1963 Six Hour Le Mans
# 1963 Six Hour Le Mans

The 1963 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race for Sports Cars, Touring Cars & Grand Touring Cars. The race was held at the Caversham Airfield circuit in Western Australia on 3 June 1963. It was the ninth annual Six Hour Le Mans race.

The race was won by Jeff Dunkerton driving a Lotus Super 7. The winning car completed 194 laps, a total distance of 427 miles (688 km).

## Race results

| Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Class | Class pos. | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jeff Dunkerton | 26 | Lotus Super 7 | Sports Cars 1101 to 1600cc | 1 | 194 |
| 2 | Mike Tighe | 47 | Fiat 1500 | Touring Cars 1301 to 1600cc | 1 | 186 |
| 3 | Mike Hurst, Dick Ward | 2 | Austin-Healey Sprite | Sports Cars 751 to 1100cc | 1 | 180 |
| 4 | Bruce Harding | 84 | Holden | Touring Cars 2001 to 2600cc | 1 | 178 |
| 5 | David Thomas, Ian Durrant | 110 | Morris Cooper | Touring Cars 751 to 1000cc | 1 | 178 |
| 6 | Owen Stringer, Bill Humble | 62 | Morris Cooper | | | 178 |
| 7 | Jack Wynhoff, Don Baker | 106 | Renault R8 | Grand Touring 751 to 1000cc | 1 | 174 |
| 8 | Bill Inwood | 44 | Simca Montlhéry | Grand Touring 1001 to 1300cc | 1 | 172 |
| 9 | Roy Bolton | 111 | Vauxhall VX4/90 | | | 171 |
| 10 | Dave Sullivan | 40 | Studebaker Lark | Touring Cars Over 2600cc | 1 | 169 |
| 11 | B McKay | 76 | Peugeot | | | 168 |
| 12 | Bill Downey, Stuart Campbell | 7 | Hillman Minx | | | 167 |
| 13 | Lionel Beattie, Jack Ayres | 9 | Repco-Holden | Sports Cars 2001 to 3000cc | 1 | 166 |
| 14 | Terry Cunliffe, Warren Matthews | 54 | Simca | Touring Cars 1001 to 1300cc | 1 | 163 |
| 15 | Max Butt, Lloyd Trezise | 109 | Ford Anglia | | | 162 |
| 16 | Eddie Williams, Brian Lemon | 49 | Volkswagen | | | 155 |
| 17 | George Wakelin, Dave Williams | 42 | Holden | Grand Touring 2001 to 2600cc | 1 | 155 |
| 18 | John Wileyman, P Teede | 107 | Simca Aronde | | | 153 |
| 19 | Wally Knox, Alois Visich | 72 | Holden | | | 150 |
| 20 | Tom Rice, Dick Ward | 36 | Austin-Healey Sprite | | | 148 |
| 21 | David Sadique, Warren Matthews | 100 | Skoda Felicia | | | 147 |
| 22 | Bob Biltoft, Rod Mitchell | 46 | Peugeot Holden | | | 144 |
| 23 | Wally Higgs, Vin Smith | 102 | Austin Freeway | | | 138 |
| 24 | Dick Roberts, Bob Avery | 70 | Holden GT | | | 132 |
| 25 | Tim Bailey, Graham Purchas | 51 | Renault 750 | Grand Touring Up to 750cc | 1 | 130 |
| 26 | Rod Donovan | 52 | Holden | | | 106 |
| 27 | Syd Negus | 25 | Plymouth Sports | Sports Cars Over 3000cc | 1 | 65 |
| 28 | Harley Pederick, Stan Starcevich | 64 | Holden | | | 31 |
| 29 | Dick Roberts, Bob Avery | 104 | Chrysler Valiant | | | 29 |
| DNF | Murray Thomas | 103 | Simca Aronde | | | 133 |
| DNF | Rod Cutting, Bruce Abbott | 101 | Holden | | | 51 |
| DNF | John Glasson | 61 | Datsun | | | 38 |
| DNF | Vic Watson, John Collins | 65 | Ford Custom 272 | | | 44 |
| DNF | L Matthews, Giuseppe Fazio | 106 | Holden | | | 16 |
