1965 Six Hour Le Mans

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1965 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race open to Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars. The event was staged at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on Monday, 7 June 1965. Results were as follows:

The Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for sports cars and touring cars held annually in Western Australia from 1955 to 1972. Initially run at the Caversham Airfield circuit, the event was moved, along with all other WA circuit racing, to the then new Wanneroo Park Raceway in 1969.

Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,529,875 square kilometres, and the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. The state has about 2.6 million inhabitants – around 11 percent of the national total – of whom the vast majority live in the south-west corner, 79 per cent of the population living in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Spencer Martin David McKay	1	Ferrari 250LM	Scuderia Veloce	223
2	Ron Thorp	2	AC Cobra 289		211
3	Vic Watson Dave Sullivan	5	Hurricane V8		200
4	Max McCrackan Vin Smith	7	Lotus Elite		200
5	Ted Lisle Mike Tighe	33	Morris Cooper S		193
6	P Capelli Rick Lisle	36	Morris Cooper		188
Sports Cars 751-1100cc
1	Gary Griffiths Jeff Dunkerton	25	Austin-Healey Sprite		159
DNF	Nev McBeth Dick Ward	26	Austin-Healey Sprite
DNF	Don Noack Rod Slater	24	Renault 750
Sports Cars 1101-1500cc
1	Max McCrackan Vin Smith	7	Lotus Elite		200
2	Jeff Dunkerton	4	Lotus Super 7		132
3	Don Baker	23	Volkswagen		122
DNF	Warren Mathews Lou Orton	22	Volkswagen
DNF	Derek Vince Jack Ayers	8	Elfin		27
DNF	J Malhoney	21	Triumph Spitfire		27
Sports Cars 1501-2000cc
1	J Bavera R Mitchell	17	MGB		189
2	Bob Biltoff T Barlow	9	Porsche Super 90		166
3	R Britton	18	MGA		121
Sports Cars 2001-3000cc
1	Bill Dickson R Fielding	14	Holden		186
2	P Wilkins G Abbott	12	Triumph TR4		184
3	J Lewis D McKay	29	Holden		130
DNF	Rod Donovan	11	Holden		82
DNF	Rod Waller, Lionel Beattie	6	Repco Holden Sports		72
DNF	John Glasson	10	Atlantis		13
Sports Cars Over 3000cc
1	Spencer Martin David McKay	1	Ferrari 250LM	Scuderia Veloce	223
2	Ron Thorp	2	AC Cobra 289		211
3	Vic Watson Dave Sullivan	5	Hurricane V8		200
Improved Production Touring Cars 751-1100cc
1	Ted Lisle Mike Tighe	33	Morris Cooper S		193
2	P Capelli Rick Lisle	36	Morris Cooper		188
3	Stuart Kostera Derek Fletcher	39	Ford Anglia		183
Improved Production Touring Cars 1101-1500cc
1	Max Butt G Glatz	35	Ford Cortina		184
2	Ross Urquhart Craig McAllister	34	Ford Cortina		170
DNF	Owen Stringer M Tighe	32	Ford Cortina GT		152
DNF	Don O'Sullivan R McDowell	33	Ford Cortina GT		6
Improved Production Touring Cars 2001-3000cc
1	J Piesse H Vander Straaten	37	Holden		180
Improved Production Touring Cars Over 3000cc
1	Dick Roberts	30	Chrysler Valiant		119
Series Production Touring Cars 751-1100cc
1	H De Klerk M Cliff	42	Morris Cooper		176
DNF	D Black J Brewer	45	Vauxhall Viva		16
Series Production Touring Cars 1101-1500cc
1	Leon Shenton T Cuncliffe	44	Simca		166
Series Production Touring Cars 2000-3000cc
1	John Hughes D Black	40	Holden		168

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References

Modern Motor, August 1965
Racing Car News, July 1965
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