The 1967 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor race for
Sports Cars
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and
Touring Cars
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While the cars do not mo ...
. The event, which attracted 38 starters, was staged at the
Caversham Airfield circuit in
Western Australia
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on 5 June 1967.
[Mini "S" Downs Cobra, Racing Car News, July 1967, pages 31 & 34] It was the thirteenth
Six Hour Le Mans race.
The race was won by Jeff Dunkerton and Doug Mould driving a
Morris Cooper S
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.
Results
Note : The above listing is incomplete.
References
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Further reading
* Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, p. 152
* Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pp. 58–59
* Dunkerton Drives Skilfully, The West Australian, Tuesday, 6 June 1967, p. 39
External links
1967 Six Hour Le Mans Race images, catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.auImage of cover of Official Program, progcovers.com, as archived at web.archive.org
Six Hours Le Mans
Six Hours Le Mans