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1966 Lowood 4 Hour

The 1966 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance race for production sedans held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 27 March 1966. The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers Club, was the third annual Lowood 4 Hour. It was open to cars priced under $6000 in Australia, provided that 100 examples of the model had been manufactured.

The 34 starters Class winning cars were Morris Mini Deluxe, Morris Cooper, Ford Cortina GT500, Volvo 122S and Holden HD X2 179. Officially, only class placings were recognised but the unofficial "line honours" winner was the Scuderia Veloce entered Volvo 122S driven by David McKay and Bill Orr. but this was later corrected.

Results

DNS	Glyn Scott		Ford Fairmont	Ford Motor Company	-

Notes & references

References

Big battle at Lowood, Brisbane Courier Mail, Saturday, 26 March 1966
Volvo Wins Lowood Four Hour, Sports Car World, July 1966, page 46
Des White, 4 Hours at Lowood, Racing Car News, May 1966, pages 24–25
Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, May 1966, pages 50–51
competed in four classes based on vehicle retail price with an additional class for cars with [[automatic transmission]].Lowood Four Hours, Modern Motor, June 1966, page 65
The Modern Motor report gives the Class B minimum as $1722, the Class C minimum as $2202 and the Class D minimum as $3202
Glyn ScottRacing Car News reports that Glyn Scott replaced a sick driver & Courier Mail reports that Class E was won by I Knowles & G Scott (Holden)
Racing Car News lists the Class E Holden as an "X2" and Modern Motor indicates that it was a "179", thus meaning it would have been a Holden HD

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