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

| Drivers

| align="center" | No.

| Car

| Entrant

| Class pos.

| Class

| align="center" | Laps

height="14" align="center" | 1

| Sydney Anderson, Sid Taylor

| align="center" | 1

| Austin-Healey 100-4

| We Never Sleep Pty Ltd

| align="center" | 1

| Sports cars Over 1500cc

| align="center" | 147

height="14" align="center" | 2

| Alan Mackintosh, John Trowell

| align="center" |  

| Triumph TR2

| Sydney Anderson Autos

|  

|  

| align="center" | 143

height="14" align="center" | 3

| R Heath, M Williams

| align="center" |  

| Jaguar XK120

| RE Heath

|  

|  

| align="center" | 142

height="14" align="center" | 4

| H Mackinlay

| align="center" |  

| Simca Elysee

|  

| align="center" | 1

| Closed cars 1100cc - 1500cc

| align="center" | 137

height="14" align="center" | 5

| D Blythe

| align="center" |  

| Austin A55

|  

|  

|  

| 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" |  

| Ford Anglia

|  

|  

|  

| align="center" | 128

height="14" align="center" | 8

| C Dwyer, V Smith

| align="center" |  

| Renault Dauphine

|  

| align="center" | 1

| Closed cars Under 850cc

| align="center" | 123

height="14" align="center" | 9

| R Downey, R Annear

| align="center" |  

| Austin A30

|  

|  

|  

| align="center" | 122

height="14" align="center" | 10

| C van Buren, M van Buren

| align="center" |  

| Volkswagen

|  

|  

|  

| align="center" | 122

height="14" align="center" | 11

| B Martin, D Hendrix

| align="center" |  

| Volkswagen

|  

|  

|  

| align="center" | 121

height="14" align="center" | 12

| N Aldous, A Melrose

| align="center" |  

| Renault 750

|  

|  

|  

| 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" |  

| Volkswagen

|  

|  

|  

| 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).

References