]

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.^[4]

Results

Position[1]	Drivers[1]	No.[1]	Car[1]	Entrant[1]	Laps[1]
1	Allan Moffat	60E	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Ford Motor Co	125
2	Leo Geoghegan	43D	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Austral Motors	125
3	Peter Brock	55D	Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1	Holden Dealer Team	124
4	Colin Bond	54D[6]	Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1	Holden Dealer Team	124
5	John French	61E[6]	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Ford Motor Co	123
6	Doug Chivas		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Austral Motors	123
	Class A : Up to 3000 CP Units
1	Jim Laing-Peach		Datsun 1200	Datsun Racing Team
2	Barry Tapsall		Datsun 1200	Datsun Racing Team
3	Mel Mollison	4A	Mazda 1300	Mel Mollison
4	Peter Le Francke		Toyota Corolla	AMI Racing Team
5	Doug Whiteford		Datsun 1200	Datsun Racing Team
6	Paul McInerney		Chrysler Valiant Galant 1300
7	Middleton		Mazda
?	Paul Buda	7A	Honda Scamp
	Class B : 3001 - 4600 CP Units
1	Lakis Manticas		Morris Cooper S	British Leyland Works Team
2	Paul Gulson		Morris Cooper S	Marque Motors
3	Bruce Stewart		Datsun 1600	WH Motors
4	Jenny Parker		Morris Cooper S
5	Keith Henry		Morris Cooper S
6	Graeme Finan		Morris Cooper S
?			Datsun 1600[7]
?	Keith Shaw,[7] Dennis Caswell[7]		Honda Coupe 9[7]
?	O'Shanesy,[7] English[7]		Morris Cooper S[7]	Marque Motors[7]
DNF	Joe Camilleri		Morris Clubman GT
	Class C : 4601 - 9000 CP Units
1	Eric Olsen		Ford Escort Twin Cam	Eric Olsen
2	Lyndon Arnel		Ford Escort Twin Cam	Tony Motson's Performance Tune
3	Bob Forbes		Fiat 124 Coupe	Fiat Dealers Team
?	John Piper		Ford Escort Twin Cam
?	Jim Murcott		Ford Escort Twin Cam
?	George Giesberts		Holden LC Torana GTR
?	Warren Gracie		Holden LC Torana GTR
?	Garry Cooke		Mazda Capella RE
?	Charlie Lund		Mazda Capella RE
?	Terry Friar		Mazda Capella RE
	Class D : 9001 - 18000 CP Units
1	Leo Geoghegan	43D	Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Austral Motors	125
2	Peter Brock	55D	Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1	Holden Dealer Team	124
3	Colin Bond	54D	Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1	Holden Dealer Team	124
5	Doug Chivas		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T	Austral Motors	123
6	Tony Paul		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T
	Class E : 18001 and Over CP Units
1	Allan Moffat	60E	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Ford Motor Co	125
2	John French	61E	Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Ford Motor Co	123
DNF	David McKay		Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Finnie Ford
DNF	Phil Barnes		Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3[5]	Brian Byrt Ford
DNF	Rod Donovan		Ford Falcon GTHO[5]

The winning car completed the race in 3 hours 11 minutes 46.1 seconds at an average speed of 83 mph^[3] (133 km/h).

The above results table does not list all competitors, given that there were "over forty starters" in the race.^[1]