1963 Bathurst 100

The 1963 Bathurst 100 was a motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 15 April 1963.[1] It was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd.[1] The race was open to Racing Cars, Formula Junior cars and invited Sports Cars and was contested over a distance of 100 miles.[1]

The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Cooper T62.[2]

Results

Pos.[2][3]	Driver [2][3]	No.[1][2][3]	Car [2][3]	Entrant [1][2][3]	Class [1][2][3]	Class Pos.[2]	Laps [3]	Time [2]	Comment [2]	Grid Pos.[2]
1	Lex Davison	4	Cooper T62 Coventry Climax	Ecurie Australie	Over 1500cc	1	26	66:05.0		1
2	Tony Shelly	3	Cooper T53 Coventry Climax	Ecurie Australie	Over 1500cc	2	24	66:14.1		3
3	Charlie Smith	6	Elfin Ford	C. G. Smith	Up to 1500cc	1		67:37.1		6
4	Doug Kelley	60	Cooper T41 Coventry Climax	D. J. Kelley	Up to 1500cc	2		68:52.6		9
?	Les Howard	15	Lotus 11 Coventry Climax	Howard & Sons Racing Team [2]	Up to 1500cc	3		66:44.5		14
?	Greville Edgerton	45	Cooper T38 Jaguar	G. Edgerton [2]	Over 1500cc	3		67:19.2		11
DNF	David McKay	1	Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax	Scuderia Veloce	Over 1500cc	-	9		Overheating [3]	2
DNF	Ralph Sach	34	Nota Din Holden	Reilly Brothers Engineering Pty. Ltd.	Over 1500cc	-	0		Head gasket [3]	15
DNS	Frank Matich	87	Lotus 19 Coventry Climax		Over 1500cc	-	-			4
DNS	Bill Patterson	9	Cooper T53 Coventry Climax	Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd.	Over 1500cc	-	-			5
DNS	Ian Geoghegan	8	Lotus 22 Ford	Total Team	Up to 1500cc	-	-			7
DNS	Lionel Ayers	111	Lotus 20 Ford	Motor Racing Components	Up to 1500cc	-	-			8
DNS	Tom Corcoran	2	Lola Mk 2 Ford s/c	T. Corcoran	Up to 1500cc	-	-			10
DNS	Barry Collerson	21	Jolus Hillman	J. McGuire	Up to 1500cc	-	-			12
DNS	Ken Milburn	23	Lotus 20 Ford	K. Milburn	Up to 1500cc	-	-			13
DNS	Gordon Stewart	11	Stewart MG s/c	Ecurie Cinque	Over 1500cc	-	-			16

References

1. Official Programme, Bathurst 100, Monday, 15 April 1963
2. John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 321
3. Bathurst 100, Bathurst, 15 Apr 1963, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 11 December 2018