1962 Six Hour Le Mans

The 1962 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for Sports Cars, Sedans and GT cars. The event was held at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1962. There were a total of 31 starters in the race, which was the eighth Six Hour Le Mans.

The race was won by Derek Jolly and John Roxburgh driving a Lotus 15 Coventry Climax.

Results

Derek Jolly and John Roxburgh won the race driving a Lotus 15, similar to the car pictured above.

Position[1]	Drivers[1]	No.[1]	Car[1]	Entrant[2]	Class position[3]	Laps[1]
1	Derek Jolly[2] John Roxburgh[2]	4	Lotus 15 Coventry Climax[2]	Lotus Australia Ltd	1st Sports Under 2600cc[1]	185
2	Dave Sullivan[2]	40	Holden	D. Sullivan	1st Sedan Under 2600cc[1]	177
3	George Wakelin[2]	42	Holden	G. Wakelin	2nd Sedan Under 2600cc[1]	173
4	Mike Tighe[2]	47	Fiat 1500	Reimann Motors	1st Sedan Under 1600cc[1]	172
5	Ian Johnson[2] Bob McDowall[2]	38	Austin-Healey Sprite	F. Johnston	1st Sports Under 1000cc[1]	169
6	Bill Inwood[4]	44	Simca	W. Inwood	1st Sedan Under 1300cc[1]	166
7	J. Sumpton	29	Chrysler Valiant	Motorland	1st Sedan Over 2600cc[1]	166
8	Jeff Dunkerton[3]	26	Austin-Healey Sprite	J. Wynhoff Motors	2nd Sports Under 1000cc[1]	164
9	Wally Higgs[2] Brian McKay[2]	11	Peugeot	Wally Higgs	2nd Sedan Under 1600cc[1]	158
10	Jack Wynhoff[3] Bob Annear[2]	12	Renault Gordini	Maison Motors	1st Sedan Under 850cc[1]	158
11	Frank Coad[2] John Roxburgh	5	Lotus Seven Coventry Climax[2]		1st Sports Under 1600cc[1]	158
12	Rod Mitchell[3]	32	Volkswagen Karmann Ghia		2nd Sedan Under 1300cc[1]	157
13	R. Gillett R. Thompson	16	Morris Major		3rd Sedan Under 1600cc[1]	156
14	R. Downey J. Harwood	10	MGA Twin Cam		2nd Sports Under 1600cc[1]	156
15	E. Williams B. Lemon	49	Volkswagen		Sedan	155
16	L. Nowland G. Chapman	62	Jaguar XK120		1st Sports Over 2600cc[1]	149
17	S. Campbell	45	Goggomobil		Sports	131
18	R. Bolton	15	Standard Vanguard		3rd Sedan Under 2600cc[1]	131
19	Bob Biltoff[3] Warren Matthews[3]	1	Peugeot		4th Sedan Under 2600cc[1]	118
20	Syd Negus[3] K. Wilkinson	25	Plymouth Sports		Sports	96
21	Ray Barfield[2]	8	Aston Martin DB3S		Sports	73
DNF	Harley Pederick[3] Stan Starcevich[3]	64	Holden		Sedan	145
DNF	Vic Watson[3] Rod Donovan[3]	65	Ford Custom 272		GT	106
DNF	H. Van Laanan	33	Austin-Healey[3]		Sports	86
DNF	Ray Clarke[3] Rod Donovan[3]	2	Holden		Sedan	75
DNF	Lionel Beattie[2]	9	Repco Holden Sports		Sports	63
DNF	Wileyman T. Neede	43	Simca		Sedan	61
DNF	A. Visich R. Booth	24	Holden		Sedan	48
DNF	John Glasson[3]	21	Austin Lancer		Sedan	34
DNF	Tom Purvan[5]	48	Goggomobil Dart[5]		Sports	-
DNF	Dick Roberts[3] Bob Avery[3]	70	Holden GT		GT	-

References

1. Western Australian Motor Race Results 1962, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org
2. Lotus wins in six hour Le Mans race at Caversham WA, Australian Motor Sports, August 1962, pages 40 & 41
3. "racenumbers.xls, terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
4. Jim Shepherd, A History Of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 151
5. Car Troubles Plague Le Mans Winner, The West Australian, Monday, June 4, 1962, page 7

Further reading

Terry Walker, Around The Houses - The History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980

External links

• Terry Walker's Place - Western Australian Motor Racing History, as archived at web.archive.org