1963 Six Hour Le Mans
The 1963 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Appendix J Touring Cars & Appendix K Grand Touring Cars. The race was held at the Caversham Airfield circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1963 with the winning car covering 194 laps (427 miles, 688 km).
Results of the event are given below.
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Class | Class Pos. | Laps | ||
1 | Jeff Dunkerton | 26 | Lotus Super 7 | Sports Cars 1101 to 1600cc | 1 | 194 | ||
2 | Mike Tighe | 47 | Fiat 1500 | Touring Cars 1301 to 1600cc | 1 | 186 | ||
3 | Mike Hurst, Dick Ward | 27 | Austin-Healey Sprite | Sports Cars 751 to 1100cc | 1 | 180 | ||
4 | Bruce Harding | 84 | Holden | Touring Cars 2001 to 2600cc | 1 | 178 | ||
5 | David Thomas, Ian Durrant | 110 | Morris Cooper | Touring Cars 751 to 1000cc | 1 | 178 | ||
6 | Owen Stringer, Bill Humble | 62 | Morris Cooper | 178 | ||||
7 | Jack Wynhoff, Don Baker | 106 | Renault R8 | Grand Touring 751 to 1000cc | 1 | 174 | ||
8 | Bill Inwood | 44 | Simca Montlhery | Grand Touring 1001 to 1300cc | 1 | 172 | ||
9 | Roy Bolton | 111 | Vauxhall VX4/90 | 171 | ||||
10 | Dave Sullivan | 40 | Studebaker Lark | Touring Cars Over 2600cc | 1 | 169 | ||
11 | B McKay | 76 | Peugeot | 168 | ||||
12 | Bill Downey, Stuart Campbell | 79 | Hillman Minx | 167 | ||||
13 | Lionel Beattie, Jack Ayres | 0.9 | Repco-Holden | Sports Cars 2001 to 3000cc | 1 | 166 | ||
14 | Terry Cunliffe, Warren Matthews | 54 | Simca | Touring Cars 1001 to 1300cc | 1 | 163 | ||
15 | Max Butt, Lloyd Trezise | 109 | Ford Anglia | 162 | ||||
16 | Eddie Williams, Brian Lemon | 49 | Volkswagen | 155 | ||||
17 | George Wakelin, Dave Williams | 42 | Holden | Grand Touring 2001 to 2600cc | 1 | 155 | ||
18 | John Wileyman, P Teede | 107 | Simca Aronde | 153 | ||||
19 | Wally Knox, Alois Visich | 72 | Holden | 150 | ||||
20 | Tom Rice, Dick Ward | 36 | Austin-Healey Sprite | 148 | ||||
21 | David Sadique, Warren Matthews | 100 | Skoda Felicia | 147 | ||||
22 | Bob Biltoft, Rod Mitchell | 46 | Peugeot Holden | 144 | ||||
23 | Wally Higgs, Vin Smith | 102 | Austin Freeway | 138 | ||||
24 | Dick Roberts, Bob Avery | 70 | Holden GT | 132 | ||||
25 | Tim Bailey, Graham Purchas | 51 | Renault 750 | Grand Touring Up to 750cc | 1 | 130 | ||
26 | Rod Donovan | 52 | Holden | 106 | ||||
27 | Syd Negus | 25 | Plymouth Sports | Sports Cars Over 3000cc | 1 | 65 | ||
28 | Harley Pederick, Stan Starcevich | 64 | Holden | 31 | ||||
29 | Dick Roberts, Bob Avery | 104 | Chrysler Valiant | 29 | ||||
DNF | Murray Thomas | 103 | Simca Aronde | 133 | ||||
DNF | Rod Cutting, Bruce Abbott | 101 | Holden | 51 | ||||
DNF | John Glasson | 61 | Datsun | 38 | ||||
DNF | Vic Watson, John Collins | 65 | Ford Custom 272 | 44 | ||||
DNF | L Matthews, Guiseppi Fazio | 106 | Holden | 16 |
References
- A History of Australian Motor Sport (1980)
- Around The Houses (1980)
- The West Australian, Tuesday, 11 June 1963
- The West Australian, Tuesday, 4 June 1963
- www.terrywalkersplace.com
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