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1966 Le Mans 6 Hour Race 
Summary
The 1966 Le Mans 6 Hour Race[1] was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Improved Production Touring Cars and Series Production Touring Cars.[2] It was held at the Caversham Circuit in Western Australia on 6 June 1966 over a six-hour duration.[3] The race, which was the twelfth Six Hour Le Mans race, was won by Ron Thorp driving an AC Cobra 289.[4]
Results edit
| Position[2] | Drivers[2] | No.[2] | Car[2] | Class[2] | Class pos.[2] | Laps[3] |
| 1 | Ron Thorp | 2 | AC Cobra 289[4] | Sports | 1 | 202 |
| 2 | Ted Lisle | Morris Cooper S | Improved | 1 | 196 | |
| 3 | Stan Starcevich | 5 | Holden EH Special S4 | Improved | 2 | 194 |
| 4[5] | Gordon Stephenson, Neville Cooper[5] | Alfa Romeo Giulia GT Veloce[6] | Improved | 191 | ||
| ? | Dick Roberts | Chrysler Valiant | ||||
| ? | Dave Thomas | Morris Mini | Series | 1 | ||
| 20 | Cumper | 50 | Peugeot 403 | |||
| ? | Taylor | Triumph TR4 | ||||
| ? | David Rockford | Holden GT | ||||
| ? | Owen Stringer | Ford Cortina Mk1 | ||||
| ? | Bertina | Holden FJ "X2" | Sports | |||
| ? | Cuncliffe, Biltoft | Peugeot Sports | Sports | |||
| ? | Chapman, Sherrell | Triumph "TR3A" | ||||
| ? | Muhling | Morris Mini | ||||
| ? | Mould | Morris Mini | ||||
| ? | Urquhart | Lotus Super Seven | ||||
| ? | Rod Donovan | 30 | Holden 48/215 | |||
| DNF | Maslin, Williams | Renault | ||||
| DNF | Roger Fielding | Triumph TR4 | ||||
| DNF | Brockwell, Mitchell | Ford Anglia | ||||
| DNF | O'Sullivan, Downey | Ford Cortina GT500 | ||||
| DNF | Annear | Phoenix | ||||
| DNF | Fry | Morris Cooper S | ||||
| DNF | Scott | Peugeot | ||||
| DNF | Andy Buchanan | Ferrari 250LM | 76[3] | |||
| DNF | Vince, Charnley | Elfin | Sports | |||
| DNF | Max McCracken, Smith | Lotus Elite | Sports | |||
| DNF | Malcolm Seaward[3] | Triumph 2000 | ||||
| DNF[5] | J. Sinclair | Austin-Healey Sprite |
24 cars finished the race from a field of 44 starters.[3]
References edit
- ^ The actual race name is reported differently in various publications. "Le Mans 6 Hour Race" has been used here in line with the race name shown on the covers of the Official Programmes for the 1965 and 1967 races
- ^ a b c d e f g Peter Longley, Thorp Takes "Little Le Mans", Racing Car News, July 1968, pages 41 & 44
- ^ a b c d e Hat Trick At Caversham, The West Australian, Tuesday, June 7 1966, page 14
- ^ a b Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56-59
- ^ a b c Western Australian Motor Race Results 1966, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, page 102