1969 TVW Channel 7 Le Mans 6 Hour Race
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The 1969 TVW Channel 7 Le Mans 6 Hour Race was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. The event was staged on 2 June 1969 at the Wanneroo Park circuit
in Western Australia. This was the first Le Mans 6 Hour Race
to be held at Wanneroo Park.
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Barbagallo Raceway
Barbagallo Raceway is a motorsport circuit located in Wanneroo, approximately north of Perth in Western Australia.The circuit was originally known as Wanneroo Park and the first race meet took place in March 1969. Initially the major race per year was a 6 hour Le Mans style race for sedans and...
in Western Australia. This was the first Le Mans 6 Hour Race
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...
to be held at Wanneroo Park.
Results
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Group | Class | Laps |
1 | Don O'Sullivan, Frank Matich Frank Matich Frank Matich, born 1935, was an Australian racing car driver. A highly successful motor racing competitor in the 1960s and 70s, Matich built his own range of Matich sports cars and open wheel cars, mainly to support his own career, but some cars found success with other drivers... |
1 | Lola T70 Mk 2 Lola T70 The Lola T70 was built for sports car racing, popular in the mid to late 1960s. Developed by Lola Cars in 1965 in Great Britain, the T70 was made for endurance racing... |
Don O'Sullivan Racing | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 276 |
2 | Peter Briggs, Doug Mould | 17 | 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... |
Briggs Developments | Sports Cars | SC 1100-1500cc | 276 |
3 | Fritz Kahout, Stan Starcevich | 4 | Porsche 911S | Fritz Kahout | Improved Production | IP 1501-2000cc | 275 |
4 | Dick Murphy, John Glasson | 9 | Bolwell Bolwell Bolwell is an Australian company that originally produced sports cars between 1962 and 1979. A new company of the same name began production of new cars in 2009 after several years of concept and show cars.-Mk IV:... Mk 7 |
Cannington Auto Spares | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 253 |
5 | Noel Mitchell, Owen Stringer | 20 | Ford Cortina SL 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... |
BP Hamilton Hill | Sports Cars | SC 1100-1500cc | 247 |
6 | Rick Lisle, Neville Grigsby | 15 | Morris Cooper S | John Harris Team | Improved Production | IP 1101-1500cc | 245 |
7 | Don Hall, Brian Davies | 6 | Lotus Europa Lotus Europa The Lotus Europa was a two door mid-engined GT coupé built by Lotus Cars from 1966 to 1975. In 2006 Lotus began production of a totally new, Lotus Elise-derived design, a mid-engined GT coupé named Europa S.... |
Sports Cars | SC 1100-1500cc | 244 | |
8 | Peter Bullen, Barry Arnold | 26 | Hurricane V8 | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 235 | |
9 | David Rockford, Colin Hall | 23 | Holden Monaro GTS 186 Holden Monaro The Holden Monaro is an automobile that was produced by GM Holden Ltd, an Australian subsidiary of General Motors, between 1968 and 1977 and between 2001 and 2005... |
Series Production | SP 3001-5000cc | 234 | |
10 | Dick Roberts, Rod Donovan | 11 | Holden Monaro GTS 327 | Improved Production | IP Over 3000cc | 231 | |
11 | Jeff Dunkerton, Chris Royston | 39 | Morris Mini K 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... |
Series Production | SP Under 1100cc | 229 | |
12 | Mal McKiggan, George Cole | 41 | Toyota Corolla Sprinter Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million... |
Series Production | SP Under 1100cc | 229 | |
13 | Warran Matthews, Bob Wilkie | 21 | RE Ford | Sports Cars | SC 1101-1500cc | 217 | |
14 | Manfred Keune, Rod Waller | 40 | 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... |
Sports Cars | SC Under 1100cc | 209 | |
15 | Bill Lee, Bill Downey | 43 | Holden HD Holden HD The Holden HD series is a range of automobiles which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1965 to 1966.-Introduction:The Holden HD sedans and station wagons were released in February 1965 with coupe utility and panel van body styles following in July of that year. The HD range... |
Improved Production | IP 2001-3000cc | 206 | |
16 | Dave Watkins, Graeme Jefferson | 22 | Morris Cooper S | Series Production | SP 1101-1500cc | 205 | |
NC | Robert Elsbury, Ian Wilkie | 33 | Holden HR 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... |
Improved Production | IP 3001-5000cc | 183 | |
NC | Les Verco, Roy Prout | 30 | Holden | Sports Cars | SC 2001-3000cc | 167 | |
NC | Jack Kennedy, Bernie Zampatti | 37 | Mini | Sports Cars | SC 2001-3000cc | 149 | |
NC | John Evans, Barry Coleman | 34 | Isuzu Bellett Isuzu Bellett -Video games:The 1969 Bellett GT-R is a playable car in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran Turismo 4 for the PlayStation 2. In simulation mode, it is available as a used car only and comes in three colors: white, gold and orange.It can also be played in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran... |
Improved Production | IP 1101-1500cc | 137 | |
NC | Graeme Ibbotson, Chris Henn | 5 | Jomax Ford | Sports Cars | SC 1100-1500cc | 120 | |
NC | Rhod Lording, Barry Coleman | 28 | Holden | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 107 | |
DNF | Jum Currie, Brian Thompson | 29 | Holden | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 222 | |
DNF | Gordon Mitchell, Alan Richards | 31 | Austin-Healey Sprite | Sports Cars | SC Under 1100cc | 222 | |
DNF | John Bertina, Con Bertina | 7 | Holden Sports | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 220 | |
DNF | Jim Mullins, Howie Sangster | 14 | Morris Cooper S | Improved Production | IP 1101-1500cc | 184 | |
DNF | Ron Bairstow, Jack Kennedy | 45 | Honda N600 | Series Production | SP Under 1100cc | 143 | |
DNF | Leon Shenton, Jan Shenton | 16 | Morris Cooper S | Improved Production | IP 1101-1500cc | 141 | |
DNF | Rod Collins, Mark Staniford, Peter Briggs | 12 | Cooper Climax Sports Cooper Car Company The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946... |
Sports Cars | SC 1100-1500cc | 123 | |
DNF | Wayne Negus, Terry Power | 25 | Morris Mini Deluxe | Sports Cars | SC Under 1100cc | 121 | |
DNF | Bob Webb, Bob Kingsbury | 10 | Holden Sports | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 112 | |
DNF | Robert Corbett, Trevor Lunt | 8 | Triumph TR5 Triumph TR5 The Triumph TR5 was built for a 13 month period between August 1967 and September 1968 by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry, England.... |
Sports Cars | SC 2001-3000cc | 106 | |
DNF | Stan Starcevich, Stuart Kostera | 2 | Graduate Ford | Sports Cars | SC 3001-5000cc | 94 | |
DNF | Ken Glasgow, Tom Dines | 42 | 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... |
Sports Cars | SC Under 1100cc | 73 | |
DNF | Bob Biltoft, Rod Mitchell | 32 | Holden Le Mon | Sports Cars | SC 2001-3000cc | 37 | |
DNF | Gordon Stephenson, Neville Cooper | 3 | Alfa Romeo GTA Alfa Romeo GTA The GTA 1300 Junior had a 1300 cc engine that was based on the 1600 engine but with a short stroke crankshaft. The GTA Junior in stradale form did not have many of the light weight features of the 1600 GTA, such as the plastic windows, magnesium engine components and alloy wheels. At start... |
Improved Production | IP 1501-2000cc | 31 | |
DNF | Peter Dover, Ray Johnson | 36 | Holden | Sports Cars | SC 2001-3000cc | 30 |