The 1964 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia on 12 April 1964. The event, which was promoted by the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club Ltd. was effectively four races in one, as cars competed in separate classes according to the retail price of each model.

Whilst the official emphasis was on class results, the Ford Cortina GT

Ford Cortina

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 driven by Harry Firth

Harry Firth

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 and John Raeburn was hailed by many as the winner, having completed the most number of laps at the end of the four hours. This same car, driven by Firth and Bob Jane

Bob Jane

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, had won the 1963 Armstrong 500

1963 Armstrong 500

The 1963 Armstrong 500 was the fourth running of the Armstrong 500 touring car race. It was held on 6 October 1963. After the 1962 race, the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit was too damaged to continue to stage the race, forcing it to move to a new location, the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside...

 endurance race at Bathurst, New South Wales

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 six months before and was using the same set of tyres that had been on the car during its earlier victory.

Class results were as follows.
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Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
	Class A (Up to £900)
1	Lionel Ayers, Denis Geary	11	Hillman Imp Hillman Imp The Hillman Imp is a compact, rear-engined saloon car that was manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group from 1963 to 1976...	Stradbroke Motors	87
2	Bruce Neville, Brian Tebble		Morris 850 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...	Downshift Racing Team	87
3	G Ferrar, R Sawyer	15	Morris 850		83
4	G Sakzewski & E Sakzewski		Volkswagen Volkswagen Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...	Adams Form Pty Ltd	81
	Class B (£991 to £1000)
1	Max Volkers, Glynn Scott		Ford Cortina 1500	Ford Motor Company Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	96
2	K Peters, K Shaw		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...	Downshift Racing Team	95
3	W Bailey, V Eddy		Morris Cooper		94
4	B Fleming, G Symons	26	Renault R8	G.P. Cars	93
5	B Tapsall, D White		Renault R8		92
6	J Bertram, Bill Gates		Renault R8		85
DNF	Ron Hodgson		Morris Cooper	Peter Escinski Pty Ltd	69
DNF	D Gear, D Barrett		Morris Cooper		42
	Class C (£1001 to £1200)
1	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... , John Raeburn	30	Ford Cortina GT	Ford Motor Company Ford Works Team (Australia) The Ford Works Team was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia. The team was formed in 1962 and was wound up when Ford withdrew from motor racing at the end of 1973...	100
2	G Perry, B Flynn		Ford Cortina GT		94
	Class D (£1201 to £2000)
1	Spencer Martin, W Brown	43	Fiat 2300 Fiat 2300 The Fiat 2300 is an automobile which was produced by Italian automotive manufacturer Fiat between 1961 and 1969.Mechanically the 2300 lived up to its expectations with power assisted brake discs for all four wheels and a powerful 2.3 litre six cylinder engine...	Scuderia Veloce	97
2	Bill Burns, B Lawler		Fiat 2300		97
3	G Ward, B McPhee		Volvo B18 Volvo Amazon The Volvo Amazon was a mid-size car manufactured by Volvo Cars from 1956 to 1970, and introduced in the USA, as the 122S at the New York International Auto Show in April 1959....		95
4	S Petralia, L Gillmeister	45	Fiat 2300	Europa Motors	94
5	G Griffith, G Perrin		Humber Vogue Sports Singer (car) Singer was an automobile company founded in 1905 in Coventry, England. It was acquired by the Rootes Group of the United Kingdom in 1956, who continued the brand until 1970...		92
DNF	Fulla	42	Vauxhall VX 4/90 Vauxhall Victor The original Victor, launched on 28 February 1957, was dubbed the F series and saw a production run totalling over 390,000 units. The car was of unitary construction and featured a large glass area with heavily curved windscreen and rear window. Following then current American styling trends, the...	Clive Nolan Motors