1963 Bathurst 100

Aussie motor racingJune 2020 August 2019 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986) The 1963 Bathurst 100 was a motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 15 April 1963.Official Programme, Bathurst 100, Monday, 15 April 1963 It was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd. The race was open to Racing Cars, Formula Junior cars and invited Sports Cars and was contested over a distance of 100 miles. The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Cooper T62.John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 321 Results Pos.Bathurst 100, Bathurst, 15 Apr 1963, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 11 December 2018 Driver No. Car Entrant Class Class pos. Laps Time Comment Grid Pos. 1 Lex Davison 4 Cooper T62 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie Over 1500cc 1 26 66:05.0 1 2 Tony Shelly 3 Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Ecurie Australie Over 1500cc 2 24 66:14.1 3 3 Charlie Smith 6 Elfin Ford C. G. Smith Up to 1500cc 1 67:37.1 6 4 Doug Kelley 60 Cooper T41 Coventry Climax D. J. Kelley Up to 1500cc 2 68:52.6 9 ? Les Howard 15 Lotus 11 Coventry Climax Howard & Sons Racing Team Up to 1500cc 3 66:44.5 14 ? Greville Edgerton 45 Cooper T38 Jaguar G. Edgerton Over 1500cc 3 67:19.2 11 DNF David McKay 1 Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax Scuderia Veloce Over 1500cc - 9 Overheating 2 DNF Ralph Sach 34 Nota Din Holden Reilly Brothers Engineering Pty. Ltd. Over 1500cc - 0 Head gasket 15 DNS Frank Matich 87 Lotus 19 Coventry Climax   Over 1500cc - - 4 DNS Bill Patterson 9 Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd. Over 1500cc - - 5 DNS Ian Geoghegan 8 Lotus 22 Ford Total Team Up to 1500cc - - 7 DNS Lionel Ayers 111 Lotus 20 Ford Motor Racing Components Up to 1500cc - - 8 DNS Tom Corcoran 2 Lola Mk 2 Ford s/c T. Corcoran Up to 1500cc - - 10 DNS Barry Collerson 21 Jolus Hillman J. McGuire Up to 1500cc - - 12 DNS Ken Milburn 23 Lotus 20 Ford K. Milburn Up to 1500cc - - 13 DNS Gordon Stewart 11 Stewart MG s/c Ecurie Cinque Over 1500cc - - 16 References Bathurst 100 Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales