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1966 Australian Touring Car Championship


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Australian Touring Car Championship race number 1 of 1
Monday, April 11, 1966 at Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales
20 laps on a 6.170 kilometer street course (123.400 kilometers)

Time of race: 0:54:30.20
Average speed: 135.845 kph
Pole time: 160.7 seconds
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 32.8 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary    1966 Australian Touring Car Championship results   /   1966 standings

PosSt#DriverTeamCarLapsStatusLed
1 11   Ian Geoghegan Total Team–Ford Mustang20running7
2 23   Norm Beechey Neptune Racing Team–Chevrolet Chevy II Nova20running13
3 312   Kevin Bartlett Mildren Racing–Alfa Romeo GTA20running0
4 476   John Harvey RC Phillips Sports Car World–Austin Cooper S19running0
5 699   Phil Barnes Vaughan & Lane–Morris Cooper S19running0
6 815   John French John French–Morris Cooper S18running0
71071   Bill Brown Scuderia Veloce–Volvo 122S18running0
81413   Bob Holden BMC Australia Pty Ltd–Morris Cooper S17running0
91538   Don Holland Don Holland Motors–Morris Cooper S17running0
101942   A. PattersonA. Patterson–Ford Cortina Mk I GT17running0
111675   Peter Mander Marque Motors–Morris Cooper S17running0
20 9100   Charlie Smith G.C. Smith–Morris Cooper S17dnf0
12–64   David Frazer Renno Motors–Renault R8 Gordini16running0
132123   John Hall H. Taylor–Holden HD X216running0
142582   A. BarrowA. Barrow–Holden FJ16running0
152233   John Prisk Varsity Auto Centre–Morris Cooper16running0
16–    Digby Cooke Marque Motors–Morris Cooper16running0
17–54   M. SchneiderMarque Motors–Morris Mini Deluxe16running0
2124    Bill Stanley Marque Motors–Morris Cooper16dnf0
22 5119   Warren Weldon Waggott Engineering–Holden EH Special S415mechanical0
231228   Bruce Wright Peter Owen Racing–Morris Cooper S14dnf0
18–43   Ross Edgerton Ross Edgerton–Renault R8 Gordini13running0
242332   R. LindsayR. Lindsay–Renault R8 Gordini13dnf0
25 72   Terry Allan Syndal Motors–Holden EH Special S412dnf0
19–45   G. MacDonaldEsso Servicentre Wareloo–Ford Cortina Mk I GT7running0
262066   Bob Edgerton Bob Edgerton–Morris Cooper S7dnf0
27–53   Malcolm Bailey Malcolm Bailey–Ford Zephyr5dnf0
28–11   T. McGeeEsso Servicentre Wareloo–Morris Cooper4dnf0

Fastest Lap: 160.400 seconds by Ian Geoghegan

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
PosNameNbrSponsorOwnerCar
WDNorm Beechey4Neptune Racing TeamFord Mustang
WDDon Smith55Smiths Auto AccessoriesHolden EH Special S4
WDAlton Boddenberg105Advanx Gosford Motor ServiceChrysler Valiant

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Norm Beechey11313
  Ian Geoghegan14207