1965 Six Hour Le Mans
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The 1965 Six Hour Le Mans
was an endurance race open to Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia
on Monday, 7 June 1965. Results were as follows:
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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 race open to Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Caversham circuit 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 Monday, 7 June 1965. Results were as follows:
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
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1 | Spencer Martin David McKay David McKay (journalist) David McKay was an Australian journalist and prominent motoring identity.While most well known as a journalist, specifically as a motoring writer, McKay was also a prominent figure in motor racing as both a driver and a race team owner... |
1 | Ferrari 250LM Ferrari P The Ferrari P series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s.Although Enzo Ferrari resisted the move even with Cooper dominating F1, Ferrari began producing mid-engined racing cars in 1960 with the Ferrari Dino-V6-engine Formula Two 156, which would be turned into the Formula... |
Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.... |
223 |
2 | Ron Thorp | 2 | AC Cobra AC Cobra The AC Cobra, also known colloquially as the Shelby Cobra in North America, is an Anglo-American sports car that was produced during the 1960s.-History and development:... 289 |
211 | |
3 | Vic Watson Dave Sullivan |
5 | Hurricane V8 | 200 | |
4 | Max McCrackan Vin Smith |
7 | 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.... |
200 | |
5 | Ted Lisle Mike Tighe |
33 | 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... |
193 | |
6 | P Capelli Rick Lisle |
36 | Morris Cooper | 188 | |
Sports Cars 751-1100cc | |||||
1 | Gary Griffiths Jeff Dunkerton |
25 | 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... |
159 | |
DNF | Nev McBeth Dick Ward |
26 | Austin-Healey Sprite | ||
DNF | Don Noack Rod Slater |
24 | Renault 750 | ||
Sports Cars 1101-1500cc | |||||
1 | Max McCrackan Vin Smith |
7 | Lotus Elite | 200 | |
2 | Jeff Dunkerton | 4 | 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.... |
132 | |
3 | Don Baker | 23 | 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... |
122 | |
DNF | Warren Mathews Lou Orton |
22 | Volkswagen | ||
DNF | Derek Vince Jack Ayers |
8 | Elfin | 27 | |
DNF | J Malhoney | 21 | 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... |
27 | |
Sports Cars 1501-2000cc | |||||
1 | J Bavera R Mitchell |
17 | MGB MG MGB The MGB is a sports car launched by MG Cars in May 1962 to replace the MGA. Introduced as a four-cylinder roadster, a coupé with 2+2 seating was added in 1965... |
189 | |
2 | Bob Biltoff T Barlow |
9 | Porsche Super 90 | 166 | |
3 | R Britton | 18 | MGA MGA MGA can be an abbreviation of:*The IATA code for Managua International Airport located in Managua, Nicaragua; also known as the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport... |
121 | |
Sports Cars 2001-3000cc | |||||
1 | Bill Dickson R Fielding |
14 | 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... |
186 | |
2 | P Wilkins G Abbott |
12 | Triumph TR4 Triumph TR4 The Triumph TR4 was a sports car built in the United Kingdom by the Standard Triumph Motor Company and introduced in 1961. Code named "Zest" during development, the car was based on the chassis and drivetrain of the previous TR sports cars, but with a modern Michelotti styled body. 40,253 cars... |
184 | |
3 | J Lewis D McKay |
29 | Holden | 130 | |
DNF | Rod Donovan | 11 | Holden | 82 | |
DNF | Rod Waller, Lionel Beattie | 6 | Repco Holden Sports | 72 | |
DNF | John Glasson | 10 | Atlantis | 13 | |
Sports Cars Over 3000cc | |||||
1 | Spencer Martin David McKay David McKay (journalist) David McKay was an Australian journalist and prominent motoring identity.While most well known as a journalist, specifically as a motoring writer, McKay was also a prominent figure in motor racing as both a driver and a race team owner... |
1 | Ferrari 250LM | Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce Scuderia Veloce was an Australian motor racing team founded by journalist racer David McKay that competed in many motor racing categories in the 1960s. The team is regarded as the first professional motor racing operation in Australia.... |
223 |
2 | Ron Thorp | 2 | AC Cobra 289 | 211 | |
3 | Vic Watson Dave Sullivan |
5 | Hurricane V8 | 200 | |
Improved Production Touring Cars 751-1100cc | |||||
1 | Ted Lisle Mike Tighe |
33 | Morris Cooper S | 193 | |
2 | P Capelli Rick Lisle |
36 | Morris Cooper | 188 | |
3 | Stuart Kostera Derek Fletcher |
39 | Ford Anglia | 183 | |
Improved Production Touring Cars 1101-1500cc | |||||
1 | Max Butt G Glatz |
35 | Ford Cortina 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... |
184 | |
2 | Ross Urquhart Craig McAllister |
34 | Ford Cortina | 170 | |
DNF | Owen Stringer M Tighe |
32 | Ford Cortina GT | 152 | |
DNF | Don O'Sullivan R McDowell |
33 | Ford Cortina GT | 6 | |
Improved Production Touring Cars 2001-3000cc | |||||
1 | J Piesse H Vander Straaten |
37 | Holden | 180 | |
Improved Production Touring Cars Over 3000cc | |||||
1 | Dick Roberts | 30 | 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... |
119 | |
Series Production Touring Cars 751-1100cc | |||||
1 | H De Klerk M Cliff |
42 | Morris Cooper | 176 | |
DNF | D Black J Brewer |
45 | 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.... |
16 | |
Series Production Touring Cars 1101-1500cc | |||||
1 | Leon Shenton T Cuncliffe |
44 | 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... |
166 | |
Series Production Touring Cars 2000-3000cc | |||||
1 | John Hughes D Black |
40 | Holden | 168 |