1964 Shell Le Mans 6 Hour Race
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The 1964 Shell Le Mans 6 Hour Race
was an endurance motor race open to Sports Cars
and Touring Cars
. The event was held at the Caversham circuit
in Western Australia
on the Foundation Day Holiday Monday, 1 June 1964.
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Six Hour Le Mans
The Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for sports cars and touring cars held in Western Australia from 1955 to 1972. Initially run at the Caversham Airfield circuit, the event was moved, along with all other WA circuit racing, to the then new Wanneroo Park Raceway in...
was an endurance motor race open to Sports Cars
Sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going sports cars....
and Touring Cars
Touring car racing
Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia and Britain.-Characteristics of a touring car:...
. The event was held at the Caversham circuit
Caversham Airfield
Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for the United States Fleet Air Arm of the 7th Fleet....
in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
on the Foundation Day Holiday Monday, 1 June 1964.
Results
| Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Category | Class Placing | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harley Pederick Stan Starcevich |
11 | Jaguar E-type Jaguar E-type The Jaguar E-Type or XK-E is a British automobile, manufactured by Jaguar between 1961 and 1975. Its combination of good looks, high performance, and competitive pricing established the marque as an icon of 1960s motoring... |
H Pederick | Sports | 1st Sports | 199 |
| 2 | Ted Lisle | 9 | Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
Winterbottom Motors | Touring | 1st Modified Sedan | 188 |
| 3 | Rod Donovan Jamie Gard |
24 | Holden 48-215 Holden 48-215 The Holden 48-215, also known unofficially as the Holden FX is a mid-size, six-cylinder sedan which was produced by the Australian automaker, General Motors–Holden's Ltd between November 1948 and October 1953.... |
Kaves Engineering | Touring | 1st Modified Sedan 2001-2600cc | 181 |
| 4 | Dick Roberts Bob Avery |
4 | Chrysler Valiant Chrysler Valiant The Chrysler Valiant is a passenger car which was introduced by Chrysler Australia in 1962 with production ceasing in 1981. Initially a rebadged locally assembled Plymouth Valiant from the U.S., the Valiant range was sold throughout Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Africa... |
Mrs J Roberts | Touring | 1st Modified Sedan Over 2600cc | 180 |
| 5 | Bob Avery Dick Roberts |
2 | Chrysler Valiant | Mrs J Roberts | Touring | 1st Unmodified Sedan | 179 |
| 6 | Jack Wynoff Dave Sullivan Snr |
7 | Renault R8 | Maison Motors | Touring | 177 | |
| 7 | Alois Visich Don Milne |
32 | Morris Cooper Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
A Visich | Touring | 1st Unmodified Sedan 751-1000cc | 173 |
| 8 | John Fenton John Bertina |
46 | 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... |
J Fenton | Touring | 172 | |
| 9 | John Hughes Jim Brewer |
12 | Vauxhall Viva Vauxhall Viva The Viva was a small family car produced by Vauxhall Motors in a succession of three versions between 1963 and 1979. These were known as the HA, the HB and the HC series.... |
Attwood's Motorama | Touring | 1st Unmodified Sedan 1001-1300cc | 171 |
| 10 | Graham Purchas Brian Muhling |
30 | Morris Cooper | G Purchas | Touring | 169 | |
| 11 | John Maloney Jo Weir |
42 | Triumph Spitfire Triumph Spitfire The Triumph Spitfire is a small English two-seat sports car, introduced at the London Motor Show in 1962. The vehicle was based on a design produced for Standard-Triumph in 1957 by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti... |
