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.^[1]^[2]

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

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1955	Sydney Anderson / Sid Taylor	Austin-Healey 100M
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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^ "LE MANS THRILLS SUNDAY". Mirror. Vol. 37, no. 1825. Western Australia. 19 May 1956. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Stevenson, Kinder & Scott Corporate Photography; HRRC (1967), Le Mans Six Hour Race, retrieved 25 November 2024

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