The 1963 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title[1] for GT cars[2] complying with Appendix K regulations.[3] The championship was contested over a single 10 lap race staged at the Calder Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 December 1963.[4] It was the fourth annual Australian GT Championship.[1]

The championship was won by Bob Jane driving a Jaguar E-Type lightweight.[4]

Results

Bob Jane won the championship driving a Jaguar E-Type lightweight similar to the example pictured above
Position[4] Driver[4] No. Car[4] Entrant[4] Laps
1 Bob Jane 6[5] Jaguar E-Type lightweight Bob Jane Jaguar-Fiat Sales 10[4]
2 Murray Carter Corvette Special[6] Murray Carter 10[7]
3 Bill Jane Jaguar E-Type Bob Jane Jaguar-Fiat Sales
4 Brian Foley Austin-Healey Sprite Mark IIa[8] P & R Williams
 ? Ian McDonald MGB Coupe Peter Manton
 ?  ?
 ?  ?
 ?  ?
 ?  ?

Note: The finishers included "Sundry Austin A30s".[4]

Race statistics

  • Race distance:10 laps (reduced from the original 20 laps)[4]
  • Starters: 9[9]
  • Race time of winning car: 8:48.8[10]
  • Winning margin: 10.6 seconds[10]
  • Fastest lap: Bob Jane (Jaguar E-Type lightweight), 51.8 seconds (new GT lap record)[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Titles, 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7
  2. ↑ Hunnam Wins FJ Feature at Calder, Australian Motor Sports, February 1964, page 36
  3. ↑ Pedr Davis, GT Championship, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, page 200
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Jane Wins Australian G.T. Championship, Racing Car News, January 1964, page 20
  5. ↑ "Bob Jane E Type Jaguar - The first time it raced, Calder 8th December 1963 - Photographer Peter D'Abbs", www.autopics.com.au Retrieved 3 August 2017
  6. ↑ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 164-165
  7. ↑ The 10.6 second winning margin, as report in The Age, indicates that Carter completed the full race distance.
  8. 1 2 Good Competition at Final Calder for '63, Australian Autosportsman, February 1964, pages 19-22
  9. ↑ Paul Higgins, Sports Car World, February 1964, page 55
  10. 1 2 Bob Jane Wins Car Title, The Age, Monday, 9 December 1963, page 18
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