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Bruce McPhee
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1927-02-11)11 February 1927
Died	22 September 2009(2009-09-22) (aged 82) Central Coast,New South Wales,Australia
Championship titles
1968	Hardie Ferodo 500

Bruce Alexander McPhee (11 February 1927 – 22 September 2009) was an Australianmotor racing driver. He is most famous for winning the1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 (now theBathurst 1000), defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams.

At the1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500, McPhee drove aHolden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow with black stripes with the number 13. His co-driver, who drove just one lap that day, wasBarry Mulholland. McPhee would later claim inAustralian Muscle Car magazine that an attempt to sabotage his Monaro was made the night before the race. As the race cars were road registered in that era, McPhee had driven the car back to his motel inBathurst for the night. When he came out on race morning to fill the car with petrol, a number of tree leaves floated to the top of the filler. Luckily this was found before any potential damage could have put the car out of the race. The Monaro, supplied and sponsored byWyong Motors, ran the race on one set of used, almost bald tyres, McPhee believing that they were faster than tyres with full tread (race regulations at the time stated the cars had to race on road tyres). Towards the end of the race track marshals around theMount Panorama Circuit were reporting seeing sparks from the Monaro'sMichelin tyres as they had worn down to their steel belts after almost 500 miles (800 km) of racing.

McPhee entered the1969 Hardie-Ferodo 500 originally intending to run one of the new HT Monaro GTS350's, but when he received no help fromHolden to do so he instead drove a privately enteredXW Ford Falcon GTHO. Driving with Mulholland who again only drove one lap, the McPhee Falcon finished a close second at Bathurst to theColin Bond/Tony RobertsHDT Monaro GTS350. Many, including HDT bossHarry Firth, believe that if not for an early pit stop to change a tyre after a clash with another car resulting in a late stop for fuel as they were out of sequence, McPhee and Mulholland would have won in '69 and made it back to back Bathurst 500's.

McPhee joined theFord works team in 1970, driving in theSouth Pacific Touring Series early in the year, and was given his ownPhase II XW GTHO to drive solo at the1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500. Even though his car was still running near perfectly at the end of the 500 miles, McPhee finished second after following team orders not to pass his teammate, lead driverAllan Moffat.

As well as the 1968 outright win in the Holden Monaro, McPhee finished on the podium at Bathurst in1963 (3rd) in aFord Cortina Mk.I GT (the first year the race was run at Mount Panorama),1965 (2nd) in aFord Cortina Mk.I GT500,1966 (3rd) in aMorris Cooper S,1969 (2nd) in aXW Ford Falcon GTHO Phase I and1970 (2nd) in a XW Ford Falcon GTHO Phase II.

McPhee also claimed the1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 pole position giving him the dual honour of being the first "Bathurst 500" race winner for Holden and the first "Bathurst 500" pole position winner for Holden.

McPhee lived the majority of his life on theNSW Central Coast until his death on 22 September 2009 at the age of 82.

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1963		Graham Ryan	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT	C	129	3rd	3rd
1964	Frank Delandro Motors	Barry Mulholland	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT	C	126	6th	6th
1965	Grawill Motors Pty Ltd	Barry Mulholland	Ford Cortina Mk.I GT500	D	130	2nd	2nd
1966	Regal Motors	Barry Mulholland	Morris Cooper S	C	129	3rd	3rd
1968	Wyong Motors Pty Ltd	Barry Mulholland	Holden HK Monaro GTS327	C	129	1st	1st
1969	Kloster Pty Ltd	Barry Mulholland	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	D	130	2nd	2nd
1970	Ford Motor Co of Australia		Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	E	130	2nd	2nd
1971	Suttons Motors (Petersham)		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	D	127	13th	7th
1972	Ron Hodgson Motors		Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	C	66	DNF	DNF
1973		Tom Nailard	Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	D	41	DNF	DNF
1974	Les Grose	Les Grose	Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000	3001 – 6000cc	19	DNF	DNF

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1964	Muirs Motors Pty. Ltd.	Fred Morgan	Holden EH Special S4	B	201	11th	1st
1968	Wyong Motors	Barry Mulholland	Holden Monaro HK GTS327	D	113	6th	6th
1969	Bruce McPhee	Barry Mulholland	Ford XW Falcon GTHO	D	N/A	Exc	Exc
1970	Ford Motor Company		Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II	E	119	10th	3rd
1971	Kevin Dennis Motors		Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1	D	124	4th	3rd
1972	Ron Hodgson Motors		Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1	C	123	6th	3rd

• Barry Lake, Solitary Man, Bruce McPhee 1927–2009, Motor Racing Australia, Dec/Jan 2009–2010

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• Bathurst 1000 winners
• People from the Central Coast (New South Wales)
• Racing drivers from New South Wales

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