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:

Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps
1 Spencer Martin
David McKay 		1 Ferrari 250LM Scuderia Veloce 223
2 Ron Thorp 2 AC Cobra 289 211
3 Vic Watson
Dave Sullivan 		5 Hurricane V8 200
4 Max McCrackan
Vin Smith 		7 Lotus Elite 200
5 Ted Lisle
Mike Tighe 		33 Morris Cooper S 193
6 P Capelli
Rick Lisle 		36 Morris Cooper 188
Sports Cars 751-1100cc
1 Gary Griffiths
Jeff Dunkerton 		25 Austin-Healey Sprite 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 7 132
3 Don Baker 23 Volkswagen 122
DNF Warren Mathews
Lou Orton 		22 Volkswagen
DNF Derek Vince
Jack Ayers 		8 Elfin 27
DNF J Malhoney 21 Triumph Spitfire 27
Sports Cars 1501-2000cc
1 J Bavera
R Mitchell 		17 MGB 189
2 Bob Biltoff
T Barlow 		9 Porsche Super 90 166
3 R Britton 18 MGA 121
Sports Cars 2001-3000cc
1 Bill Dickson
R Fielding 		14 Holden 186
2 P Wilkins
G Abbott 		12 Triumph TR4 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 		1 Ferrari 250LM Scuderia Veloce 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 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 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 16
Series Production Touring Cars 1101-1500cc
1 Leon Shenton
T Cuncliffe 		44 Simca 166
Series Production Touring Cars 2000-3000cc
1 John Hughes
D Black 		40 Holden 168

References[]

  • A History Of Australian Motor Sport, © 1980
  • Around The Houses, © 1980
  • Modern Motor, August 1965
  • Racing Car News, July 1965
  • www.terrywalkersplace.com
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