1957 Le Mans Six Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)
The 1957 Le Mans Six Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race staged at the Caversham Circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1957.Lost Wheel Gave Spectators Jolt, The West Australian, Tuesday, June 4, 1957 The event, which included classes for "Sports cars" and "Closed cars",[http://www.terrywalkersplace.com/Results/1957-all.pdf Western Australian Motor Race Results 1957, www.terrywalkersplace.com]Retrieved on 18 June 2013. 2013-06-20. was the third annual "Six Hour Le Mans" race to be staged at Caversham.Terry Walker, Six Hour Le Mans, Around The Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 18 to 21 The race was won by Sydney Anderson and Sid Taylor driving an Austin-Healey 100-4, the win being the third consecutive "Six Hour Le Mans" victory by the pair.
Results
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| height="14" align="center" | Position | align="center" | No. | Entrant |
height="14" align="center" | 1
| Sydney Anderson, Sid Taylor | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1 | Sports cars Over 1500cc | align="center" | 147 |
height="14" align="center" | 2
| Alan Mackintosh, John Trowell | align="center" | | | | align="center" | 143 |
height="14" align="center" | 3
| R Heath, M Williams | align="center" | | | | align="center" | 142 |
height="14" align="center" | 4
| H Mackinlay | align="center" | | | align="center" | 1 | Closed cars 1100cc - 1500cc | align="center" | 137 |
height="14" align="center" | 5
| D Blythe | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 136 |
height="14" align="center" | 6
| J Gibbons | align="center" | | MG TF | | align="center" | 1 | Sports cars Under 1500cc | align="center" | 130 |
height="14" align="center" | 7
| W Allwood | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 128 |
height="14" align="center" | 8
| C Dwyer, V Smith | align="center" | | | align="center" | 1 | Closed cars Under 850cc | align="center" | 123 |
height="14" align="center" | 9
| R Downey, R Annear | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 122 |
height="14" align="center" | 10
| C van Buren, M van Buren | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 122 |
height="14" align="center" | 11
| B Martin, D Hendrix | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 121 |
height="14" align="center" | 12
| N Aldous, A Melrose | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 118 |
height="14" align="center" | 13
| J Harwood, B Ranford Jr | align="center" | | | | | | align="center" | 111 |
height="14" align="center" | 14
| P Hahn, E Hahn | align="center" | | | | | align="center" | 95 |
The total number of starters in the race is unknown.
The winning car covered 350 miles (564 km) at an average speed of 64 mph (103 km/h).