🏁 HARDIE FERODO 500 | Mount Panorama - 1971 The 1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 was a motor race held on the 3rd October 1971, at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst. It was open to production vehicles competing in showroom condition, with the field divided into five classes based on the purchase price of the vehicle in Australian dollars. Although an outright winner was officially recognised, all other official awards were for class results only. The race was the 12th in a sequence of annu