1963 Six Hour Le Mans

December 2019 June 2011 thumb|The winning Lotus Super 7, pictured in 2012 The 1963 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Touring Cars & Grand Touring Cars.http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1963-all.pdf Western Australian Motor Race Results 1963, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org 3 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140603143251/http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1963-all.pdf 3 June 2014 live The race was held at the Caversham Airfield circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1963. It was the ninth annual Six Hour Le Mans race.Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around The Houses – A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59 The race was won by Jeff Dunkerton driving a Lotus Super 7. The winning car completed 194 laps, a total distance of 427 miles (688 km). Race results Position Drivers No. Car Class Class pos. Laps 1 Jeff Dunkerton 26 Lotus Super 7 Sports Cars 1101 to 1600cc 1 194 2 Mike Tighe 47 Fiat 1500 Touring Cars 1301 to 1600cc 1 186 3 Mike Hurst, Dick Ward 2 Austin-Healey Sprite Sports Cars 751 to 1100cc 1 180 4 Bruce Harding 84 Holden Touring Cars 2001 to 2600cc 1 178 5 David Thomas, Ian Durrant 110 Morris Cooper Touring Cars 751 to 1000cc 1 178 6 Owen Stringer, Bill Humble 62 Morris Cooper 178 7 Jack Wynhoff, Don Baker 106 Renault R8 Grand Touring 751 to 1000cc 1 174 8 Bill Inwood 44 Simca Montlhéry Grand Touring 1001 to 1300cc 1 172 9 Roy Bolton 111 Vauxhall VX4/90 171 10 Dave Sullivan 40 Studebaker Lark Touring Cars Over 2600cc 1 169 11 B McKay 76 Peugeot 168 12 Bill Downey, Stuart Campbell 7 Hillman Minx 167 13 Lionel Beattie, Jack Ayres 9 Repco-Holden Sports Cars 2001 to 3000cc 1 166 14 Terry Cunliffe, Warren Matthews 54 Simca Touring Cars 1001 to 1300cc 1 163 15 Max Butt, Lloyd Trezise 109 Ford Anglia 162 16 Eddie Williams, Brian Lemon 49 Volkswagen 155 17 George Wakelin, Dave Williams 42 Holden Grand Touring 2001 to 2600cc 1 155 18 John Wileyman, P Teede 107 Simca Aronde 153 19 Wally Knox, Alois Visich 72 Holden 150 20 Tom Rice, Dick Ward 36 Austin-Healey Sprite 148 21 David Sadique, Warren Matthews 100 Skoda Felicia 147 22 Bob Biltoft, Rod Mitchell 46 Peugeot Holden 144 23 Wally Higgs, Vin Smith 102 Austin Freeway 138 24 Dick Roberts, Bob Avery 70 Holden GT 132 25 Tim Bailey, Graham Purchas 51 Renault 750 Grand Touring Up to 750cc 1 130 26 Rod Donovan 52 Holden 106 27 Syd Negus 25 Plymouth Sports Sports Cars Over 3000cc 1 65 28 Harley Pederick, Stan Starcevich 64 Holden 31 29 Dick Roberts, Bob Avery 104 Chrysler Valiant 29 DNF Murray Thomas 103 Simca Aronde 133 DNF Rod Cutting, Bruce Abbott 101 Holden 51 DNF John Glasson 61 Datsun 38 DNF Vic Watson, John Collins 65 Ford Custom 272 44 DNF L Matthews, Giuseppe Fazio 106 Holden 16 References Further reading Le Mans Distance A Record, The West Australian, Tuesday, 4 June 1963, page 10 The big names in motor sport win on BP, (advertisement for BP Super and BP Energol oil), The West Australian, Tuesday, 4 June 1963, page 32 Caversham Results, The West Australian, Tuesday, 11 June 1963 Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, Sportsbook Publishing Co., 1980 Category:Six Hours Le Mans Six Hour Le Mans Category:June 1963 sports events in Australia