1962 Armstrong 500

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1962 Armstrong 500
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The 1962 Armstrong 500 was an endurance race for Australian built production cars. The race was held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on October 21, 1962 over 167 laps of the 3.0 mile circuit, a total of 501 miles. Cars competed in four classes based on the retail price of each model. Officially, only class placings were awarded but the No 21 Ford Falcon driven by Harry Firth and Bob Jane was recognised as "First across the line". This was the third and last Armstrong 500 to be held at Phillip Island prior to the race moving to the Mount Panorama Circuit at Bathurst in New South Wales where it would later become known as the Bathurst 1000.

[edit] Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Laps
	Class A : £1251 - £2000
1	Fred Sutherland, Bill Graetz	2	Studebaker Lark	Canadian Cycle and Motor Co	167
2	Geoff Russell, David Anderson	10	Ford Zephyr Mk III	Ford Motor Company	163
3	Norm Beechey, Greg Cusack	7	Citroen ID19	Continental and General Distributors	160
4	Vic Croft, Wal Gillespie	5	Chrysler Valiant	Hawthorn Auto Wreckers	160
5	Bill Buckle, Brain Foley	8	Citroen ID19	Scuderia Veloce	156
6	Bill Wilson, Mike Ide	9	Citroen ID19	Wallace Auto Racing Stable	155
7	Pat Hawthorn, G Hibberd	6	Chrysler Valiant	Calder Motor Raceway	153
8	Don Algie, Kingsley Hibbard	3	Studebaker Lark	Hospital Hill Motors	127
DNF	Peter White, Peter Boyd-Squires	4	Chrysler Valiant	Auburn Garage	118
DNF	Frank Coad, John Roxburgh	1	Vauxhall Velox	SA Cheney Pty Ltd	64
	Class B : £1051 - £1250
1	Harry Firth, Bob Jane	21	Ford Falcon XL	Ford Motor Company	167
2	Ken Harper, John Raeburn, Syd Fisher	20	Ford Falcon XL	Ford Motor Company	166
3	Alan Caelli, J Edwards, John Bodinnar	25	Ford Falcon XL	Broon's Motors	165
4	John Callaway, Frank Porter, Jim Smith	26	Ford Falcon XL	LJ Callaway	161
5	Barry Foster, Bob Brown, David Catlin	22	Holden EJ	Molybond Laboritories	160
6	Lex Davison, John Brindley. P Trueman	24	Austin Freeway	Hilltop Autos	159
7	Charlie Smith, Brucer Maher	23	Austin Freeway	C Smith	145
8	Kevin Lott, Tom Roddy, Brian Devlin	27	Ford Falcon XL	New Oakleigh - New St Kilda Motors	134
	Class C : £1051 - £1250
1	Rex Emmett, John Connolly, Brian Sampson	30	Renault Gordini	Rex Emmett	162
2	Alan Edney	34	Morris Major Elite	Edney's Garage	158
3	Diane Leighton, Anne Bennett, Pam Murison	33	Simca Aronde	Eiffel Tower Group	157
4	Ian Wells, Don Dunoon	37	Hillman Minx	Clemens Sporting Car Service	151
5	Wes Nalder, John Fish	36	Hillman Minx	W Nalder	145
DNF	Jack Eiffeltower ^[1], Lionel Marsh, Vern Curtin	31	Simca Aronde	Eiffel Tower Group	121
DNF	Bill Roberts, J Hume, W Murison	32	Simca	Eiffel Tower Group	63
DNF	Les Darcy, Don Castaldi		Simca	Carburettor Centre - Belvedere Motors	60
	Class D : Up to £900
1	George Reynolds, Jim McKeown	48	Volkswagen	HG McLean Motors	162
2	D Hooker, Terry Allen		Morris 850		161
3	Geoffrey Waite, Peter Macrow, Rocky Tresise	41	Morris 850	Ace Motors Pty Ltd	160
4	Tony Theiler, Bob Foreman, Reg Lunn	50	Volkswagen	Spencer Motors	160
5	Jack Hunnam, John Hartnett	40	Morris 850	Jack Hunnam	160
6	George Huse, Clarrie Head	42	Morris 850	Head Bros	159
7	Hoot Gibson, Paul England, Jack Madden	51	Triumph Herald	GA Gibson	157
8	Graham Hoinville, Kevin Burns	44	Ford Anglia	SD Hughes	157
9	Stan Martin	47	Triumph Herald	SC Martin	154
10	Syd Grevett, Cliff van Praag	53	Morris 850	Sydney Grevett	150
11	George Poulton, R Poulton, M Watson	45	Triumph Herald	McLure's Restraurants	150
DNF	Doug Whiteford, Lou Molina	49	Volkswagen	Whiteford Motors	148
DNF	Tony Reynolds, A Humphries, Frank McEnroe	52	Morris 850	AG Reynolds	101
DNF	Jack Anderson, J Binning, Bob Bullock		Triumph Herald	High Road Auto Port	13