The 1965 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Lakeside circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 November 1965. [1] It was the ninth annual Australian Tourist Trophy race. [2] The race was open to sports cars as defined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) in its Appendix C regulations, [3] and it was recognized by CAMS as the Australian championship for sports cars. [2] It was won by Ian Geoghegan driving a Lotus 23b. [4]
Australian international driver Frank Gardner set the fastest practice time driving Alec Mildren's Mildren Maserati, but an engine failure during a preliminary heat resulted in Gardner being a non-starter in the Tourist Trophy. [1] Ian Geoghegan, driving a Lotus 23, dominated the race with Greg Cusack (Lotus 23) placed second and Spencer Martin (Ferrari 250LM) third. [1] Englishman Ken Miles, driving a Shelby Cobra 427 entered by Shelby American, posed a threat to leaders Geoghegan and Cusack until a suspension failure on lap 34 led to his retirement. [1]
| Position [1] | Driver [1] | No. [1] | Car [1] | Entrant [1] | Time / laps [1] |
| 1 | Ian Geoghegan | 5 | Lotus 23b [4] | Total Team [4] | 85:38.9 [4] |
| 2 | Greg Cusack | 7 [5] | Lotus 23 | G.Cusack [4] | 85:59.6 [4] |
| 3 | Spencer Martin | 1 [6] | Ferrari 250LM | Scuderia Veloce [4] | 80 [4] |
| 4 | Bob Jane | 6 [5] | Jaguar E Type | R. Jane [4] | 77 [4] |
| 5 | Frank Demuth | 26 [4] | Lola | Lane Cove Auto Port [4] | 76 [4] |
| 6 [4] | Wal Donnelly | Turner | W. Donnelly [4] | 74 [4] | |
| ? | Bill Gates | Lotus Elan | ? | ||
| ? | Errol Sakzewski | 91 [7] | Porsche Carrera [4] | ? | |
| ? | Blair Salter | 14 [8] | Elfin MG | ? | |
| DNF | Glyn Scott | Lotus 15 | Ann Thompson | ? | |
| DNF | Ken Miles | 4 | Shelby Cobra 427 | Shelby American | 34 |
| DNF | Denis Geary | 3 [8] | Lotus 23B | 23 | |
| DNF | Les Howard | Lotus 23 | 22 | ||
| DNS | Frank Gardner | 2 [6] | Mildren Maserati | Alec Mildren Racing | - |
| DNS [7] | Ron Thorp [7] | 69 [7] | AC Cobra [7] | - |
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