1962 Bathurst Six Hour Classic

August 2017 August 2017 thumb|Map of the track The 1962 Bathurst Six Hour Classic was an endurance race for production touring cars and production sports cars.Official Programme, Bathurst 6 Hour Classic, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Sunday, 30 September 1962 The event was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, on 30 September 1962. There was no outright winner of the race, official results being declared only for the six divisions.Mike Kable, Bathurst's Six-Hour Battlers, Wheels, December 1962, pages 40 to 43 & 75 Results Division A : Production Touring Cars Up To £900 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 F. Kleinig Frank Kleinig, Jnr.David McKay, Six Hours on the Mount, Modern Motor, December 1962, pages 38 to 40 & 95 to 96 5 Morris 850 F. Kleinig Motors 88 2 R. Haylen A. Hill 3 Morris 850 Motoria Pty. Ltd. 87 3 D. West W Pitt 12 Škoda Super Octavia Hercules Motors Pty. Ltd. 87 4 Tony Allan David Hooker 4 Morris 850 Team Hooker-Allan 87 5 W. Shepherd R. Morris 2 NSU Prinz Ray Morris Motors 84 6 F. McEnroe D. Humphreys 9 Morris 850 John R. Malcolm Motors 83 7 J. Cummins D Johnson 15 Hillman Husky Sydney Speed Shop 82 8 J. Gates M. Nedelko 14 Ford Anglia Kloster Pty. Ltd. 79 9 Arnold Glass Noel Hall 7 Datsun Bluebird Capitol Motors 78 10 W. Weekes B. Fleming 10 Morris 850 G.P. Cars Racing Team 78 11 K. Malcolm Ralph Sach 1 NSU Prinz Boss Hill Service Station 66 12 Lorraine Hill Virginia Lighezzolo 11 Škoda Super Octavia Hercules Motors Pty. Ltd. 63 13 Alwyn Rose T Sulman 8 Datsun Bluebird Capitol Motors 61 DNF John French Paul Bolton 6 Datsun Bluebird Capitol Motors Division B : Production Touring Cars £901 to £1050 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 John Martin C. Hodges 21 Škoda Felicia Hercules Motors Pty. Ltd. 88 2 Ron Hodgson Digby Cooke 23 Morris Major Elite Lovell Motors Pty. Ltd. 88 3 K. Lindsay A. Heasman 16 Morris Major Elite Ken Lindsay Motors 87 4 Peter WherrettPeter Wherrett, The Quest for the Perfect Car, 1999, pages 58-59 Frank Davidson 22 Hillman Minx Australian DeLuxe Lovell Motors Pty Ltd 87 5 Carl Kennedy Doug Stewart 20 Simca Aronde Harden & Johnston Pty. Ltd. 87 6 W. Parker A. Stanfield 17 Fiat 1100 Bill Parker 80 DNF Bill March Allan Bridge 18 Renault Gordini W. March DNF J. Downie P. Treglown 19 Morris Major Orana Auo Sales Division C : Production Touring Cars £1051 to £1250 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Bruce McPhee Barry Mulholland 24 Morris Cooper Regal Motors Pty. Ltd. 95 2 Charlie Smith B. Maher 28 Austin Freeway C. G. Smith 95 3 Barry Gurdon J. Trevor-Jones 27 Austin Freeway Gurdon Motor Pty. Ltd. 89 4 I Grant T Marden 25 Holden Geissler Motors 89 5 Bob Holden K. Brigden 30 Peugeot 403 Killara Motors 88 6 Ron Marshall Bruce Marshall 26 Holden Marshall's Garage 79 DNF Bob Jane Harry Firth 29 Ford Falcon XK Ford Motor Coy (Aust) Pty. Ltd. 38 Division D : Production Touring Cars £1251 to £1700 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Don Algie Kingsley Hibbard 35 Studebaker Lark Hospital Hill Motors, Wollongong 99 2 David McKay Greg Cusack 37 Fiat 1500 Scuderia Veloce Pty. Ltd. 98 3 Peter Williamson K. Whightley 40 Fiat 1500 P. Williamson 97 4 Bill Buckle Brian Foley 34 Citroën ID19 Scuderia Veloce Pty. Ltd. 97 5 B. Lawler H. Gapps 33 Fiat 1500 Otten Motors 96 6 Jim Wright Frank Hann 36 Studebaker Lark J. Wright 95 7 Bill Slattery J. Burge 38 Studebaker Lark Needham Motors Pty. Ltd. 92 8 Lance Hill Ralph Long 32 Fiat 1500 L. Hill 91 9 Bill Burns Mike Crampton 31 Fiat 1500 Bill Burns Hire Cars 14 DNF Brian Shaw George Murray 39 Fiat 2300 B. G. Shaw 0 Division E : Production Sports Cars Up To £1500 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Tony Reynolds Les Howard 45 Morgan Plus 4 A. J. Reynolds 94 2 Bill Reynolds Kevin Bartlett 41 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I Mrs E. Peck 86 3 D. Owen C. Wear 42 MGA 1500 P. A. Owen 86 DNF K. John Peter Caldecoat 43 MGA 1600 K. S. John Division F : Production Sports Cars £1501 to £2000 Pos. Drivers No. Car Entrant Laps 1 Leo Geoghegan Ian GeogheganBruce Polain, 6 Hours of speed at Mt. Panorama, Australian Motor Sport, November 1962, pages 26, 27 & 5 52 Daimler SP250 Geoghegan Motors, Liverpool 104 2 C. Lansdowne Holt Binnie 46 Triumph TR4 G. Lansdowne 100 3 Gordon Lansdowne Dianne Walker 47 Triumph TR4 G. Lansdowne 98 4 Matt Daddo Bill Stanley 50 MGA Twin Cam Scuderia Octagon 72 DNFThe MGA Twin Cams of Claydon / Gibson & Clarke / Lazich were not listed as finishers in the Wheels race results N. Claydon F. Gibson 51 MGA Twin Cam N. Claydon DNF Jim Clarke A. Lazich 49 MGA Twin Cam J. Clarke Notes: The Team's Prize was won by the Studebaker Larks entered by Hospital Hill Motors, Wollongong, J. Wright and Needham Motors Pty. Ltd. References Further reading A History Of Australian Motor Sport, 1980 118 MPH Speeds in Gruelling Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 1 October 1962 1962 Bathurst 6 Hour Classic, Australian Muscle Car, Issue 64, pages 114 to 118 External links "Daimler SP250 in Australia", including image of the Geoghegan car in the 1962 Bathurst Six Hour Classic, wwww.dlocaustralia.org via web.archive.org 1962 Bathurst Six Hour Classic (video), www.youtube.com Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Bathurst Six Hour Classic