1957 Le Mans Six Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)
Appearance
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.[1] The event, which included classes for "Sports cars" and "Closed cars",[2] was the third annual "Six Hour Le Mans" race to be staged at Caversham.[3] 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.[3]
Results
[edit]Position[1] | Drivers[1] | No. | Car[1] | Entrant | Class pos.[1] | Class[1] | Laps[1] |
1 | Sydney Anderson,[3] Sid Taylor[3] | 1 | Austin-Healey 100-4[3] | We Never Sleep Pty Ltd[3] | 1 | Sports cars Over 1500cc | 147 |
2 | Alan Mackintosh,[3] John Trowell[3] | Triumph TR2 | Sydney Anderson Autos[3] | 143 | |||
3 | R Heath,[1] M Williams[1] | Jaguar XK120 | RE Heath[3] | 142 | |||
4 | H Mackinlay | Simca Elysee | 1 | Closed cars 1100cc - 1500cc | 137 | ||
5 | D Blythe | Austin A55 | 136 | ||||
6 | J Gibbons | MG TF | 1 | Sports cars Under 1500cc | 130 | ||
7 | W Allwood | Ford Anglia | 128 | ||||
8 | C Dwyer, V Smith | Renault Dauphine | 1 | Closed cars Under 850cc | 123 | ||
9 | R Downey, R Annear | Austin A30 | 122 | ||||
10 | C van Buren, M van Buren | Volkswagen | 122 | ||||
11 | B Martin, D Hendrix | Volkswagen | 121 | ||||
12 | N Aldous, A Melrose | Renault 750 | 118 | ||||
13 | J Harwood, B Ranford Jr | 111 | |||||
14 | P Hahn, E Hahn | Volkswagen | 95 |
The total number of starters in the race is unknown.
The winning car covered 350 miles[1] (564 km) at an average speed of 64 mph[1] (103 km/h).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lost Wheel Gave Spectators Jolt, The West Australian, Tuesday, June 4, 1957
- ^ Western Australian Motor Race Results 1957, www.terrywalkersplace.comRetrieved on 18 June 2013. 2013-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Terry Walker, Six Hour Le Mans, Around The Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 18 to 21