Barry Mulholland (14 June 1940 – 28 April 2006) was an Australian racing driver.
Mulholland was Bruce McPhee's 'contractual obligation' co-driver. In endurance production touring cars McPhee raced in during the 1960s which required two drivers, Mulholland would drive a single lap at around mid-distance before handing the car back to McPhee. Mulholland holds the record for fewest completed laps to win a Bathurst 500 when he co-drove with McPhee to win the 1968 Bathurst 500. (Current rules limit driving to 3 hours, 30 minutes of consecutive driving, and a maximum distance a driver may run, and since 1987, a driver must complete between 54 and 107 laps each, with no driver completing more than two-thirds distance, 107 laps currently, of the race.) Mulholland later owned the car that won the race in 1968, and died aged 65.Normoyle, Steve (Ed.) The Great Race 2006 (Chevron Publishing, 2006) p. 62
Mulholland drove just five racing laps in the Bathurst 500 between 1963 and 1968 (missing the 1967 race), but secured sixth (1964), second (1965), third (1966), first (1968) and finally second place in 1969.
Career results Complete Bathurst 500 results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1964 Frank Delandro Motors Bruce McPhee Ford Cortina Mk.I GT C 126 6th 6th 1965 Grawill Motors Pty Ltd Bruce McPhee Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500 D 130 2nd 2nd 1966 Regal Motors Bruce McPhee Morris Cooper S C 129 3rd 3rd 1968 Wyong Motors Pty Ltd Bruce McPhee Holden HK Monaro GTS327 C 129 1st 1st 1969 Kloster Pty Ltd Bruce McPhee Ford XW Falcon GTHO D 130 2nd 2nd
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