The 1965 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 28 March 1965.Front cover, Official Programme, Lowood, 4 Hour Production Touring Car Race, Sunday, 18 March 1965 The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers Club, was the second annual Lowood 4 Hour.Three out of four for Ford, Australian Motor Sports, June 1965, pages 40-41 It was open to Production Touring Cars which had been manufactured after 28 March 1961, 100 examples of which had been registered in Australia by the closing date for entries.Lowood 4-Hour Race, Racing Car News, December 1964, page 3 The field was divided into four classes according to the retail price of each vehicle.A Mixed Up Four Hour, Sports Car World, June 1965, page 54 There were 33 starters in the event.
Although the Morris Cooper S driven by John Harvey and Brian Foley took "line honours", outright results were not officially recognised and official results were only issued for class placings.Wins to Cortinas & Morris, The Courier Mail, Thursday, 1 April 1965, page 22
Results Position Drivers No.4 Hours at Lowood, Racing Car News, May 1965, pages 32-33 Car Entrant Laps Class A : Cars up to £900 1 Brian Flynn John Route Ford Cortina 1200 Barrie Broomhall Motors 91 2 Lionel Ayers Warren Blomfield 11 Hillman Imp Stradbroke Motors 90 3 Geoff Shoesmith Anthony Robards ? FoMoCo Dominate at Lowood, Australian Auto Sportsman, May 1965, pages 14 & 15 indicates that this car was No. 10 whereas 4 Hours at Lowood, Racing Car News, May 1965, pages 32-33 indicates No. 12 Vauxhall Viva 4 Des West Noel Eades Vauxhall Viva Des West 5 Roy Sawyer Gordon Ferrar Ford Cortina 1200 Coolangatta Motors 6 Bob Williamson Peter Harden Hillman Imp 7 Don Mudd Alan Kavanagh Vauxhall Viva 8 Chris McSorley R Skelton Hillman Imp Class B : £901 to £1,000 1 Marie Nolan Denis Geary Ford Cortina 1500 John Timmins Autos 95 2 Des Kelly Leigh Mitchell Toyota Corona Rockhampton Car Sales 94 3 Steve Harvey Bill Stanley Morris Cooper White Nicholson Racing Team 94 4 Andrew Davis Paul Mander Morris Cooper Andrew Davis 93 5 Arthur Treloar Paul Donnelly Isuzu Bellett Arthur Treloar 93 6 Craig Bell Geoff Bernhagen Isuzu Bellett Craig Bell Motor Center 93 7 Barry Tapsall Albert Ward Renault R8 8 Keith Shaw Ken Peters 61FoMoCo Dominate at Lowood, Australian Auto Sportsman, May 1965, pages 14 & 15 Morris Cooper 9 Kevin Johns Graham Lax Ford Cortina 1500 10 Max Volkers Glyn Scott Ford Cortina 1500 Ford Motor Company 11 Bob Bailey Jim Reuter 29 Isuzu Bellett DNF Barry Nixon-Smith Jack Hughes Morris Cooper Class C : £1,001 to £1,200 1 Harry Firth John Raeburn 36 Ford Cortina GT Ford Motor Company 101 2 Barry Arentz Brian Michelmore Ford Cortina GT Barry Arentz 94 3 Evan Thomas Eric Wedmaier Holden EH 179 J Thomas & Sons 93 4 Don Smith Bruce Stewart Holden HD X2 59 5 Les Daly Ron Lang Ford Cortina GT Class D : £1,201 to £2,000 1 John Harvey Brian Foley 40 Morris Cooper S R C Phillips 102 2 Barry Gibson Tony Basile Studebaker Daytona Barry Gibson 100 3 Ron O'Neill Graham Perry 51 Ford Cortina Lotus Ron O'Neil's Parking Station 97 4 Geoff Sakzewski Terry Kratzmann Fiat 1500 Tony Basile Motors 92 5 Greg Watkins Dave Harding Fiat 1500 6 Bill Burns Brian Lawler Fiat 2300 7 Adrian Yannuccelli John Gillmeister Studebaker Lark DNF Paul Zacka Eric Pryor Holden HD X2
Note: Car 51 was eligible for the race under a Lowood pro-rata clause.
References
Further reading Lowood's 4-hour lap charts to be checked, The Courier Mail, Monday, 29 March 1965, pages 17 Wins to Cortinas & Morris, The Courier Mail, Thursday, 1 April 1965, page 22