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Originally Posted by 56L
That was more due to bad weather conditions wasnt it,a majority of engine failurers were due to simple reasons that were not allowed to be addressed due to factory only parts e.g unbaffled sumps,no roller rockers
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Could well be the case, the weather conditions at that race were atrocious.
Interesting when you look at the 71, 70 and 69 races, some sort of pattern emerges although no reason for the DNF's is given, can't comment if they were mechanical, a crash or other.
1971 race, 13 Falcon XY GTHO's entered, 5 DNF.
1970 race, 14 Falcon XW GTHO's entered, 8 DNF.
1969 race, 14 Falcon XW GTHO's entered, 5 DNF.
I suspect that a similar pattern could emerge with the F6 and XR8 if raced over a similar period and track, but having said that it is purely speculative on my part.
Just noticed Spoolmans comments after typed, oh well all that for nothing :hihi: