The 1960 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of cars complying with Appendix K Gran Turismo regulations. The title, which was the inaugural Australian GT Championship

Australian GT Championship

The Australian GT Championship is a CAMS-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship up to and including the 1963 title was contested over a single race and those after that year over a series of races...

, was contested over a single 50 mile race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit

Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October...

, Bathurst, New South Wales

Bathurst, New South Wales

-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...

 on 2 October 1960.

Results

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Position	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps
1	Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan Leo Geoghegan is a retired Australian racing driver.Geoghegan is the elder of two sons of New South Wales car dealer Tom Geoghegan, who went on to become two of the dominant names in Australian motor racing in the 1960s...	3	Lotus Elite Lotus Elite Not to be confused with the Lotus Elise.The Lotus Elite name was used for two vehicles from Lotus Cars.-1957:The first Elite or Lotus Type 14 was an ultra-light two-seater coupé, produced from 1958 to 1963....	Geoghegan Motors	1101 - 1300cc	13
2	Gavin Youl	38	Porsche Super 90 Porsche 356 The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports...	GB Youl	1301 -1600cc	13
3	Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...	1	Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...	Geoghegan Motors	2001 - 2600cc	13
4	Tony Basile	6	Porsche Porsche 356 The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports...	S Sakzewski	1301 -1600cc	13
5	Ron Marshall	23	AC Ace Bristol AC Ace -History:AC came back to the market after the Second World War with the staid Two-litre range of cars in 1947, but it was with the Ace sports car of 1953 that the company really made its reputation in the post war years...	RE Marshall	1601 - 2000cc	13
6	John Suttor	120	Jaguar XK140 Jaguar XK140 The Jaguar XK140 is a sports car manufactured by Jaguar between 1954 and 1957, the successor to Jaguar's highly successful XK120. Upgrades included better brakes, rack and pinion steering, increased suspension travel and modern tube type shock absorbers instead of the older lever arm...	J Suttor	Over 2600cc	12
7	Keith Malcolm	153	Skoden	Bass Hill Service Station	2001 - 2600cc	12
8	Harry Cape	130	MGA MG MGA The MGA is a sports car produced by MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1962.The MGA replaced the older T-type cars and represented a complete styling break from the older vehicles. The car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1955...	H Cape	1301 -1600cc	12
9	Peter Manton	41	Austin Lancer	Monaro Motors	1601 - 2000cc	12
10	Frank Hann	7	Jaguar Mark V Jaguar Mark V The Jaguar Mark V is a saloon car built by Jaguar Cars Ltd. The origin of the name is rather odd since, back in 1948 there had been no Mk I to IV Jaguars: the MK IV designation was only given to the predecessor after the launch of the Mk V...  GMC	FJ Hann	Over 2600cc	?
11	Ken Brigden	63	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...	KA Brigden	1601 - 2000cc	?
12	B Foley	11	Kinsley Sprite	Kinsley Motors	751 - 1100cc	?
13	H Van Schaik	15	Simca Simca Simca was a French automaker, founded in November 1934 by Fiat. It was directed from July 1935 to May 1963 by the Italian Henri Théodore Pigozzi...	H Van Schaik	1101 - 1300cc	?
14	B Flock	18	Austin A30 Austin A30 The A30 was a compact car produced by Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. Introduced in 1951 as the "New Austin Seven", it was Austin's answer to the Morris Minor...	B Flock	751 - 1100cc	?
15	R Bulloch	58	Triumph Herald Triumph Herald The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Standard-Triumph Company of Coventry. Body design was by the Italian stylist Michelotti and the car was offered in saloon, convertible, coupé, van, and estate models....	R Bulloch	751 - 1100cc	?
16	T Ansell	40	NSU Prinz	T Ansell	0 - 750cc	?
DNF	C Adams	49	Austin-Healey Sprite Austin-Healey Sprite The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...	S Brown	751 - 1100cc	?
DNF	A Bridge	110	Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...	AW Bridge	1301 -1600cc	?
DNF	J Malcolm	41	Austin Lancer	Dents Auto Service	1601 - 2000cc	?
DNF	J Bisset	88	Buckle GT Tourer Buckle GT Tourer The Buckle GT Tourer is an automobile which was designed by Bill Buckle of Sydney and was built and marketed by him in Australia from 1956 to 1960....	J Bisset	2001 - 2600cc	?
DNF	C Kane	87	Buckle GT Tourer Buckle GT Tourer The Buckle GT Tourer is an automobile which was designed by Bill Buckle of Sydney and was built and marketed by him in Australia from 1956 to 1960....	C Kane	2001 - 2600cc	?
DNF	B Gurdon	20	Austin A90 Austin Westminster The Westminster series were large saloon and estate cars sold by the British Austin Motor Company from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place...	B Gurdon	Over 2600cc	?
DNF	Lang Longmore	19	Ford Zephyr Ford Zephyr The Ford Zephyr was a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Between 1950 and 1972, it was sold as a more powerful six-cylinder saloon to complement the four-cylinder Ford Consul: from 1962 the Zephyr itself was offered in both four- and six-cylinder versions.The Zephyr...	LJ Longmore	2001 - 2600cc	9
DNF	R Rees	98	Ford Zephyr Ford Zephyr The Ford Zephyr was a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Between 1950 and 1972, it was sold as a more powerful six-cylinder saloon to complement the four-cylinder Ford Consul: from 1962 the Zephyr itself was offered in both four- and six-cylinder versions.The Zephyr...	RW Rees	Over 2600cc	?
DNF	Warren Blomfield	116	JWF Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...	W Blomfield	2001 - 2600cc	?
DNF	Reg Smith	62	Porsche Porsche 356 The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports...	R Smith	1301 -1600cc	2
DNF	Alan Ling	99	Holden FE Holden FE The Holden FE is an automobile which was produced by General Motors–Holden's in Australia from 1956 to 1958.-Changes:The FE models were built on a longer wheelbase than the FJ series Holdens which they replaced and they featured totally different styling, the FJ models having used a body shape...	AH Ling	2001 - 2600cc	2
DNF	Bill Buckle	90	Buckle GT Tourer Buckle GT Tourer The Buckle GT Tourer is an automobile which was designed by Bill Buckle of Sydney and was built and marketed by him in Australia from 1956 to 1960....	WF Buckle	2601 - 3500cc	2
DNF	John Caines	22	Ausca	J Caines	2001 - 2600cc	2
DNF	Wally Mitchell	16	Lotus Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...  Repco Repco Repco is an Australian automotive engineering company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and it is best known for spare parts and motor accessories....  Holden Holden GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...	W Mitchell	2001 - 2600cc	1

External links

• 1960 Australian GT Champion Leo Geoghegan (Lotus Elite) competing at Phillip Island
• Autosport forum including image of third placed Geoghegan Holden