Kyalami 9 Hours 1963 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Sixth Rand Daily Mail 9 Hour Endurance Race		Date: 2.11.1963
Track: Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (South Africa), 4.094 kms	Organiser: Sports Car Club of South Africa
Kyalami 9 Hours
Non championship race

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	modified Le Mans start
Distance:	9 hours
Attendance:	40000

Entered:	42
Practiced:	38
Qualified:	35
Started:	34
Finished:	17
Classified:	17

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class A - Sports +1600	2	2	0
Class B - Sports 1600	2	1	0
Class C - Sports 1150	4	4	1
Class D - Group 3 - Grand Touring +3000	1	1	1
Class E - Group 3 - Grand Touring 3000	1	1	1
Class F - Group 3 - Grand Touring 2500	2	2	1
Class G - Group 3 - Grand Touring 1600	2	2	0
Class H - Group 3 - Grand Touring 1150	5	4	2
Class J - Group 2 - Touring +5000	1	1	0
Class K - Group 2 - Touring 5000	1	1	1
Class L - Group 2 - Touring 2000	9	7	4
Class M - Group 2 - Touring 1300	1	1	0
Class N - Group 2 - Touring 1000	7	7	6

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Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 600 minutes on 26/10 and 1/11

Winners:
Overall:	8	Ferrari 250 GTO	Piper / Maggs
Class C - Sports 1150:	4	Lola Mk.1 Climax	le Roux / Coetzer
Class D - Group 3 - Grand Touring +3000:	6	Shelby AC Cobra	Olthoff / Gardner
Class F - Group 3 - Grand Touring 2500:	18	Volvo 122 S	Wingels / Markham
Class H - Group 3 - Grand Touring 1150:	21	Renault R8	Burford / Porter
Class K - Group 2 - Touring 5000:	20	Chrysler Valiant	Pardini / Grevler
Class L - Group 2 - Touring 2000:	25	Volvo 122 S	Wilson / Hettema
Class N - Group 2 - Touring 1000:	29	Renault 1093	Chatz / Porter
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Opel (5), Ford (5), Renault (4), Volvo (4), BMW (2), Austin-Healey (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (7), Volvo (5), Opel (5), Renault (4), BMC (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Volvo 122 (4), Opel Kadett (4), Renault R8 (3)
Driver nationalities:	ZA (60), GB (4), RSR (2), AUS (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (70%), rear-engined (20%), mid-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	1668 cc
Oldest known drivers:	John Love (39), Dawie Gous (36), Frank Wingels (35)
Youngest known drivers:	Basil van Rooyen (25), John Whitmore (26), Paul Hawkins (26)

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