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The RX-7 and 626 buoyed Mazda's American fortunes enough for it to expand. Mazda built an American plant (now Flat Rock Assembly Plant) to build the 626, bringing the company to Ford's attention. The two joined on the 626's 2-door offshoots, the MX-6 and Ford Probe. Mazda finished the 1980s the same way as the 1970s, with an image-building ...
The 1972 Phillip Island 500K was an endurance motor race open to Group E Series Production Touring Cars. [1] The event, which was Heat 4 of the 1972 Australian Manufacturers' Championship , was held on 21 October 1972 at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria , Australia over a distance of 318 miles [ 2 ] (512 km).
The 2001cc - 3000cc class [1] saw the debut of the Mazda RX-7 (13B powered rotaries were rated as 2.292 litres capacity) which raced alongside its predecessor, the Mazda RX-3 and against Ford Capris, a BMW 3.0Si and a largely unmodified Volvo 242GT entered as a publicity exercise by veteran journalist-racer David McKay.
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After 8 wins in the race dating back to Bob Jane and Harry Firth's win in a Ford Falcon XL at Phillip Island in 1962, this would prove to be the last Bathurst 1000 win for the Ford Falcon until 1994. It would also be the 6th and last Bathurst win for the 5.8 L 351 Cleveland V8 engine .
It was the fifth Phillip Island / Bathurst 500 victory for the factory team. Third, a lap behind the Fords, was Don Holland driving a Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1 . Defending winners Colin Bond and Tony Roberts drove separate cars in the event.
Mazda RX-7: 573 Mazda 1.3L 2 Rotor: 20 GTO 33 Roush Racing: Andy Petery Les Delano Craig Carter Mercury Capri: 568 Ford 5.9L V8 N/A: 21 DNF Lights 01 AT&T Spice Engineering: Don Bell Charles Morgan Costas Los: Spice SE87L 566 Pontiac Super Duty 3.0L I4 N/A: 22 Lights 19 Essex Racing Service Ron McKay Bill Jacobson Jim Brown Tiga GT286 557 Mazda ...
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