The 1964 Sandown 6 Hour International was an endurance race for saloon cars complying with
FIA Group 1 regulations.
[Peter Bakalor, Alfa Triumphant, Modern Motor, February 1965, pages 34 to 37 & 96 to 97. Report includes a Results section listing the 28 classified finishers with driver surnames, car and number of laps completed.] The event was held at the
Sandown Park circuit in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia
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on 29 November 1964
['Adrian Ryan & Max Stahl, Sandown was super!, Racing Car News, January 1965, pages 16 to 19. Includes Results listing for all finishers with Class details.] and was the genesis of what is now known as the
Sandown 500
The Sandown 500 (formally known as the Penrite Oil Sandown 500) is an annual endurance motor race which is staged at the Sandown Raceway, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 1964. The event's name, distance – and the category of cars comp ...
. The race was won by
Roberto Bussinello
Roberto Bussinello (4 October 1927 in Pistoia – 24 August 1999 in Vicenza) was a racing driver from Italy.
He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 10 September 1961. He scored no championship points ...
and Ralph Sachs, driving an
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
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.
Classes
Entries competed in seven classes as follows:
[
*Class A : Over 3000cc][
*Class B : 2501-3000cc][
*Class C : 2001-2500cc][
*Class D : 1601-2000cc][
*Class E : 1301-1600cc][
*Class F : 900-1300cc][
*Class G : Open (ineligible for outright awards)][
Class G was for entries which were modified to ]FIA Group 2
The Group 2 racing class referred to regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying, as regulated by the FIA. Group 2 was replaced by Group A in 1982.
The FIA established Appendix J regulations for Touring and GT cars for 1954 and the t ...
specifications.[
]
Results
There were 37 starters in the race[6 Hours at Sandown, Australian Motor Sports, January 1965, pages 50 to 53] and 28 cars were classified as finishers.[
]
References
Further reading
* Trevor Davis, Italy Successful in Six-Hour Saloon Car Race, The Age, Monday, 30 November 1964
* Official Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 21, 1965
External links
Youtube video
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Motorsport at Sandown
Sandown 6 Hour International