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1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race

The 1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race was a six-hour endurance race for touring cars held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1965. The race, which was open to cars classified in Group 1 of international Appendix J, was the second in a sequence of races which would evolve into the Sandown 500. The race was won by Frank Gardner and Kevin Bartlett driving an Alfa Romeo TI Super entered by Alec Mildren Racing.

Classes

Cars competed in five classes according to engine capacity.

Class A : Over 3000cc
Class B : 2001–3000cc
Class C : 1501–2000cc
Class D : 1101–1500cc
Class E : Up to 1100cc

Results

39 cars started the race and 29 finished. Names of drivers who were entered in the car but did not drive during the race are shown within brackets.

Awards

1st automatic to finish – Car No 7 – Bill Burns & B Lawler (Jaguar 3.8 Automatic)
1st Woman's Team to finish – Car No 65 – Dianne Leighton & Kaye Whiteford (Vauxhall Viva)
1st Nominated Team – Cars 48 & 50 – Bob Holden & Ron Haylen (Morris Cooper S) and William Stanley & Digby Cooke (Morris Cooper S)

References

Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 21, 1965
[https://archive.today/20240527001509/https://www.webcitation.org/6OVOiQSsl?url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALFA-ROMEO-GTA-1800-GIULIA-SPRINT-GT-NEWSPAPER-TEST-RARE-1965-VINTAGE-/150789898495%3F_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&nma=true&si=x8efqDcwTPqld0uaXHwcuYodqEo=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Favorite for six-hour race, www.ebay.com] As archived at www.webcitation.org on 1 April 2014
Adrian Ryan, Sandown International Six-Hour - Mildren's Alfa makes it two in a row, Racing Car News, January 1966, pages 32 to 34
Alfa Romeo takes six-hour race, The Melbourne Age, Monday, Nov 22, 1965
Alfa wins again in Sandown six hour race, Australian Motor Racing and Sporting Guide, 12th Edition for 1967, pages 74 to 76

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