1965 Lowood 4 Hour

Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966)

The 1965 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 28 March 1965.[1] The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers Club,[1] was the second annual Lowood 4 Hour.[2] It was open to Production Touring Cars which had been manufactured after 28 March 1961, 100 examples of which had been registered in Australia by the closing date for entries.[3] The field was divided into four classes according to the retail price of each vehicle.[4] There were 33 starters in the event.[2]

Although the Morris Cooper S driven by John Harvey and Brian Foley took "line honours",[4] outright results were not officially recognised[2] and official results were only issued for class placings.[5]

Results

Position[2] Drivers[2] No.[6] Car[2] Entrant[6] Laps[6]
Class A : Cars up to £900[2]
1 Brian Flynn
John Route
Ford Cortina 1200 Barrie Broomhall Motors 91
2 Lionel Ayers
Warren Blomfield
11 Hillman Imp Stradbroke Motors 90
3 Geoff Shoesmith
Anthony Robards
? [7] Vauxhall Viva
4 Des West
Noel Eades
Vauxhall Viva Des West
5 Roy Sawyer
Gordon Ferrar
Ford Cortina 1200 Coolangatta Motors
6 Bob Williamson
Peter Harden
Hillman Imp
7 Don Mudd
Alan Kavanagh
Vauxhall Viva
8 Chris McSorley
R Skelton
Hillman Imp
Class B : £901 to £1,000[2]
1 Marie Nolan
Denis Geary
Ford Cortina 1500 John Timmins Autos 95
2 Des Kelly
Leigh Mitchell
Toyota Corona Rockhampton Car Sales 94
3 Steve Harvey
Bill Stanley
Morris Cooper White Nicholson Racing Team 94
4 Andrew Davis[6]
Paul Mander
Morris Cooper Andrew Davis 93
5 Arthur Treloar
Paul Donnelly
Isuzu Bellett Arthur Treloar 93
6 Craig Bell
Geoff Bernhagen
Isuzu Bellett Craig Bell Motor Center 93
7 Barry Tapsall
Albert Ward
Renault R8
8 Keith Shaw
Ken Peters
61[8] Morris Cooper
9 Kevin Johns
Graham Lax
Ford Cortina 1500
10 Max Volkers
Glyn Scott
Ford Cortina 1500 Ford Motor Company
11 Bob Bailey
Jim Reuter
29 Isuzu Bellett
DNF Barry Nixon-Smith
Jack Hughes
Morris Cooper
Class C : £1,001 to £1,200[2]
1 Harry Firth
John Raeburn
36 Ford Cortina GT Ford Motor Company 101
2 Barry Arentz
Brian Michelmore
Ford Cortina GT Barry Arentz 94
3 Evan Thomas
Eric Wedmaier
Holden EH 179 J Thomas & Sons 93
4 Don Smith
Bruce Stewart
Holden HD X2 59
5 Les Daly
Ron Lang
Ford Cortina GT
Class D : £1,201 to £2,000[2]
1 John Harvey
Brian Foley
40 Morris Cooper S R C Phillips 102
2 Barry Gibson
Tony Basile
Studebaker Daytona Barry Gibson 100
3 Ron O'Neill
Graham Perry
51 Ford Cortina Lotus Ron O'Neil's Parking Station 97
4 Geoff Sakzewski
Terry Kratzmann
Fiat 1500 Tony Basile Motors 92
5 Greg Watkins
Dave Harding
Fiat 1500
6 Bill Burns
Brian Lawler
Fiat 2300
7 Adrian Yannuccelli
John Gillmeister
Studebaker Lark
DNF Paul Zacka
Eric Pryor
Holden HD X2

Note: Car 51 was eligible for the race under a Lowood pro-rata clause.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Front cover, Official Programme, Lowood, 4 Hour Production Touring Car Race, Sunday, 18 March 1965
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Three out of four for Ford, Australian Motor Sports, June 1965, pages 40-41
  3. ^ Lowood 4-Hour Race, Racing Car News, December 1964, page 3
  4. ^ a b A Mixed Up Four Hour, Sports Car World, June 1965, page 54
  5. ^ Wins to Cortinas & Morris, The Courier Mail, Thursday, 1 April 1965, page 22
  6. ^ a b c d e 4 Hours at Lowood, Racing Car News, May 1965, pages 32-33
  7. ^ FoMoCo Dominate at Lowood, Australian Auto Sportsman, May 1965, pages 14 & 15 indicates that this car was No. 10 whereas 4 Hours at Lowood, Racing Car News, May 1965, pages 32-33 indicates No. 12
  8. ^ FoMoCo Dominate at Lowood, Australian Auto Sportsman, May 1965, pages 14 & 15

Further reading

  • Lowood's 4-hour lap charts to be checked, The Courier Mail, Monday, 29 March 1965, pages 17
  • Wins to Cortinas & Morris, The Courier Mail, Thursday, 1 April 1965, page 22