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1960 Australian GT Championship

Layout of the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] (1938-1986)

The 1960 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of cars complying with Appendix K Gran Turismo regulations. The title, which was the inaugural Australian GT Championship,

The championship was won by Leo Geoghegan driving a Lotus Elite.

Results

[[Leo Geoghegan]] won the championship driving a [[Lotus Elite]], similar to the example pictured above

Position
Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Class	Laps	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
Leo Geoghegan	3	Lotus Elite	Geoghegan Motors Liverpool	1001 to 1300cc	13
Gavin Youl	38	Porsche Super 90	G.B. Youl	1301 to 1600cc	13
Ian Geoghegan	1	Holden	Geoghegan Motors Liverpool	2001 to 2600cc	13
Tony Basile	6	Porsche	S. Sakzewski	1301 to 1600cc	13
Ron Marshall	23	AC Ace Bristol	R. E. Marshall	1601 to 2000cc	13
John Suttor	120	Jaguar XK140	J. Suttor	2601 to 3500cc	12
Keith Malcolm	153	Skoden	Bass Hill Service Station	2001 to 2600cc	12
Harry Cape	130	MGA	H. Cape	1301 to 1600cc	12
Peter Manton	41	Austin Lancer	Monaro Motors	1601 to 2000cc	12
Frank Hann	7	Jaguar Mark V GMC	F. J. Hann	2601 to 3500cc	?
Ken Brigden	63	Peugeot 403	K. A. Brigden	1601 to 2000cc	?
Brian Foley	11	Kinsley Sprite	Kinsley Motors Pty. Ltd.	751 to 1000cc	?
H. Van Schaik	15	Simca	H. Van Schaik	1001 to 1300cc	?
B. Pflock	18	Austin A30	B. Pflock	751 to 1000cc	?
R. Bulloch	58	Triumph Herald	R. Bulloch	751 to 1000cc	?
Ted Ansell	40	NSU Prinz 30	T. Ansell	501 to 750cc	?
C. Adams	49	Austin-Healey Sprite	S. Brown	751 to 1000cc	?
Albert Bridge	110	Peugeot 203	A. W. Bridge	1301 to 1600cc	?
J. Malcolm	41	Austin Lancer	Dents Auto Service	1601 to 2000cc	?
John Bisset	88	Buckle	J. Bisset	2001 to 2600cc	?
C. Kane	87	Buckle	C. Kane	2001 to 2600cc	?
Barry Gurdon	20	Austin A90 s/c	Gurdon Motors P/L	2601 to 3500cc	?
Lang Longmore	19	Ford Zephyr	L. J. Longmore	2001 to 2600cc	9
R. Rees	98	Ford Zephyr	R. W. Rees	Over 3500cc	?
Warren Blomfield	116	JWF Holden	W. Blomfield	2001 to 2600cc	?
Reg Smith	62	Porsche Super 90	R. Smith	1301 to 1600cc	2
Alan Ling	99	Holden FE	A. H. Ling	2001 to 2600cc	2
Bill Buckle	90	Buckle	W.F. Buckle	2601 to 3500cc	2
John Caines	22	Ausca Repco Holden	Caines Car Sales Pty. Ltd.	2001 to 2600cc	2
Wally Mitchell	16	Lotus Repco Holden	W. Mitchell	2001 to 2600cc	1
K. Lindsay	39	Holden	Ken Lindsay Motors	2001 to 2600cc	-
J. Caines	52	Holden	Caines Car Sales P/L	2001 to 2600cc	-
Ron Hodgson	69	Buckle	Strathfield Motors P/L	2601 to 3500cc	-
Barry Topen	104	Buckle	B. D. Topen	2601 to 3500cc	-

Notes

Winner's race time: 40m 54.1s
Fastest lap: Leo Geoghegan, (Lotus Elite), 3m 5.3s, track record.

References

CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1961, page 53
was contested over a single 50-mile race held at the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]], [[Bathurst, New South Wales]] on 2 October 1960.Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 184
John Medley, "October, 1960", Bathurst: Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, 1997, pages 261 to 271
Australian Motor Sport, November 1960, pages 479, 481 & 538
The results section of "Bathurst: Cradle of Australian Motor Sport" lists 34 entries of which four are shown as non-starters and 16 as finishers
Official Programme, Mt. Panorama, Bathurst, Sat. 1st, Sun. 2nd October, 1960
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220303052249/http://www.pccv.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Bridgen.pdf Paul Watson, Ken Brigden’s proud Peugeot history, www.pccv.org, as archived at web.archive.com]
[https://autopics.com.au/60117-a-bridge-peugeot-b-gurden-austin-a90-bathurst-3rd-october-1960-photographer-jeff-harrop/ A. Bridge, Peugeot & B. Gurden, Austin A90 - Bathurst 3rd October 1960 - Photographer Jeff Harrop, autopics.com.au (Image shows Bridge's car to be a Peugeot 203)]
(14 October 1960). "Brabham Wins At Home".
David McKay, 'Brab' Grabs Bathurst, Modern Motor, December 1960, pages 27 to 29 & 77 to 79

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