1964 Australian Grand Prix

March 2024 January 2021 CUST Race 5 of 8 in 1964 Tasman Series Australian Australia Sandown Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 9 February 1964 Permanent racing facility 1.92 3.1 63 120.96 195.3 Sunny Jack Brabham Australia Repco Brabham-Climax 1'09.6 Jack Brabham Repco Brabham-Climax 1'09.5 Australia Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax New Zealand Jack Brabham Australia Repco Brabham-Climax Bib Stillwell Australia Repco Brabham-Climax John Youl Australia Cooper-Climax The 1964 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Sandown Park circuit in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 9 February 1964. It was the twenty ninth Australian Grand Prix and was also Round 5 of the 1964 Tasman Series and Round 1 of the 1964 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula.The 29th Australian Grand Prix, Manual of Motor Sport, 1964 Edition, Confedertion of Australian Motor Sport, p. 48 Defending winner Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham. It was his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory. Classification thumb|Jack Brabham won the race driving a Repco Brabham BT7A, similar to the example pictured above Results as follows: http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1964/round5/round5.asp Ray Bell XXIX Australian Grand Prix tasman-series.com 9 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080723204746/http://www.tasman-series.com/races/1964/round5/round5.asp 23 July 2008 White Des Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 294–301 1964 Pos No. Driver EntrantOfficial Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Sandown, 9 February 1964 Car Laps Time / comments 1 1 AUS Jack Brabham Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPFThe cars of Brabham, Stillwell, Hulme and Matich were each listed in the Official Programme under the name "Repco Brabham" 63 1h 15m 19.2s 2 6 AUS Bib Stillwell B.S. Stillwell Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 63 1h 15m 31.1s 3 5 AUS John Youl John C. Youl Cooper T55 / Climax FPF 63 1h 15m 34.1s 4 8 USA Timmy Mayer Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 63 1h 16m 06.5s 5 2 NZL Denny Hulme Ecurie Vitesse Repco Brabham BT4 / Climax FPF 60 6 12 NZL Jim Palmer J. Palmer Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 60 7 17 AUS Arnold Glass Capitol Motors Pty. Ltd. Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 57 8 14 NZL Tony Shelly A. L. Shelly Lola Mk4A / Climax FPFAustralian Grand Prix, Sandown Park, 9 Feb 1964, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 4 December 2018 57 9 26 AUS David Walker David Walker Brabham BT2 / Ford 1.5 54 10 21 AUS Frank Gardner Alex. Mildren Racing Pty. Ltd. Brabham BT6 / Ford 1.5 49 Ret 9 AUS Bill PattersonAUS Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 42 Driver sick / Accident Ret 7 NZL Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Pty. Ltd. Cooper T70 / Climax FPF 37 Engine Ret 10 AUS Doug Whiteford Bill Patterson Motors Cooper T51 / Climax FPF 2.2 36 Engine Ret 4 AUS Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Cooper T62 / Climax FPF 29 Piston Ret 22 AUS David Fletcher D. K. Fletcher Lola Mk5 / Ford 1.5 29 Accident Ret 24 AUS Mel McEwin Mel McEwin Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 24 Gearbox Ret 18 AUS Keith Rilstone K. N. Rilstone Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 5 Piston Ret 11 AUS Frank Matich Total Team Repco Brabham BT7A / Climax FPF 4 Differential Ret 16 AUS Charlie Smith C. G. Smith Elfin FJ / Ford 1.5 2 Timing Gear Ret 15 AUS Tony Osborne A. J. R. Osborne Cooper T53 / Climax FPF 2 Differential Ret 19 AUS Wally Mitchell East Burwood Motors MRD Brabham / Ford 1.5 DNS 25 AUS Leo Geoghegan Total Team Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 DNS 20 AUS Glyn Scott Glyn Scott Motors Lotus 27 / Ford 1.5 DNS 23 AUS Jack Hunnam Jack Hunnam Motors Elfin Catalina / Ford 1.5 Notes Pole position: Jack Brabham – 1:09.6 Starters: 21 Winner's average speed: 96.7 mph (155.6 km/h)The official history of the Australian Grand Prix – 80 Years, p. 221 Fastest lap: Jack Brabham / Bruce McLaren – 1:09.5 p In popular culture A "science-fiction" version of the 1964 Australian Grand Prix was depicted five years before it took place in the American film On the Beach (1959), based on the Nevil Shute novel of the same name. References External links Open Wheelers 1964, autopics.com.au XXIX Australian Grand Prix, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org Tasman Series 1964 Teretonga International 1964 1964 Warwick Farm International Australian Drivers' Championship 1963 Hordern Trophy 1964 1964 South Pacific Trophy Australian Grand Prix 1963 Australian Grand Prix 1964 1965 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Sandown Category:Tasman Series Australian Grand Prix