1964 Sandown 6 Hour International

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The 1964 Sandown 6 Hour International was an endurance race for saloon cars complying with FIA Group 1 regulations. The event was held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria on 29 November 1964 and was the genesis of what we now know as the Sandown 500.

Entries competed in seven classes as follows :

Class A : Over 3000cc
Class B : 2501-3000cc
Class C : 2001-2500cc
Class D : 1601-2000cc
Class E : 1301-1600cc
Class F : 900-1300cc
Class G : Open

Class G was created to cater for entries which were modified to FIA Group 2 specifications. These entries were ineligible for outright placing prizemoney.

Results for the event are given below.

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Class	Laps
1	Roberto Bussinello, Ralph Sachs	50	Alfa Romeo TI Super	E	230
2	Peter Manton, Brian Foley	62	Morris Cooper S	F	223
3	Geoff Russell, John Raeburn		Ford Cortina GT	E	223
4	Allan Moffat, Jon Leighton		Lotus Cortina	G	220
5	I Cooke, Bruce Hindhaugh		Morris Cooper S	F	211
6	Paddy Hopkirk, John Fitzpatrick		Morris Cooper S	F	204
7	Bill Burns, Brian Lawler		Fiat 2300	C	202
8	C Giltrap, Ivan Segedin		Volvo 122S	D	201
9	Brian Muir, Bill Brown		Datsun SS	F	201
10	Spencer Martin, Ron Clarke		Datsun SS	F	201
11	Bruce McPhee, Fred Morgan		Holden 179M	B	201
12	Bob Jane, George Reynolds	51	Lotus Cortina	E	200
13	Ann Bennett, John Colwell		Toyota Crown	D	200
14	P Owen, Kevin Bartlett		Mercedes-Benz 220SE	C	198
15	I McDonald, C Fisher		Peugeot 404	D	197
16	L Stewart, B Rossiter	63	Morris Cooper S	F	197
17	Alan Mottram, Fred Sutherland		Studebaker Lark	A	196
18	John Eiffeltower, C Smith		Chrysler Valiant	A	195
19	A Osborne, K Burns		Ford Zephyr	B	192
20	Paul England, D Stewart		Volkswagen 1500S	D	190
21	R Thurston, Brian Sampson	45	Triumph 2000	D	189
22	B Topen, D Cooke		Fiat 2300	C	187
23	Roger Ward, Warren Weldon		Studebaker Lark	A	187
24	Bob Holden, B Ferguson		Volkswagen 1500S	F	182
25	D Leighton, Kaye Whiteford		Morris 1100	F	179
26	H Gibson, H Gibson Jr.		Triumph Herald	F	176
27	A Cooper, J Hills		Ford Cortina GT	D	171
28	Frank Matich, Rod Blair	14	Jaguar 3.8	A	157
DNF	Timo Makinen, Raubi Altonen		Morris Cooper S	F
DNF	Jackie Stewart, Jim Palmer		Lotus Cortina	D
DNF	Lex Davison, Gawainne Baillie	1	Ford Galaxie	G
DNF	Alan Hamilton		Peugeot 404	D
DNF	Frank Coad, John Roxburgh	21	Vauxhall Velox	B

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