1964 Lowood 4 Hour
# 1964 Lowood 4 Hour

The 1964 Lowood 4 Hour was a motor race for production touring cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 12 April 1964. The race, which was promoted by the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club Ltd., was the first of three Lowood 4 Hour races to be held at the circuit.

Whilst the emphasis was on class results, the Ford Cortina GT driven by Harry Firth and John Raeburn had completed the greatest number of laps at the end of the four hours. This same car, driven by Harry Firth and Bob Jane, had won the 1963 Armstrong 500 endurance race at Bathurst six months before and was using the same set of tyres that had been on the car during its earlier victory.

## Classes

Cars competed in four classes grouped according to the retail selling price of each car.

* Class A : Up to £900
* Class B : £901 to £1,000
* Class C : £1,001 to £1,200
* Class D : £1,201 to £2,000

## Results

| Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Class A (Up to £900) | | | | |
| 1 | Lionel Ayers, Denis Geary | 11 | Hillman Imp | Stradbroke Motors | 87 |
| 2 | Bruce Neville, Brian Tebble | | Morris 850 | B.J. Neville | 87 |
| 3 | Gordon Ferrar, Roy Sawyer | 15 | Morris 850 | Downshift Racing Team | 83 |
| 4 | Geoff Sakzewski, Errol Sakzewski | | Volkswagen | Adams Form Pty Ltd | 81 |
| | Class B (£901 to £1000) | | | | |
| 1 | Max Volkers, Glynn Scott | | Ford Cortina 1500 | Ford Motor Company | 96 |
| 2 | Ken Peters, K. Shaw | | Morris Cooper | Downshift Racing Team | 95 |
| 3 | W. Bailey, Viv Eddy | | Morris Cooper | W. Bailey | 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, John French | | Morris Cooper | Peter Uscinski Pty Ltd | 69 |
| DNF | D. Gear, D. Barrett | 27 | Morris Cooper | | 42 |
| | Class C (£1001 to £1200) | | | | |
| 1 | Harry Firth, John Raeburn | 30 | Ford Cortina GT | Ford Motor Company | 100 |
| 2 | G. Perry, B. Flynn | | Ford Cortina GT | M. Volkers | 94 |
| | Class D (£1201 to £2000) | | | | |
| 1 | Spencer Martin, Bill Brown | 43 | Fiat 2300 | Scuderia Veloce | 97 |
| 2 | Bill Burns, Brian Lawler | | Fiat 2300 | W. Burns | 97 |
| 3 | G. Ward, B. McPhee | 41 | Volvo B18 | G. Ward | 95 |
| 4 | Sib Petralia, John Gillmeister | 45 | Fiat 2300 | Europa Motors | 94 |
| 5 | G. Griffith, G. Perrin | | Humber Vogue Sports | | 92 |
| DNF | Fulla, Vine | 42 | Vauxhall VX4/90 | Clive Nolan Motors | |
