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]

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

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

Results

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Official Programme, Bathurst 100, Monday, 15 April 1963
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, page 321
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bathurst 100, Bathurst, 15 Apr 1963, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 11 December 2018