1964 Lowood 4 Hour

October 2020 April 2011 thumb|250px|Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966) The 1964 Lowood 4 Hour was a motor raceCortina GT is first home in Lowood 4-hour touring event, Australian Motor Sports, June 1964, pages 51 to 53 for production touring carsCover, Official Programme, Lowood 4hr. Production Touring Car Race, Sunday April 12, 1964 staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 12 April 1964. The race, which was promoted by the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club Ltd., was the first of three Lowood 4 Hour races to be held at the circuit. Whilst the emphasis was on class results,August 2026 the Ford Cortina GT driven by Harry Firth and John Raeburn had completed the greatest number of laps at the end of the four hours. This same car, driven by Harry Firth and Bob Jane, had won the 1963 Armstrong 500 endurance race at Bathurst six months before and was using the same set of tyres that had been on the car during its earlier victory. Classes Cars competed in four classes grouped according to the retail selling price of each car. Class A : Up to £900 Class B : £901 to £1,000 Class C : £1,001 to £1,200 Class D : £1,201 to £2,000 Results Position Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps Class A (Up to £900) 1 Lionel Ayers, Denis Geary 11 Hillman Imp Stradbroke Motors 87 2 Bruce Neville, Brian Tebble Morris 850 B.J. NevilleK. Shaw, Firth - Ford Combine at Lowood, Australian Autosportsman, May 1964, pages Thirty-three to Thirty-five 87 3 Gordon Ferrar, Roy Sawyer 15Des White, Lowood 4-Hour Touring Car Race, Racing Car News, May 1964, pages 9 & 10 Morris 850 Downshift Racing Team 83 4 Geoff Sakzewski, Errol Sakzewski Volkswagen Adams Form Pty Ltd 81 Class B (£901 to £1000) 1 Max Volkers, Glynn Scott Ford Cortina 1500 Ford Motor Company 96 2 Ken Peters, K. Shaw Morris Cooper Downshift Racing Team 95 3 W. Bailey, Viv Eddy Morris Cooper W. Bailey 94 4 B. Fleming, G. Symons 26 Renault R8 G.P. Cars 93 5 B. Tapsall, D. White Renault R8 92 6 J. Bertram, Bill Gates Renault R8 85 DNF Ron Hodgson, John French Morris Cooper Peter Uscinski Pty Ltd 69 DNF D. Gear, D. Barrett 27Brier Thomas, Four Hours at Lowood, Modern Motor, June 1964, pages 14 to 16 Morris Cooper 42 Class C (£1001 to £1200) 1 Harry Firth, John Raeburn 30Melb. drivers lead field in, The Courier Mail, Monday, 13 April 1964 Ford Cortina GT Ford Motor Company 100 2 G. Perry, B. Flynn Ford Cortina GT M. Volkers 94 Class D (£1201 to £2000) 1 Spencer Martin, Bill Brown 43 Fiat 2300 Scuderia Veloce 97 2 Bill Burns, Brian Lawler Fiat 2300 W. Burns 97 3 G. Ward, B. McPhee 41 Volvo B18 G. Ward 95 4 Sib Petralia, John Gillmeister 45 Fiat 2300 Europa Motors 94 5 G. Griffith, G. Perrin Humber Vogue Sports 92 DNF Fulla, Vine 42 Vauxhall VX4/90 Clive Nolan Motors Notes Of the 20 cars which started the race, 17 finished and three retired. The Butler Car Electrics Trophy for the first Queensland entrant was awarded to the Downshift Racing Team (Morris Cooper). References Category:Lowood 4 Hour Lowood 4 Hour