1972 South Pacific Touring Car Series Warwick Farm Part [1/3]

See the likes of Moffat, Brock, Bond, Chivas and many more battle it out around Warwick Farm Raceway. With a chance to see the likes of the Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase 3, Holden LJ XU-1 Torana and Valiant Charger E49.

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• 1972
• South
• Pacific
• Touring
• Car
• Series
• Warwick
• Farm
• Raceway
• Part
• [1/3]
• Group
• V8
• Supercars
• Ford
• XY
• Falcon
• GTHO
• Phase
• Holden
• LJ
• Torana
• XU-1
• Valiant
• Charger
• E49
• Allan
• Moffat
• Peter
• Brock
• Doug
• Chivas
• Colin
• Bond
• Australian
• Championship

[tomgun440]

LOVE the chargers Chivas really driving the wheels off it here!!

[brewil]

Thanks so much for posting this!!!!

Amazing to see the Chargers racing-very rare. Bonds 3 wheel cornering is amazing, Moffetts throwing the beast around incredible and my all time favourite, the Charger, fantastic! A bit strange how the commentator says that the Ford outperforms the Charger in the bends though.

Great Stuff!!!!!

[steve76384]

Now could you imagine if they used the XU-2

[stormysrider]

Can you imagine what that start sounded like!!!!!!

[7s29]

@chargerrte49

Charger is a pretty good handling car for the period, a lot of propaganda was spread back in the day, hence the bad handling tag. But when someone drives one, they're shocked at how good they are, as long as they drive a good example, not their uncles midget next door neighbours car, a decrepit piece of rubbish at which all others of that make are tarred with the same brush.

[7s29]

@brewil

The Charger pushed the other two all the way, the other two ruined their tyres, the Charger's tyres were in great order. A factory car racing against two heavily modified vehicles. Anyway, makes for good viewing.

[7s29]

@MrFrog265

You're talking about the factory race car, the production car is much slower than that. The e49 holds the title of the fastest Australian production car, and held it for 27 yrs. It would complete the quarter mile at 102 mph, indicative of a vehicle that could complete the quarter at 13.7, but the tyres of the day were crap.

There endeth the lesson.

[7977nobby]

what an awesome flowing track warwick farm was, shame it's not still there. i go to a growers market there on saturdays and some of the old track is still visible.

[hyster16t]

Even though im a Ford man i still have to love the torana's.

[XLesky]

@laurence265 Could be the larger cars trying to limit wheelspin at the start, or possibly bogging down?

[MrFrog265]

XU1 with a 14 sec flat? Ohhh so that would make it the fastest production 6 in the world at the time? Don't think so mate.