1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race

September 2020 January 2012 The 1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race was a six-hour endurance race for touring cars held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1965.Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 21, 1965 The race, which was open to cars classified in Group 1 of international Appendix J,https://archive.today/20240527001509/https://www.webcitation.org/6OVOiQSsl?url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALFA-ROMEO-GTA-1800-GIULIA-SPRINT-GT-NEWSPAPER-TEST-RARE-1965-VINTAGE-/150789898495%3F_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&nma=true&si=x8efqDcwTPqld0uaXHwcuYodqEo=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Favorite for six-hour race, www.ebay.com As archived at www.webcitation.org on 1 April 2014 was the second in a sequence of races which would evolve into the Sandown 500. The race was won by Frank Gardner and Kevin Bartlett driving an Alfa Romeo TI Super entered by Alec Mildren Racing.Adrian Ryan, Sandown International Six-Hour - Mildren's Alfa makes it two in a row, Racing Car News, January 1966, pages 32 to 34 Classes Cars competed in five classes according to engine capacity. Class A : Over 3000cc Class B : 2001–3000cc Class C : 1501–2000cc Class D : 1101–1500cc Class E : Up to 1100cc Results Position DriversNo. Car EntrantClassClass positionLaps1 Frank GardnerKevin Bartlett26 Alfa Romeo TI Super Alec Mildren Racing Pty LtdC12312 Steve HollandAlbert Poon31 Ford Cortina Lotus Steve HollandC22273 Bob HoldenRon Haylen48 Morris Cooper S Killara Motor GarageD12174 John NewmarchDennis Dix23 Prince Skyline GT McDonald Motors Pty LtdC32175 William StanleyDigby Cooke50 Morris Cooper S Marque MotorsD22166 Max VolkersBarry Broomhall27 Ford Cortina Lotus Max VolkersC42167 Rod MurphyTerry Murphy45 Isuzu Bellett Aid Motors Pty LtdD32168 Brian SampsonWilliam Buckle43 Toyota Corona Australian Motor Industries LtdD42139 Fred SutherlandAlan Mottram2 Studebaker Lark C&G Motors Pty LtdA121310 Bob JaneGeorge Reynolds29 Ford Cortina Lotus Ford Motor Company of AustraliaC521211 Peter BrownRay Gulson42 Ford Cortina GT500 Canberra Speed ShopD521012 John RoxburghDoug Whiteford 12 Holden HD Manual John Roxburgh MotorsB120913 Ron KingAlan King62 Morris Cooper S Elko Motors Pty LtdE120914 Geoff RussellSyd Fisher24 Peugeot 404 PJ Regan Motors Pty LtdC620715 Warren WeldonBill Slattery3 Studebaker Lark Needham Motors Pty LtdA220716 Bill BurnsB Lawler7 Jaguar 3.8 Automatic Bill BurnsA320717 Ron StelmackBarry Coutts14 Fiat 2300 High Crest Motors Pty LtdB220618 John PeeblesRoss Edwards4 Ford Mustang Automatic Auto-Marine Land / Peter Wright MotorsA420519 Bob BrownGavin Bailieu61 Morris Cooper S BJ Auto Services Pty LtdE220220 David FraserBrian McGrath54 Renault R8 Gordini Renno MotorsD620221 Ewan FraserBruce Hindhaugh63 Morris Cooper S Head BrothersE319722 Brian ReedMax Stewart21 Triumph 2000 Australian Motor Industries LtdC719523 Les PalmerTerry Morris11 Holden HD Automatic Kelly Brothers MotorsB319524 Don PreeceDick Thurston6 Jaguar 3.4 Mk1 Hyperform Auto ServicesA519525 Pat CreaRon Grose46 Isuzu Bellett Aid Motors Pty LtdD719326 Garry ShoesmithAnthony Robards64 Vauxhall Viva Gerry ShoesmithE419327 Dianne LeightonKaye Whiteford65 Vauxhall Viva Winter & Taylor (Geelong) Pty LtdE518228 Mal BaileyJ Hicks22 Prince Skyline GT Malcolm BaileyC818129 Max PattersonIan Forde66 Morris 850 MJ PattersonE6178DNF Allan MoffatJim Palmer28 Ford Cortina Lotus Allan MoffatC-224DNF Kevin BurnsFrank Porter44 Isuzu Bellett Aid Motors Pty LtdD-?DNF Jim RussellClarrie Head 52 Morris Cooper S Head BrothersD-?DNF Hugh BrysonJ Crawford5 Jaguar 3.8 Mk2 Bryson Industries LtdA-?DNF Roberto BussinelloRalph Sachs25 Alfa Romeo GTA Alec Mildren Racing Pty LtdC-99Alfa Romeo takes six-hour race, The Melbourne Age, Monday, Nov 22, 1965DNF John ConnellyGerry Merrett53 Renault R8 Gordini L Park Tyre Service Pty LtdD-?DNF Spencer MartinWilliam Brown55 Renault R8 Gordini Renault AustraliaD-?DNF Brian FoleyPeter Manton47 Morris Cooper S Brian Foley MotorsD-?DNF Barry SetonHarry Firth41 Ford Cortina GT500 Ford Motor Company of AustraliaC-0DNF Charlie SmithL Stewart49 Morris Cooper S C SmithD-0 39 cars started the race and 29 finished. Names of drivers who were entered in the car but did not drive during the race are shown within brackets. Awards 1st automatic to finish – Car No 7 Alfa wins again in Sandown six hour race, Australian Motor Racing and Sporting Guide, 12th Edition for 1967, pages 74 to 76 – Bill Burns & B Lawler (Jaguar 3.8 Automatic) 1st Woman's Team to finish – Car No 65 – Dianne Leighton & Kaye Whiteford (Vauxhall Viva) 1st Nominated Team – Cars 48 & 50 – Bob Holden & Ron Haylen (Morris Cooper S) and William Stanley & Digby Cooke (Morris Cooper S) References Further reading Alfa wins through again at dull Six hours at Sandown, Australian Motor Manual, February 1966, pages 48 & 49 David McKay, Six Long, Long Hours at Sandown!, Modern Motor, February 1966, pages 73 to 75 Romsey Quints, Six Hour (Al)fandango, Wheels (magazine), February 1966, pages 48 to 51 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race 1964 Sandown 6 Hour International 1965 1966-67 Not Held1968 Datsun 3 Hour Trophy Category:Motorsport at Sandown International 6 Hour Touring Car Race