The 1972 Skipper Chrysler 6 Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for Sports Open

Group A Sports Cars

Group A Sports Cars is an Australian motor racing category that CAMS formulated for sports car racing in Australia. Introduced in 1964, it continues today under the name Group 2A Sports Cars....

, Sports Closed, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars

Group E Series Production Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for production based sedans competing with limited modifications. It was current from 1964 to 1972....

. The event was staged by the W.A. Sporting Car Club at the Wanneroo Park Circuit

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

Western Australia

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 on Sunday 4 June 1972. It was the 18th and final 6 Hour Le Mans race to be held.

Results

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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Class Pos.	Laps
1	Ray Thackwell, Jim Mullins	4	Porsche 911S Porsche 911 classic The original Porsche 911 was a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built until 1989...	Ray Thackwell Racing	Sports Closed 1601-2500cc	1	295
2	Wayne Negus, Neville Grigsby		Holden Torana GTR-XU1		Series Production 3001-6000cc	1	279
3	Chris Royston, Colin Hall		Lotus 47	Shell Racing	Sports Closed 1601-2500cc	2	270
4	Basil Ricciardello, Neville Cooper		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...	B Ricciardello	Sports Closed 1301-1600cc	1	262
5	Felix Smetana, Tony McAlinden		Lotus Super 7		Sports Open 1301-1600cc	1	258
6	Barry Coleman, Lance Barrett		Bolwell Mk. 7		Sports Closed 2501-5000cc	1	252
7	Stuart Kostera, George Cole		Matich SR3		Sports Open 2501-3000cc	1	255
8	Bill Russell, John Hagarty		Datsun SR311		Sports Open 1601-2500cc	1	253
9	Gordon Leney, Dave Sullivan Jr.		Holden Torana GTR-XU1		Series Production 3001-6000cc	2	251
10	Graeme Ibbotson, Bob Creasy		Jomax Ford		Sports Open 1601-2500cc	2	250
11	P Reed, T Dunning		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...		Sports Closed 1601-2500cc	3	237
12	C Garrett, Phil Davenport		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...		Sports Open 1601-2500cc	3	234
13	G Moffat, G Appleby		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...				234
14	Howie Sangster, Rick Lisle, Craig McAllister		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger		Series Production 3001-6000cc	3	233
15	Bill Downey, Noel Mitchell		Lotus Elan Lotus Elan Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...		Sports Open 1301-1600cc	2	229
16	Dave Cliffe, R Mouncey		Lotus Cortina Lotus Cortina The Lotus-Cortina is a high-performance car, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by the Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mark 1, was promoted by Ford as the "Consul Cortina developed by Lotus", with "Consul"...		Improved Production 1301-1600cc	1	226
17	Jack Michael, David Jorritsma		Morris Cooper S		Series Production Up to 1300cc	1	224
18	Adrian Lewis, Elemer Vajda		Morris Cooper S		Series Production Up to 1300cc	2	224
19	Stratton Joel, John Farrell		Holden Torana GTR-XU1				220
20	Murray Thomas, Tim Garratt		Datsun Datsun Datsun was an automobile marque. The name was created in 1931 by the DAT Motorcar Co. for a new car model, spelling it as "Datson" to indicate its smaller size when compared to the existing, larger DAT car. Later, in 1933 after Nissan Motor Co., Ltd...  - Healey		Sports Open 1301-1600cc	3	197
21	Alby Valikov, Doug Tyler		Honda S800 Honda S800 The S800 is a sports car from Honda. Introduced at the 1965 Tokyo Motor Show, the S800 would replace the successful Honda S600 as the company's image car and would compete with the Austin-Healey Sprite, MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire and Fiat 850 Spider....		Sports Open Up to 1300cc	2	187
22	Ross Crump, L Derriman		Fiat Fiat FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...		Sports Closed 1301-1600cc	2	?
?	Jack Kennedy, Terry Lyons		Morris Mini		Sports Open Up to 1300cc	1	?
DNF	Howie Sangster, Craig McAllister	1	McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup...  LT170				194
DNF	Ian Diffen, Ron Bairstow		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger				128
DNF	Gordon Mitchell, Brian Cole		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...				100
DNF	John Haynes, Ray Tyler		Morgan Morgan Motor Company The Morgan Motor Company is a British motor car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by Harry Frederick Stanley Morgan, generally known as "HFS" and was run by him until he died, aged 77, in 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003...  V8 4.7				1
DNF	Peter Doney,Paul Wilkins		Morris Cooper S				?
DNF	Brian Rhodes, Rod Collins		Chrysler VH Valiant Charger				?
DNF	Murray Charnley, Davis Hipperson		Lotus 23B				?
DNF	Leo Stubber, Bob Kingsbury		Porsche 911S Porsche 911 classic The original Porsche 911 was a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built until 1989...				?
DNF	Bill Maddocks, Peter Green		Monaco GT Clubman				?
DNF	Bill Nitschke, Bill Lee		Holden LC Torana GTR-XU1				?
DNF	Neville Cooper, Ray Johnson		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...				?
DNF	Michael Hector, John Farrell		Holden HQ Monaro				?

Notes:

• The Racing Car News race report states that there were 37 starters in the event with 21 finishers and 16 DNFs. The race results published at www.terrywalkersplace.com list 35 starters, 23 finishers and 12 DNFs.
• The results at www.terrywalkersplace.com show the Kennedy / Lyons Mini as winning its class although its outright position is lower than that of the Valikov / Tyler Honda which is shown as 2nd in that class. The above results table reflects those published at www.terrywalkersplace.com.
• Racing Car News lists Kostera / Cole, Russell / Hagarty and Coleman / Barrett as 6th, 7th and 8th respectively which differs from the results at www.terrywalkersplace.com