J Maloney | Sports | 1st Sports 1101-1600cc | 169 |
| 12 | Lindsay Ashworth Bruce Harding |
6 | Holden | Harding Ampol Service Station | Sports | 1st Sports 2001-3000cc | 163 |
| 13 | Terry Cuncliffe Warren Matthews |
3 | 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... |
WJ McPherson | Touring | 163 | |
| 14 | Vaughan Wilde Jim Maslin |
28 | Austin Lancer | V Wilde | Touring | 1st Modified Sedan 1301-1600cc | 161 |
| 15 | Keith Hope Lloyd Tresize |
43 | Morris 850 Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
Tresize's Garage | Touring | 155 | |
| 16 | Mike Cuss Barry Heatley |
19 | Renault 750 Renault 4CV The Renault 4CV was an economy car produced by the French manufacturer Renault from August 1947-July 1961. The first French car to sell over a million units, the 4CV was ultimately superseded by the Renault Dauphine.... |
CBC Developments | Sports | 1st Sports Under 750cc | 153 |
| 17 | Derek Fletcher Vic Watson |
38 | Ford Anglia Ford Anglia The 1949 model, code E494A, was a makeover of the previous model with a rather more 1940s style front-end, including the sloped, twin-lobed radiator grille. Again it was a very spartan vehicle and in 1948 was Britain's lowest priced four wheel car.... |
Crystal Brook Service Station | Touring | 1st Modified Sedan 751-1000cc | 152 |
| 18 | Jamie Gard Rod Donovan |
23 | Holden | Ray Clarke Cars | Touring | 151 | |
| 19 | Judith Baker Margaret Mathews |
17 | Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is... |
Abergonny Motors | Sports | 147 | |
| 20 | Bill Inwood John Lewis |
25 | Holden | Theatre Service Station | Sports | 147 | |
| 21 | Darryl Manning Ian Durrant |
45 | Simca | BP Loton Park Service Station | Touring | 141 | |
| 22 | Ted Richards Joe Silla |
35 | Holden | T Richards | Touring | 139 | |
| 23 | Don Noack Rod Slater |
18 | Renault 750 | D Baker | Sports | 1st sports 751-1100cc | 124 |
| 24 | Jeff Dunkerton | 21 | Lotus Super 7 Lotus Seven The Lotus Seven is a small, simple, lightweight two-seater open-top sports car produced by Lotus Cars between 1957 and 1972.... |
G Dunkerton | Sports | 121 | |
| 25 | Derek Vince Murray Charnley |
37 | Elfin | Crystal Brook Service Station | Sports | 80 | |
| DNF | Wally Higgs | 14 | Peugeot Sports | Sports | 163 | ||
| DNF | Graham Armitage Max Clarke |
26 | Holden | Touring | 113 | ||
| DNF | Rod Waller David Rockford |
15 | Repco Holden Sports | Sports | 99 | ||
| DNF | John Lewis | 39 | Holden | Touring | 82 | ||
| DNF | George Wakelin Dave Edwards |
29 | Holden 48-215 | Sports | 76 | ||
| DNF | Owen Stringer Mike Tighe |
22 | Ford Cortina GT Mk 1 Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era... |
Touring | 71 | ||
| DNF | Fred Coxon Peter Bond |
44 | Holden Sports | Sports | 63 | ||
| DNF | Geoff Stanton Dick Ward |
27 | Holden | Touring | 60 | ||
| DNF | John Bavera Dave Sullivan Snr |
34 | Austin-Healey 100 Austin-Healey 100 The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car built from 1953 until 1959. There were two models, the original four-cylinder Austin-Healey 100, built 1953-1956, and the six-cylinder Austin-Healey 100-6, built 1956-1959.... |
Sports | 53 | ||
| DNF | Graham Colledge Jim Lydeker |
31 | Holden | Touring | 42 | ||
| DNF | Bob Biltoft Rod Mitchell |
4 | Peugeot Special | Sports | 33 | ||
| DNF | Bruce Harding Lindsay Ashworth |
5 | Holden | Touring | 31 | ||
| DNF | Brian McKay | 10 | Peugeot | Touring | 13 | ||
| DNF | John Glasson | 16 | Atlantis | Sports | 12 | ||
| DNF | Tony McAlinden | 36 | Peugeot Sports | Sports | 5 |
Further reading
- Australian Motor Sport, August 1964, page 52-53
- Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, page 58
External links
- Race Numbers Retrieved from www.terrywalkersplace.com on 27 August 2008