1964 Australian Touring Car Championship
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The 1964 Australian Touring Car Championship
was a CAMS
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Appendix J Touring Cars
and Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Lakeside circuit
in Queensland
, Australia
on 26 July 1964. The race was won by Ian Geoghegan
, the first of his five Australian Touring Car Championship title. Geoghegan drove a Ford Cortina in Ford's first championshi victory, the first time the Jaguars had been defeated for the title.
's Mark II was certainly a potential front runner, the rise of the Ford Cortina
in either its GT specification or the Lotus tuned version, of which only Jim McKeown
's was ready in time for the race. For the first time too Holden was a front runner with the S4 versions of the EH Holden
. In the lead up to the race Ian Geoghegan rolled and destroyed his Cortina and a factory test car was driven up from Melbourne to get Geoghegan back in the race.
Brian Muir lead from the start but was picked off by Jim McKeown in the early running. Muir was then passed by Jane who then moved into the lead when McKeown had a brief off and dropped behind Muir to third. Later McKeown cliiped the abandon Warren Weldon Holden and hit the barriers, promoting Norm Beechey into third, a position he lost to Ian Geogehegan just passed half-distance. Jane struck clutch problems and dropped down the order putting Muir back into the lead. Beechey climed into second, not only was an Australian car leading the ATCC for the first but was second as well. With 13 laps to go though Muir pitted to replace a worn out tyre. Geoghegan pushed Beechey hard and with seven laps to go took the lead and won. Behind Beechey, Jane limped home for second ahead of the Minis of Brian Foley and Peter Manton with local Glynn Scott home for sixth position.
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Australian Touring Car Championship
The Australian Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested, but the title lives on, with the winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series awarded the trophy and title of Australian Touring Car Champion.-History:The...
was a CAMS
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport
The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....
sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Appendix J Touring Cars
Appendix J Touring Cars
Appendix J Touring Cars was an Australian motor racing category for modified, production based sedans. It was the premier form of Touring car racing in Australia from 1960 to 1964....
and Group E Series Production Touring Cars. The championship was contested over a single race staged at the Lakeside circuit
Lakeside International Raceway
Lakeside Park, formerly known as Lakeside International Raceway is a motor racing circuit located at Pine Rivers north of Brisbane and lies adjacent to Lake Kurwongbah....
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on 26 July 1964. The race was won by Ian Geoghegan
Ian Geoghegan
Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene...
, the first of his five Australian Touring Car Championship title. Geoghegan drove a Ford Cortina in Ford's first championshi victory, the first time the Jaguars had been defeated for the title.
Race
For the first time the race was held at a circuit within easy reach of a major city. Lakeside's proximity to Brisbane ensured a large crowd as for the first time the race appeared wide open with many fancied runners. The Jaguars had faded, although Bob JaneBob Jane
Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,...
's Mark II was certainly a potential front runner, the rise of the Ford Cortina
Ford Cortina
As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...
in either its GT specification or the Lotus tuned version, of which only Jim McKeown
Jim McKeown (racing driver)
Jim McKeown was an Australian racing driver who competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1964 to 1972, with a best finish of 2nd in the 1970 title...
's was ready in time for the race. For the first time too Holden was a front runner with the S4 versions of the EH Holden
Holden EH
The Holden EH is an automobile which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1963 to 1965.The EH was released in August 1963 replacing the Holden EJ series and was the first Holden to incorporate the new "Red" motor. This new "Red" motor featured 7 main bearings as opposed to 4...
. In the lead up to the race Ian Geoghegan rolled and destroyed his Cortina and a factory test car was driven up from Melbourne to get Geoghegan back in the race.
Brian Muir lead from the start but was picked off by Jim McKeown in the early running. Muir was then passed by Jane who then moved into the lead when McKeown had a brief off and dropped behind Muir to third. Later McKeown cliiped the abandon Warren Weldon Holden and hit the barriers, promoting Norm Beechey into third, a position he lost to Ian Geogehegan just passed half-distance. Jane struck clutch problems and dropped down the order putting Muir back into the lead. Beechey climed into second, not only was an Australian car leading the ATCC for the first but was second as well. With 13 laps to go though Muir pitted to replace a worn out tyre. Geoghegan pushed Beechey hard and with seven laps to go took the lead and won. Behind Beechey, Jane limped home for second ahead of the Minis of Brian Foley and Peter Manton with local Glynn Scott home for sixth position.
