The 1963 Bathurst 100 was a motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 15 April 1963.[1] It was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd.[1] The race was open to Racing Cars, Formula Junior cars and invited Sports Cars and was contested over a distance of 100 miles.[1]
The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Cooper T62.[2]
Results
edit| Pos.[2][3] | Driver[2][3] | No.[1][2][3] | Car[2][3] | Entrant[1][2][3] | Class[1][2][3] | Class pos.[2] | Laps[3] | Time[2] | Comment[2] | Grid Pos.[2] |
| 1 | Lex Davison | 4 | Cooper T62 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | Over 1500cc | 1 | 26 | 66:05.0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Tony Shelly | 3 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | Over 1500cc | 2 | 24 | 66:14.1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Charlie Smith | 6 | Elfin Ford | C. G. Smith | Up to 1500cc | 1 | 67:37.1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | Doug Kelley | 60 | Cooper T41 Coventry Climax | D. J. Kelley | Up to 1500cc | 2 | 68:52.6 | 9 | ||
| ? | Les Howard | 15 | Lotus 11 Coventry Climax | Howard & Sons Racing Team[2] | Up to 1500cc | 3 | 66:44.5 | 14 | ||
| ? | Greville Edgerton | 45 | Cooper T38 Jaguar | G. Edgerton[2] | Over 1500cc | 3 | 67:19.2 | 11 | ||
| DNF | David McKay | 1 | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce | Over 1500cc | - | 9 | Overheating[3] | 2 | |
| DNF | Ralph Sach | 34 | Nota Din Holden | Reilly Brothers Engineering Pty. Ltd. | Over 1500cc | - | 0 | Head gasket[3] | 15 | |
| DNS | Frank Matich | 87 | Lotus 19 Coventry Climax | Over 1500cc | - | - | 4 | |||
| DNS | Bill Patterson | 9 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd. | Over 1500cc | - | - | 5 | ||
| DNS | Ian Geoghegan | 8 | Lotus 22 Ford | Total Team | Up to 1500cc | - | - | 7 | ||
| DNS | Lionel Ayers | 111 | Lotus 20 Ford | Motor Racing Components | Up to 1500cc | - | - | 8 | ||
| DNS | Tom Corcoran | 2 | Lola Mk 2 Ford s/c | T. Corcoran | Up to 1500cc | - | - | 10 | ||
| DNS | Barry Collerson | 21 | Jolus Hillman | J. McGuire | Up to 1500cc | - | - | 12 | ||
| DNS | Ken Milburn | 23 | Lotus 20 Ford | K. Milburn | Up to 1500cc | - | - | 13 | ||
| DNS | Gordon Stewart | 11 | Stewart MG s/c | Ecurie Cinque | Over 1500cc | - | - | 16 |