# 1965 Lowood 4 Hour

The 1965 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 28 March 1965. The race, which was organised by the Queensland Racing Drivers Club, was the second annual Lowood 4 Hour. 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. The field was divided into four classes according to the retail price of each vehicle. 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.

## Results

| Position | Drivers | No. | 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 | ? | 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 | 61 | 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.