1961 Six Hour Le Mans

The 1961 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for sports cars and sedans. The race was staged at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on Monday, 5 June 1961. It was the seventh annual Six Hour Le Mans.Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around The Houses - The History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59 The race was won by Ray Barfield driving an Aston Martin DB3S. Results PositionWestern Australian Motor Race Results 1961, terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org Drivers No. Car Entrant Category Cat. Pos. Class Class Pos. Laps 1 Ray Barfield 1 Aston Martin DB3S Sport Cars 1st Sport Cars Over 2601 cc 1st 187 2 Bob McDowall 3 Triumph TR3A Sport Cars 2nd Sport Cars 1601-2000 cc 1st 183 3 Vic Johnson 8 Austin-Healey 100-4Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 151 Sport Cars 3rd 173 4 Wally Knox, B. McKay 7 Holden FX Sedans 1st Sedans 2001-2600 cc 1st 171 5 Dave Sadique, Ted Hanke 17 Simca Montlhéry Sedans 2nd Sedans 1001-1300 cc 1st 169 6 Nev McBeth, Gordon Bell 27 Austin-Healey Sprite Sport Cars Sport Cars 0 to 1,000 cc 1st 167 7 John Glasson 16 Austin Lancer Sedans 3rd Sedans 1301-1600 cc 1st 161 8 Vin Smith, Peter Bond 25 Ford Anglia Sedans Sedans 851-1000 cc 1st 161 9 Lloyd Trezise 28 Ford V8 Sedans Sedans Over 2601 cc 1st 158 10 David McKay, Jack Wynhoff 23 Renault Gordini Diesel Motors Sedans Sedans 0-850 cc 1st 158 11 Roy Bolton 12 Standard Vanguard 155 12 L. Stevens, J. Ward 26 Ford Anglia 153 13 R. Swindells, R Flugge 9 Austin-Healey 151 14 Don Reimann, R. Bettridge 24 Ford Anglia 139 15 John Covich, A. M. Bone 21 Renault Dauphine 117 16 Max McCrackan, A. Keightley 20 Elfin Simca Sport Cars Sport Cars 1001-1600 cc 1st 93 17 Lionel Beattie 2 Repco Holden Sports Sport Cars Sport Cars 2001-2600 cc 1st 50 18 Bob Annear 14 Pegasis 47 DNF K. Lang, R. E. Saunders 15 HRG DNF Bill Inwood, G. H. Shilkin 19 Simca DNF Stan Starcevich 33 Holden Sports 153 DNF Wally Higgs, Noel Potts 30 NSU Prinz 137 DNF Dave Sullivan 4 Holden 64 DNF George Wakelin 5 Holden 42 DNF Mike Tighe 18 Simca 40 DNF H. Van Laanen 10 Austin-Healey 3 DNS C. Reardon, Jack Ayers 6 Holden - DNS Colin Metcher 29 Monza Healey - DNS Jack Ayers, Mal Chapman 31 Austin-Healey 100-6 - DNS Noel Aldous 32 Monza Healey - The winning car covered a record 187 laps (385 miles / 620 km) despite the fact that it rained throughout the race. References Category:Six Hours Le Mans Six Hour Le Mans Category:June 1961 sports events in Australia