The 1977 Ready Plan Insurance Phillip Island 500K was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 20 November 1977.Australian Competition Yearbook, 1978 Edition, pages 70 & 78 It was final round of the 1977 Australian Touring Car Championship and of the 1977 Australian Championship of Makes, and as such was open to Group C Touring Cars.Conditions for Australian Titles, 1977 CAMS Manual Of Motor Sport, pages 86 to 91 The race was won by Allan Grice driving a Holden Torana.
Class system As the race was a round of the 1977 Australian Championship of Makes, cars competed in four engine displacement classes: Class A: Up to 1300cc Class B: 1301 to 2000cc Class C: 2001 to 3000cc Class D: 3001 to 6000cc
Race results Position Drivers No. Car EntrantRace of the Year to Grice, Racing Car News, January 1978, page 29 Class Class pos. Laps 1 Allan Grice 26 Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X Craven Mild Racing D 1 106 2 Peter Janson 15 Holden LX Torana A9XStewart Wilson, Holden - The official racing history, Chevron Publishing Group, 1988, page 345 Ipec D 2 106 3 Jim Richards Ford XB Falcon GTStewart Wilson and Max Stahl, Ford - The racing History, Chevron Publishing Group, 1989, page 297 Melford D 3 105 4 John Harvey 3 Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X Marlboro Holden Dealer Team D 4 105 5 Colin Bond 2 Ford XC Falcon Moffat Ford Dealers D 5 105 6 Wayne Negus 8 Holden LX Torana SL/R 5000 A9X Marlboro Holden Dealer Team D 6 103 7 Barry Allen Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 Ferris Car Radios D 7 103 8 Charlie O'Brien 9 Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X Mercury Outboards D 8 102 9 Frank Porter Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT Benincas B 1 99 10 Paul Gulson Alfa Romeo GTV Endrust B 2 99 11 Lawrie Nelson Ford Capri V6 Lawrie Nelson C 1 98 12 Ray Farrar Ford Capri V6 Brian Wood Ford C 2 95 13 Garth Wigston Holden LX Torana A9X D 9 95 14 John Faulkner Ford Capri V6 Wynns Frictionproofing C 3 94 15 Roger Cartwright Ford Escort RS2000 Roger Cartwright B 3 93 16 Matt Phillip Honda Civic Mollison Motors A 1 91 17 David Cannon Ford Escort RS2000 David Cannon B 4 91 18 Allan Gough Holden Gemini Barry Sheales Holden B 5 91 19 Robin Dudfield Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Alfa Romeo Club B 6 91 20 Jim Stewart Morris Mini Clubman Hair Affair A 2 90 21 Martin Power Holden Torana GTR XU-1 D 10 90 22 Mike Minear Holden Gemini B 7 89 23 Robyn Hamilton Holden Gemini B 8 89 24 Rusty French, Leo Leonard Ford XC Falcon D 11 89 25 Ian Chilman Honda Civic Ian Chilman A 3 88 26 Ian Lees Ford Capri V6 Ian Lees C 4 80 27 Scotty Taylor Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 D 12 79 28 Max Patterson Honda Civic Peninsula Honda A 5 74 DNF Peter Brock Holden LX Torana A9X DNF Bob Morris Holden LX Torana A9X DNF John Goss Ford XC Falcon DNF Phil Brock 25 Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 DNF Murray Carter Ford XC Falcon DNF Jim Keogh Ford XB Falcon GT DNF Graeme Wilson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 DNF John Duggan Mazda RX-3 DNF Rod Stevens Ford Escort RS2000 DNF Neville Bridges Holden Torana GTR XU-1 DNF Barry James Mazda RX-3 DNF Warwick Henderson Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT DNF Peter Klueber Alfa Romeo DNF Peter Lander Morris Mini DNF Gary Leggat Morris Mini DNF Tony Niovanni Holden Torana GTR XU-1 DNF Ray Harrison Alfa Romeo DNF John Stoopman Holden Torana GTR XU-1 DNF Warren Cullen, John Walker 22 Holden LX Torana SS 5000 A9X DNF Annette Williams Holden Torana GTR XU-1
There were 48 starters and 28 classified finishers in the race.
References
External links Image of the winning car, www.motorsportarchive.com