The 1972 Skipper Chrysler 6 Hour Le Mans was an endurance motor raceJohn Crawford, Porsche 6-Hour Double, Racing Car News, July 1972, pages 58-61 for Sports Open, Sports Closed, Improved Production Touring Cars & Series Production Touring Cars.Western Australian Motor Race Results 1972
Retrieved on 31 July 2010 The event was staged by the W.A. Sporting Car Club at the Wanneroo Park Circuit in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

on Sunday 4 June 1972. It was the 18th and final 6 Hour Le Mans race to be held.Terry Walker, Around The Houses, The History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, page 59

Results

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Race statistics

* Start: Le Mans-style * Starters: 37 * Average speed of winning car: 73.79 mph''Race Record to Porsche'', The West Australian Monday June 5 1972, page 40 * Race record: Thackwell & Mullins set a new race record of 295 laps, breaking that set by Howie Sangster & Don O'Sullivan in the 1970 race by eight laps.

References & notes

* The Racing Car News race report states that there were 37 starters in the event with 21 finishers and 16 DNFs. The race results published at www.terrywalkersplace.com list 35 starters, 23 finishers and 12 DNFs. * The results at www.terrywalkersplace.com show the Kennedy / Lyons Mini as winning its class although its outright position is lower than that of the Valikov / Tyler Honda which is shown as 2nd in that class. The above results table reflects those published at www.terrywalkersplace.com. * Racing Car News lists Kostera / Cole, Russell / Hagarty and Coleman / Barrett as 6th, 7th and 8th respectively which differs from the results at www.terrywalkersplace.com Six Hours Le Mans Six Hours Le Mans June 1972 sports events in Australia