Bathurst saloon race

Press, 1 October 1979, Page 6

Bathurst saloon race

NZPA Bathurst i The Melbourne driver, Peter 1 Brock, yesterday claimed a lap ; record on the last lap of the ‘ Hardie-Ferodo 1000 to underline ■’ his complete domination of this . year’s event. Brock, driving his Holden j dealer team Torana, won virtu- . ally everything to do with the race. . , He started from pole posi- i tion and with his co-driver, Jim ] Richards, of New Zealand, led , for the full distance—including , pit stops—to establish a new race record time of six hours 38 minutes 15.8 seconds, an average 150.66 km/h for the disi tance. I It was his fourth win. his second in a row. and gave him i the distinction of being the first i man to win flag to flag. i He claimed a time of two min-

lutes 21.1 seconds, 1.7 secondunder the record set by Allan I Moffat in a Falcon last year, in [a deliberate attempt to underscore his victory. Brock won by four laps and a I half from the Torana of Peter [Janson and Larry Petkins, with [Ralph Radburn and John Smith third in another Torana. Toranas took the first eight [ places and the ninth car to finish was the Toyota Celica ci I Peter Williamson and Mike Quinn which also took out hon ours for the two litre class. Brock said after his victors that the whole weekend had been as near perfect as it could be. "There were absolutely nt problems in preparation an* while a lot of drivers say the to cover up, I really mean it.l [Brock said. “That's why I wem for the record on the last lap.