1967 Six Hour Le Mans
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The 1967 Six Hour Le Mans
was an endurance motor race for Sports Cars
and Touring Cars. The event, which attracted 38 starters, was staged at the Caversham Airfield
circuit in Western Australia
on 5 June 1967.
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Note : The above listing is incomplete.
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 for 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. The event, which attracted 38 starters, was staged at the Caversham Airfield
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....
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 5 June 1967.
Results
| Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
| 1 | Jeff Dunkerton, Doug Mould | 6 | 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... |
Le May Racing Team | 203 |
| 2 | Ron Thorp | 1 | AC Cobra 289 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:... |
202 | |
| 3 | Paul Casellas, Bob Kingsbury | Hurricane V8 | 190 | ||
| 4 | John Trowell, Mike Tighe | Alfa Romeo GTV | Team Reimann | 187 | |
| 5 | Howie Sangster, J Percival | Ford Cortina GT 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 | ||
| 6 | H Scott, N Scott | Holden HD Station Sedan | 182 | ||
| 7 | R Roberts | Holden HR Premier X2 | 181 | ||
| 8 | A McCarthy, M Johnson | Holden FJ Holden FJ The Holden FJ series is a range of motor vehicles which was produced in Australia by General Motors-Holden’s from 1953 to 1957. The FJ was the second model of an "all Australian car" manufactured by Holden and was based upon the established 48-215 series, commonly referred to as the “FX”... |
180 | ||
| 9 | Stuart Kostera | 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.... |
180 | ||
| 10 | John Alford, P Robertson | 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... |
Le May Racing Team | 178 | |
| ? | Cavanough, Knox | Holden | 46 | ||
| ? | John Bertina | Holden FJ 179 | |||
| ? | Maslin | Renault Renault Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker... |
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| ? | Bartlett | Holden Sports | |||
| ? | Bob Biltoft | Ford Sports | |||
| ? | Len Brockwell | Ford Anglia | |||
| DNF | Ted Lisle | 5 | Morris Cooper S | Team Reimann | 144 |
| DNF | Mitchell | 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... Holden |
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| DNF | Vince | Elfin Streamliner | |||
| DNF | Briggs | 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... |
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| DNF | Goddard, Matthews | Holden | |||
| DNF | Owen Stringer | Ford Cortina 220 | |||
| DNF | Ross Urquhart | Lotus Super Seven | |||
| DNF | Gordon Stephenson | Alfa Romeo GTA | |||
| DNF | Stan Starcevich | Ford Cortina Lotus | 56 | ||
| DNF | Ken Glasgow | Morris Minor 1000 Morris Minor The Morris Minor was a British economy car that debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1971... |
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| DNF | John Glassen | Rambler Rambler (automobile) Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors from 1950 to 1954, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969... Sports |
Note : The above listing is incomplete.
Further reading
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 152
- Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 58–59
- Dunkerton Drives Skilfully, The West Australian, Tuesday, 6 June 1967, page 39
External links
- Images from the race Retrieved from State Library of Western Australia on 18 March 2009