1973 Phillip Island 500K

The 1973 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars, staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1973. Race distance was 106 laps of the 4.73 km circuit, a total distance of 501.38 km. The race, which was the fifth and final round of the 1973 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was the third Phillip Island 500. The race was won by Peter Brock, driving a Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 for the Holden Dealer Team. Defending race winner Allan Moffat crashed his Bathurst winning Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop into the lake on lap 90 of the race. As a result of the crash in which he almost hit his head on the steering wheel, Moffat never again raced with an open faced helmet. == Classes == Cars competed in four engine capacity classes. Class A: Up to 1300cc Class B: 1301 – 2000cc Class C: 2001 – 3000cc Class D: Over 3000cc == Results == === Notes === Entries in Official Souvenir Programme: 47 Entries on Starting Position Grid Sheet: 39 Pole Position: Allan Moffat (Ford Falcon GT), 1m 59.8 == References == == Further reading == Toranas fill first five places, The Age 26 November 1973, page 24