Six Hour Le Mans
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The Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for sports cars and touring cars held annually in Western Australia, Australia from 1955 to 1972.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75863074 |title=LE MANS THRILLS SUNDAY |newspaper=The Mirror |volume=37 |issue=1825 |location=Western Australia |date=19 May 1956 |accessdate=25 November 2024 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=Stevenson, Kinder & Scott Corporate Photography | author2=HRRC | title=Le Mans Six Hour Race | publication-date=1967 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14773616 | access-date=25 November 2024}}
Initially run at the Caversham Airfield circuit, the event was moved, along with all other WA circuit racing, to the then new Wanneroo Raceway in 1969.
Winners
File:Lotus Super Seven S2 of John Evans.JPG in which Jeff Dunkerton won the 1963 Six Hour Le Mans. The car is pictured in 2012.]]
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1955
| Sydney Anderson / Sid Taylor | ||
1956 | Sydney Anderson / Sid Taylor | Austin-Healey 100 |
1957 | Sydney Anderson / Sid Taylor | Austin-Healey 100-4 |
1958 | Jim Harwood / Bill Downey | Triumph TR2 |
1959 | Clem Dwyer / Vin Smith | Triumph TR3 |
1960 | Jack Ayers / Lionel Beattie | Holden Sports |
1961 | Ray Barfield | Aston Martin DB3S |
1962 | Derek Jolly / John Roxburgh | Lotus 15 Coventry Climax |
1963 | Jeff Dunkerton | Lotus Super 7 |
1964 | Harley Pederick / Stan Starcevich | Jaguar E-type |
1965 | Spencer Martin / David McKay | Ferrari 250LM |
1966 | Ron Thorp | AC Cobra 289 |
1967 | Jeff Dunkerton / Doug Mould | Morris Cooper S |
1968 | Fritz Kohout | Porsche 911S |
1969 | Don O'Sullivan / Frank Matich | Lola T70 |
1970 | Don O'Sullivan / Howie Sangster | Lola T70 Mk. II |
1971 | Ray Thackwell, Jim Mullins | Porsche 911S |
1972 | Ray Thackwell, Jim Mullins | Porsche 911S |
References
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