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
| 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
- ^ 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
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