1966 Le Mans 6 Hour Race
The 1966 Le Mans 6 Hour Race[1] was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars and Series Production Touring Cars.[2] It was held at the Caversham Circuit in Western Australia on 6 June 1966 over a six-hour duration.[3] The race, which was the twelfth Six Hour Le Mans race, was won by Ron Thorp driving an AC Cobra 289.[4]
Results
Position [2] | Drivers [2] | No. [2] | Car [2] | Class [2] | Class Pos. [2] | Laps [3] |
1 | Ron Thorp | 2 | AC Cobra 289 [4] | Sports | 1 | 202 |
2 | Ted Lisle | Morris Cooper S | Improved | 1 | 196 | |
3 | Stan Starcevich | 5 | Holden EH Special S4 | Improved | 2 | 194 |
4 [5] | Gordon Stephenson, Neville Cooper [5] | Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Veloce [6] | 191 | |||
? | Dick Roberts | Chrysler Valiant | ||||
? | Dave Thomas | Morris Mini | Series | 1 | ||
20 | Cumper | 50 | Peugeot 403 | |||
? | Taylor | Triumph TR4 | ||||
? | David Rockford | Holden GT | ||||
? | Owen Stringer | Ford Cortina Mk1 | ||||
? | Bertina | Holden FJ "X2" | Sports | |||
? | Cuncliffe, Biltoft | Peugeot Sports | Sports | |||
? | Chapman, Sherrell | Triumph "TR3A" | ||||
? | J Sinclair | Austin-Healey Sprite | ||||
? | Muhling | Morris Mini | ||||
? | Mould | Morris Mini | ||||
? | Urquhart | Lotus Super Seven | ||||
? | Rod Donovan | 30 | Holden 48/215 | |||
DNF | Maslin, Williams | Renault | ||||
DNF | Roger Fielding | Triumph TR4 | ||||
DNF | Brockwell, Mitchell | Ford Anglia | ||||
DNF | O'Sullivan, Downey | Ford Cortina GT500 | ||||
DNF | Annear | Phoenix | ||||
DNF | Fry | Morris Cooper S | ||||
DNF | Scott | Peugeot | ||||
DNF | Andy Buchanan | Ferrari 250LM | 76 [3] | |||
DNF | Vince, Charnley | Elfin | ||||
DNF | Max McCracken, Smith | Lotus Elite | ||||
DNF | Malcolm Seaward [3] | Triumph 2000 |
24 cars finished the race from a field of 44 starters.[3]
References
- ↑ The actual race name is reported differently in various publications. "Le Mans 6 Hour Race" has been used here in line with the race name shown on the covers of the Official Programmes for the 1965 and 1967 races
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Peter Longley, Thorp Takes "Little Le Mans", Racing Car News, July 1968, pages 41 & 44
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hat Trick At Caversham, The West Australian, Tuesday, June 7 1966, page 14
- 1 2 Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56-59
- 1 2 Western Australian Motor Race Results 1966, www.terrywalkersplace.com Retrieved on 9 February 2013
- ↑ Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, page 102
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