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1963 Armstrong 500
Class A - Up to 900 Pounds
Positions
Drivers
Car
Time
Laps
Class Outright
1 19 Bill Ford / Barry Ferguson Volkswagen Beetle 7:47.19 116
2 20 Don Holland / Lindsay Little Morris Mini 850 7:48.37 116
3 22 George Reynolds / Jim Mckeown Volkswagen Beetle 7:47.37 115
4 26 A. Andrews / Rocky Tresise Volkswagen Beetle 7:50.17 115
5 30 Greg Mackie / Graham White Volkswagen Beetle 7:47.37 113
6 31 John Alexander / Bill Stanley Morris Mini 850 7:48.23 113
7 34 Barry Seton / Herb Taylor Morris Mini 850 7:47.36 112
8 37 Frank Hann / George Forrest Volkswagen Beetle 7:49.30 111
9 39 Tom Corcoran / Digby Cooke Morris Mini 850 7:50.41 111
10 41 Barry Collerson / Les Howard Fiat 770 7:49.20 103
11 43 M. Callan / Jim Bonthorne Triumph Herald 7:50.14 101
12 44 Ken Nicholson / Fred Gibson Morris Mini 850 7:47.46 89
Class B - 901 to 1000 Pounds
1 6 Doug Chivas / Ken Wilkinson Morris Cooper 7:49.58 125
2 7 Jim Gates / Mike Nedelko Morris Cooper 7:50.46 125
3 10 Alan Caelli / Ern Abbott Cortina 500 7:47.47 123
4 11 Max Volkers / K. Burns Cortina 500 7:49.52 123
5 12 Wal Donnelly / John Marchiori Morris Cooper 7:47.15 122
6 13 Des West / John Martin Morris Cooper 7:47.31 120
7 14 O. Harding / Adrian Yannucelli Morris Cooper 7:47.53 120
8 16 George Murray Renault R8 7:47.33 119
9 17 John Connolly / Bob Draper Renault R8 7:49.45 119
10 21 Brian Foley / Peter Manton Morris Cooper 7:50.04 116
11 24/5 Peter Brown / Ron Marshall Morris Cooper 7:49.02 115
12 28 Charlie Smith / Ron Hodgson Morris Cooper 7:59.31 115
13 29 Ken Bridgen / B. Smith Simca Aronde 7:49.41 114
14 32 Barry Gurdon / Jerry Trevor-Jones Morris Elite 7:48.44 113
15 33 Jack Murray / Alan Edney Morris Elite 7:50.42 113
16 35 Warren Blomfield / Lorraine Hill Morris Elite 7:48.45 112
17 36 Ron Thorpe / Jim White Morris Elite 7:48.57 111
18 40 Fred Sutherland / Les Park Renault Gordini 7:48.38 110
19 42 David Walker / Ron Clarke Renault R8 7:50.55 102
Class C - 1001 to 1200 Pounds
1 1 Harry Firth / Bob Jane Cortina GT 7:47.14 130
2 2 Frank Morgan / Ralph Sach Holden EH S4 7:49.15 129
3 3 Bruce McPhee / Graham Ryan Cortina GT 7:49.35 129
4 8 Bill Cunliffe / Barry Broomhall Cortina GT 7:50.44 124
5 9 Harry Budd / R. Smith Holden EH S4 7:47.34 123
6 15 Ian Grant / Trevor Marden Holden EH S4 7:49.11 120
7 23 Kevin Bartlett / Bill Reynolds Holden EH S4 7:48.50 115
8 24/5 Phil McCumisky / Lex Brailey Holden FB 7:49.02 115
9 38 Brian Muir / Spencer Martin Holden EH S4 7:49.47 111
Class D - 1201 to 2000 Pounds
1 4 Tony Allen / Tony Reynolds Valiant APS 7:47.25 126
2 5 Geoff Russel / John Reaburn Ford Zephyr 7:47.58 126
3 18 Bob Holden / Bill Marsh Peugeot 404 7:50.36 119
4 27 Bert Needham / Warren Weldon Studebaker Lark 7:52.14 119
5 45 Bill Burns / Brian Lawler Humber Snipe 7:51.29 21
Non Finishers
Class A
Class Position Drivers Car Reason for
Retirement
13 Tony Hill / Frank Kleinig Morris Mini 850 gearbox
Class B - Order of classification not known
Paul Bolton / Laurie Stewart Morris Cooper gearbox
Doug Kelley / Graham Kelly Morris Cooper gearbox
Dave Humphries / Mike Martin Morris Cooper engine
Sid Howard / Les Weiley Morris Cooper gearbox
Carl Kennedy / Doug Stewart Simca Aronde
Class C
10 Ian Geoghegan / Leo Geoghegan Cortina GT headgasket
11 Stan O'Shaunnessy / John Brindely Holden EH S4 accident
Class D
6 Bob Cook / Alwyn Rose Valiant 'S' accident
7 Jim Wright / Ian Ferguson Studebaker Lark accident
8 David Mckay / Greg Cusack Vauxhall Velox valve
9 Bill Coe / Sid Fisher Peugeot 404 disqualified