1963 Australian Tourist Trophy

February 2015 February 2015 thumb|250px|Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966) The 1963 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 9 June 1963.Speedster makes it 22 starts, 22 wins, The Courier Mail, Monday, 10 June 1963, page 19 It was the seventh annual Australian Tourist Trophy race, and it was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian championship for sports cars.Australian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Racing and Sporting Guide - Motor Manual's Year Book for 1967, page 85 The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club, was won by Ian Geoghegan, driving a Lotus 23. Results thumb|Ian Geoghegan won the race driving a Lotus 23 similar to the example pictured above thumb|John Martin placed second in a Lola similar to the car pictured above. thumb|Les Howard placed third driving a Lotus XI, an example of which is pictured above. thumb|Bill Gates placed fourth in an Elfin Clubman similar to the above thumb|Ron Thorp placed fifth driving an Aston Martin DB3S similar to the pictured car. PositionResults, Event NO 5, 9/6/63 Driver No. Car Entrant Class pos.Total team Lotus 23 wins the Aust. TT, Australian Motor Sports, August 1963, pages 28, 29, 30 & 40 Class Laps 1 Ian Geoghegan 5 Lotus 23 Total Racing Team 1 1101 to 2000 cc 27 2 John Martin 111 Lola 1100Sportlight, Modern Motor, August 1963, page 91 Martin's Neutral Bay Motors 1 Up to 1100cc 27 3 Les Howard 75 Lotus XI Howard & Sons Racing Team 2 Up to 1100cc 27 4 Bill Gates 50 Elfin Clubman GP Cars Racing TeamK. Shaw, 7th Australian Tourist Trophy To Geoghegan, Australian Autosportsman, August 1963, pages Thirty-seven & Thirty-eight 2 1101 to 2000 cc 26 5 Ron Thorp 39 Aston Martin DB3S Ron Thorp's Bargain Barn 1 Over 2000 cc 26 6 Bill Weekes Des White, Ian Geoghegan wins Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Racing Car News, July 1963, pages 1 & 4 33 Elfin GP Cars Racing Team 3 Up to 1100cc 26 7 P. Underwood 48 Holden Special P. Underwood 2 Over 2000 cc 25 8 Ann Thompson 21 Lotus XV Ford Mrs A. Thompson 4 Up to 1100cc 23 9 Les WeileyIan Geoghegan Wins Australian TT - Lowood, Sports Car World, August 1963, pages 48 & 49 36 MGTC Rawsthorne's Garage 3 1101 to 2000 cc 23 10 Adrian Yannuccelli 64 MGA A. Yannuccelli 4 1101 to 2000 cc 23 11 C. Harding 58 Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1 23 12 D. Casey 41 MGA 23 13 L. Austin 23 MGA 22 14 F. Brewer 53 Simca Special G. Bernhagen 22 15 Brian Tebble 44 MGTD 22 16 P. Kinnane 46 Austin-Healey Sprite 22 17 G. Hawley 68 Austin-Healey Sprite Mark 1 Geary's Sports Cars 22 18 Ted Laker 101 Lotus Super 7 22 19 B. Saba 19 MGA M. G. Car Club 21 20 K. Williams 65 Peugeot 21 21 Doug Bright 25 MGTC 21 22 B. Tapsall 45 Elford 15 DNFJohn French 16 Turner Alec Mildren 1100 to 2000 cc 23 DNF J. York Holden Special 22 DNF Tony Basile 31 Porsche Carrera 21 DNF Blair Salter 14 Elfin 18 DNF Bev Fleming 10 Lotus XI 15 DNF Tom Sulman 99 Lotus XV T. N. Sulman 1100 to 2000 cc 11 DNF K. Turner ? Centaur 6 DNS David Leighton ? Triumph TR - DNS Denis Geary ? Centaur Repco Holden Geary's Sports Cars - DNS Greg Cusack 7Lowood, 9 June 1963, mechanic Bruce Burr tends to Greg Cusack’s Elfin Mallala, aussieroadracing.homestead.com, as archived at web.archive.org Elfin Mallala Scuderia Veloce 1100 to 2000 cc - Race statistics Race distance: 27 laps – 80 miles Number of starters: 29 Number of finishers: 22 Winner's race time: 55 minutes 23.0 seconds Fastest lap: 1 minute 57.5 seconds, Ian Geoghegan, (Lotus 23) References Category:Australian Tourist Trophy Tourist Trophy Category:Sports competitions in Queensland Category:Motorsport in Queensland