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
Sandown 500
The Sandown 500 is an endurance motor race staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia between 1964 and 2011. It was typically held in September, the month before Australia’s premier endurance race, the Bathurst 1000. The “500” was not run in 1966, 1967, 1999, 2000, 2008,...

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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.
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Position Drivers No. Car Class Laps
1 Roberto Bussinello
Roberto Bussinello
Roberto Bussinello was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 10 September 1961. He scored no championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.-Complete Formula One World Championship...

, 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
Allan Moffat
Allan George Moffat, OBE is an Australian racing driver known for his four wins in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 1000...

, Jon Leighton
Lotus Cortina G 220
5 I Cooke, Bruce Hindhaugh Morris Cooper S F 211
6 Paddy Hopkirk
Paddy Hopkirk
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, 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
Bruce McPhee
Bruce Alexander McPhee was a former Australian motor racing driver.He is most famous for winning the 1968 Hardie-Ferodo 500 , defeating both the Holden and Ford factory teams. He drove a Holden Monaro GTS327 painted yellow and black stripes with the number 13...

, Fred Morgan
Holden 179M B 201
12 Bob Jane
Bob Jane
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, George Reynolds
51 Lotus Cortina E 200
13 Ann Bennett, John Colwell Toyota Crown D 200
14 P Owen, Kevin Bartlett
Kevin Bartlett (race driver)
Kevin Bartlett , often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the CAMS Gold Star in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50...

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
Paul England
Paul England is an Australian former racing driver. He worked for the Repco company and raced his own Holden-powered Ausca sports racing car that used a fibreglass body based on the A6GCS Maserati. He contested a single Grand Prix race, the 1957 German Grand Prix, in a Formula 2 Cooper-Climax...

, 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
Frank Matich
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, Rod Blair
14 Jaguar 3.8 A 157
DNF Timo Makinen
Timo Mäkinen
Timo Mäkinen was one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-tricks of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally-Career:...

, Raubi Altonen
Morris Cooper S F
DNF Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart
Sir John Young Stewart, OBE , better known as Jackie Stewart, and nicknamed The Flying Scotsman, is a Scottish former racing driver and team owner. He competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships. He also competed in Can-Am...

, Jim Palmer
Lotus Cortina D
DNF Lex Davison
Lex Davison
Alexander Nicholas Davison was a racing driver who won the Australian Grand Prix four times between 1954 and 1961 and won the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1957...

, Gawaine Baillie
Sir Gawaine Baillie, 7th Baronet
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1 Ford Galaxie G
DNF Alan Hamilton Peugeot 404 D
DNF Frank Coad, John Roxburgh 21 Vauxhall Velox B
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