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Instructions · What links here · Don Holland (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 19 days ago by Crobbo66 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 18 days ago by Citation bot

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Declined by Theroadislong 23 days ago. Last edited by Citation bot 18 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Don Holland is a retired Australian racing car driver, who was a regular competitor in the Bathurst 500/1000 between 1963 and 1981, making 17 entries in total.^[1]

His first entry to the race was a Morris Mini 850 that he shared with Lindsay Little in Class A. After a race long battle with the Volkswagen Beetle of Bill Ford and Barry Ferguson, the car rolled at the final turn of the last lap at Murray's Corner, with Lindsay at the wheel. The car was righted back on to its wheels to claim 2nd in class.^[2]

Don would go on to claim a total of 5 class victories in the race in 1966 and 1967 (Class B - Morris Mini Cooper), 1968 (Class C - Morris Mini Cooper S, 1970 (Class C - Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1) and 1975 (Class C 2001cc to 3000cc - Mazda RX-3)^[3]

His best outright result in the race came in 1970, driving solo in his Max Wright Motors sponsored LC Torana GTR XU-1 to 3rd place after a late race duel with the Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer 2 Barrel of Doug Chivas and Graham Ryan. He finished a lap behind the winner Allan Moffat and second placed Bruce McPhee both driving Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II for the Ford Works team.^[4]^[5]

His last start in the race was in 1981 as co driver to Terry Shiel in a Mazda RX7 that retired on lap 13.

Complete Bathurst 500/1000 results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1963	Vaughan & Lane Pty Ltd	Lindsay Little	Morris 850	A	116	N/A	2nd
1964	P. & R. Williams Pty. Ltd.	Laurie Stewart	Morris Mini Cooper	B	123	N/A	2nd
1965	Vaughan and Lane Pty Ltd	Peter Cray	Morris Mini Cooper	B	99	36th	8th
1966	Gordon Stewarts Sports Car Centre	Peter Cray	Morris Cooper	B	120	12th	1st
1967	Gordon Stewarts Sports Car Centre	Peter Cray	Morris Mini Cooper S	B	116	27th	1st
1968	C Smith	Charlie Smith	Morris Mini Cooper S	C	123	10th	1st
1969	Young & Green Pty. Ltd.	David Sheldon	Holden HT Monaro GTS350	D	0	DNS	DNS
1970	Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	C	129	3rd	1st
1971	Max Wright Motors	Brian Foley	Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	D	129	4th	9th
1972	Max Wright Motors Pty Ltd		Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	C	125	5th	2nd
1973	Pacific Film Laboratories Pty. Ltd.	Max Stewart	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	D	141	18th	9th
1974	Suttons Motors (Arncliffe) Pty Ltd	Max Stewart	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34	3001cc – 6000cc	134	DNF	DNF
1975	Penrith Mazda Centre Pty Ltd	Hiroshi Fushida	Mazda RX-3	C	151	5th	1st
1976	Penrith Mazda Centre Pty Ltd	Lynn Brown	Mazda RX-3	2001cc - 3000cc	155	9th	2nd
1977	Terry Shiel	Terry Shiel	Mazda RX-3	2001cc - 3000cc	153	DSQ	DSQ
1979	Tony Packard Holden	Bob Skelton	Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback	3001cc - 6000cc	105	DNF	DNF
1981	Penrith Mazda Centre	Terry Shiel	Mazda RX-7	6 Cylinder & Rotary	13	DNF	DNF

References

^ "Special family link for oldest car in Bathurst's Heritage Revival". 26 September 2024.
^ Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960 to 1989 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 1990 - Page 52
^ "Driver: Don Holland | Driver Database".
^ Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960 to 1989 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 1990 - Page 108
^ Australian Muscle Car magazine - Issue 41 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 2009 "A Class Act" page 80.

[1] "Special family link for oldest car in Bathurst's Heritage Revival". 26 September 2024.

[2] Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960 to 1989 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 1990 - Page 52

[3] "Driver: Don Holland | Driver Database".

[4] Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960 to 1989 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 1990 - Page 108

[5] Australian Muscle Car magazine - Issue 41 (Chevron Publishing Group) © 2009 "A Class Act" page 80.

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