Results
| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Class Pos. | Class | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Geoghegan Ian Geoghegan Ian "Pete" Geoghegan, was an Australian race car driver, known for a quick wit and natural driving skills. Geoghegan was one of the iconic characters of the 1960s and 1970s Australian motor racing scene... |
5 | Ford Cortina GT Mk.I Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era... |
Total Team | 1 | 1301 to 2000cc | 50 |
| 2 | Norm Beechey Norm Beechey Norm Beechey was an Australian race car driver, given the nickname "Stormin Norman". To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Beechey competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972 winning the title in 1965 driving a Ford... |
4 | Holden EH Special S4 Holden EH The Holden EH is an automobile which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1963 to 1965.The EH was released in August 1963 replacing the Holden EJ series and was the first Holden to incorporate the new "Red" motor. This new "Red" motor featured 7 main bearings as opposed to 4... |
Neptune Racing Team | 1 | Over 2600cc | 50 |
| 3 | Bob Jane Bob Jane Robert "Bob" Jane is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers,... |
7 | Jaguar 3.8 Mk II Jaguar Mark 2 The Jaguar Mark 2 is a medium sized saloon car built from 1959 to 1967 by the Jaguar company in Coventry, England, as successors to the Jaguar 2.4 and 3.4 models, manufactured between 1957 and 1959... |
2 | Over 2600cc | 50 | |
| 4 | Brian Foley | Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
1 | 1001 to 1300cc | 50 | ||
| 5 | Peter Manton | Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
Neptune Racing Team | 2 | 1001 to 1300cc | 50 | |
| 6 | Glyn Scott | Ford Cortina GT Mk.I Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era... |
Max Volkers | 2 | 1301 to 2000cc | 49 | |
| 7 | Brian Muir | 1 | Holden EH Special S4 Holden EH The Holden EH is an automobile which was produced by General Motors-Holden's in Australia from 1963 to 1965.The EH was released in August 1963 replacing the Holden EJ series and was the first Holden to incorporate the new "Red" motor. This new "Red" motor featured 7 main bearings as opposed to 4... |
Scuderia Veloce | 3 | Over 2600cc | 48 |
| 8 | John French John French (racing driver) John French is a retired Australian racing driver.French had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s and the early 80s. He won the 1962 Australian GT Championship driving a Centaur-Waggott and in 1969 French paired with Allan Moffat to win the Sandown Three Hour race in a Ford Falcon GTHO... |
Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
3 | 1001 to 1300cc | |||
| 9 | Barry Seton Barry Seton Barry Seton , , is an Australian racing driver. He won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth driving a Ford Cortina GT500. He has competed in the Bathurst 500 22 times, competing every year from 1963 to 1984, and completing the race in fifteen of those... |
51 | Holden 48-215 Holden 48-215 The Holden 48-215, also known unofficially as the Holden FX is a mid-size, six-cylinder sedan which was produced by the Australian automaker, General Motors–Holden's Ltd between November 1948 and October 1953.... |
1 | 2001 to 2600cc | ||
| 10 | Harry Firth Harry Firth Harry L. Firth is an Australian former racing driver and team manager. Firth was a leading race and rally driver during the 1950s and 1960s and continued as an influential team manager well into the 1970s... |
Ford Cortina GT Mk.I Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era... |
3 | 1301 to 2000cc | |||
| 11 | Richard Arblaster | Austin Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
4 | 1001 to 1300cc | |||
| 12 | Steve Harvey | 28 | Morris Cooper Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
1 | Up to 1000cc | ||
| 13 | Malcolm Bailey | Ford Zephyr Mk.III Ford Zephyr The Ford Zephyr was a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Between 1950 and 1972, it was sold as a more powerful six-cylinder saloon to complement the four-cylinder Ford Consul: from 1962 the Zephyr itself was offered in both four- and six-cylinder versions.The Zephyr... |
2 | 2001 to 2600cc | |||
| 14 | Brendan Hare | 47 | Renault 750 Renault 4CV The Renault 4CV was an economy car produced by the French manufacturer Renault from August 1947-July 1961. The first French car to sell over a million units, the 4CV was ultimately superseded by the Renault Dauphine.... |
2 | Up to 1000cc | ||
| DNF | Des West | Holden 48-215 Holden 48-215 The Holden 48-215, also known unofficially as the Holden FX is a mid-size, six-cylinder sedan which was produced by the Australian automaker, General Motors–Holden's Ltd between November 1948 and October 1953.... |
2001 to 2600cc | 37 | |||
| DNF | Ron Clark | Morris Cooper S Mini The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers... |
1001 to 1300cc | ||||
| DNF | Jim McKeown Jim McKeown (racing driver) Jim McKeown was an Australian racing driver who competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1964 to 1972, with a best finish of 2nd in the 1970 title... |
3 | Ford Cortina Lotus Mk.I Lotus Cortina The Lotus-Cortina is a high-performance car, which was produced in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1970 by the Ford in collaboration with Lotus Cars. The original version, which was based on the Ford Cortina Mark 1, was promoted by Ford as the "Consul Cortina developed by Lotus", with "Consul"... |
Neptune Racing Team | 1301 to 2000cc | 19 | |
| DNF | Warren Weldon | 91 | Holden 48-215 Holden 48-215 The Holden 48-215, also known unofficially as the Holden FX is a mid-size, six-cylinder sedan which was produced by the Australian automaker, General Motors–Holden's Ltd between November 1948 and October 1953.... |
2001 to 2600cc | 14 | ||
| DNF | Brian Michelmore | Ford Cortina GT Mk.I Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era... |
1301 to 2000cc | ||||
| DNF | Clem Smith | 46 | Chrysler Valiant R Series Chrysler Valiant The Chrysler Valiant is a passenger car which was introduced by Chrysler Australia in 1962 with production ceasing in 1981. Initially a rebadged locally assembled Plymouth Valiant from the U.S., the Valiant range was sold throughout Australia and New Zealand, as well as South Africa... |
Over 2600cc | 1 | ||
| DNS | Bob Lidgate |
External links
- Australian Titles Retrieved from CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport on 26 August 2008.
- Lakeside circuit history including photo of the start of the 1964 ATCC race Retrieved from tasman-series.com on 26 August 2008.
- 1964 Touring Car gallery including ATCC images Retrieved from Autopics on 7 September 2008