1966 Lowood 4 Hour
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The 1966 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race for production sedans held at the Lowood circuit
in Queensland
, Australia
on 27 March 1966. The 34 starters competed in four classes based on vehicle retail price with an additional class for cars with automatic transmission
. Officially, only class placings were recognised but the well publicised if unofficial "line honours" went to the Scuderia Veloce entered Volvo 122S driven by David McKay and Bill Orr. Initial reports had the Firth / Seton Ford Cortina GT500 listed as taking line honours but this was later corrected.
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Note: Above results have been compiled from the various referenced sources, none of which list all competing vehicles.
Lowood circuit
The Lowood Airfield Circuit was a motor racing venue in Queensland, Australia which was used from 1946 to 1966. It was located at a former wartime airfield site at Mount Tarampa, near Lowood, 72 km west of the state capital Brisbane...
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 27 March 1966. The 34 starters competed in four classes based on vehicle retail price with an additional class for cars with automatic transmission
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission is one type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually...
. Officially, only class placings were recognised but the well publicised if unofficial "line honours" went to the Scuderia Veloce entered Volvo 122S driven by David McKay and Bill Orr. Initial reports had the Firth / Seton Ford Cortina GT500 listed as taking line honours but this was later corrected.
Results
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
Class A : Up to $1720 | |||||
1 | M Schneider, M Brewster | Morris Mini Deluxe 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... |
Marque Motors | 93 | |
2 | Joe Camilleri, L Gould | Morris Mini Deluxe | J Camilleri | 91 | |
3 | H Beiers, I Beiers | Morris Mini Deluxe | H&I Beiers | 90 | |
4 | J Humphrey, J Osborne | Morris Mini Deluxe | Humphreys Golden Fleece Service Station | 90 | |
5 | Harrison | Ford Anglia Ford Anglia The 1949 model, code E494A, was a makeover of the previous model with a rather more 1940s style front-end, including the sloped, twin-lobed radiator grille. Again it was a very spartan vehicle and in 1948 was Britain's lowest priced four wheel car.... |
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? | Williams | Fiat 850S Fiat 850 The Fiat 850 is a small longitudinal-rear-engined rear wheel drive car which was produced between 1964 and 1973.-Overview:Its technical design was an evolution of the very successful Fiat 600. The internal name for the Fiat 600 development project was "Project 100" and consequently, the internal... |
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? | Kennedy, Perrett | Morris Mini Deluxe | |||
DNF | Gary Shoesmith, Woelders | Vauxhall Viva Vauxhall Viva The Viva was a small family car produced by Vauxhall Motors in a succession of three versions between 1963 and 1979. These were known as the HA, the HB and the HC series.... |
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Class B : $1721 – $2200 | |||||
1 | Bill Stanley, Digby Cooke | 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... |
Marque Motors | 99 | |
2 | Max Volkers, G Perry | Ford Cortina 1500 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... |
R O'Neill's Parking Station | 98 | |
3 | B Tapsall, B Gates | Datsun Bluebird SS | B Tapsall | 98 | |
4 | Rod Park, Paul Zacka | Holden EH 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... |
R O'Neill's Parking Station | 97 | |
? | Brown | 37 | Datsun Bluebird SS | Scuderia Veloce | |
? | Hughes | Morris Cooper | |||
? | Bailey | Isuzu Bellett Isuzu Bellett -Video games:The 1969 Bellett GT-R is a playable car in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran Turismo 4 for the PlayStation 2. In simulation mode, it is available as a used car only and comes in three colors: white, gold and orange.It can also be played in the Polyphony Digital video game Gran... |
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? | Stewart | Isuzu Bellett | |||
DNF | Woodford | Ford Cortina 1500 | |||
DNF | Ayer, Warren Bloomfield | Toyota Corona Toyota Corona The Toyota Corona is an automobile manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota between 1957 and 2002. Traditionally, the competitor from Nissan was the Nissan Bluebird. The word Corona is Latin for "crown"... |
44 | ||
DNF | Griffith | Ford Cortina 1500 | |||
DNF | Grimson & Mitchell | Ford Cortina 1500 | |||
Class C : $2201 - $ 3200 | |||||
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... , 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 | Ford Cortina GT500 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... |
Ford Motor Company | 106 |
2 | Bob Holden Bob Holden (racing driver) Robin John Holden born December 1, 1932, is an Australian racing driver. Holden raced small-engined touring cars throughout his career, racing Peugeots in the early 1960s, establishing a reputation for himself which saw him become a regular part of BMC Australias racing program for Minis which... , R Haylen |
58 | 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... |
BMC (Australia) | 105 |
3 | D Holland, L Stewart | Morris Cooper S | Don Holland Motors | 103 | |
4 | P Brown, J Sediatis | Ford Cortina GT500 | P Brown | 102 | |
5 | R Page, B Tatham | Prince Skyline GT | R Page | 102 | |
6 | M Bailey, J Hicks | Prince Skyline GT | M Bailey | 100 | |
? | Sachs | Chrysler Valiant 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... |
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? | Morris Cooper S | ||||
? | Morris Cooper S | ||||
DNF | 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 | 92 | ||
DNF | Beasley | Morris Cooper S | 78 | ||
Class D : $3201 – $6000 | |||||
1 | David McKay David McKay (journalist) David McKay was an Australian journalist and prominent motoring identity.While most well known as a journalist, specifically as a motoring writer, McKay was also a prominent figure in motor racing as both a driver and a race team owner... , Bill Orr |
70 | Volvo 122S 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.... |
Scuderia Veloce | 107 |
2 | Ron O'Neill, J Reilly | Ford Cortina Lotus 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"... |
102 | ||
Class E : Automatics only, unlimited price | |||||
1 | I Knowles, Glyn Scott | Holden HD X2 | 88 |
Note: Above results have been compiled from the various referenced sources, none of which list all competing vehicles.