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Event: The Eight Rand Daily Mail Nine Hour Endurance Race		Date: 6.11.1965
Track: Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (South Africa), 4.094 kms	Organiser: Sports Car Club of South Africa
Kyalami 9 Hours
South African Springbok Trophy Series (round 1)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	14:00
Grid:	modified Le Mans start
Distance:	9 hours
Attendance:	62000

Entered:	46
Practiced:	44
Qualified:	42
Started:	37
Finished:	24
Classified:	24

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class A - Sports +2000	6	6	4
Class B - Sports 2000	10	9	3
Class C - Sports 1150	4	2	2
Class D - Grand Touring +3000	0	0	0
Class E - Grand Touring 3000	6	6	4
Class F - Grand Touring 1600	1	1	1
Class G - Grand Touring 1150	7	5	5
Class H - Touring +3000	0	0	0
Class J - Touring 3000	0	0	0
Class K - Touring 2000	7	5	3
Class L - Touring 1150	3	3	2

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Winners:
Overall:	1	Ferrari 365 P2	Piper / Attwood
Class B - Sports 2000:	18	GSM Dart Ford	Truter / Smith
Class C - Sports 1150:	21	GSM Dart Ford	Weyers / Saul
Class E - Grand Touring 3000:	14	Porsche 904 GTS	De Udy / de Klerk
Class F - Grand Touring 1600:	16	Lotus Elan	Holme / Wheble
Class G - Grand Touring 1150:	28	Renault R8	Mortimer / Hooper
Class K - Touring 2000:	39	Volvo 122 S	Swanepoel / van Zyl
Class L - Touring 1150:	32	Renault 8 Gordini	Burford / Porter
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Ferrari 365 P2	David Piper (GB)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Volvo (5), Renault (5), GSM (4), Austin (4), Ferrari (3), Lotus (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (9), Volvo (5), Renault (5), BMC (5), Ferrari (3), Alfa Romeo (3)
Top car types by numbers:	GSM Dart (4), Volvo 122 (4), Renault 8 (4), Austin Mini Cooper (4)
Driver nationalities:	ZA (61), GB (10), RSR (2)
Team nationalities:	ZA (29), GB (8)
Engine positions:	front-engined (50%), mid-engined (34%), rear-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	1907 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Jack Holme (54), Doug Serrurier (45), John Love (41)
Youngest known drivers:	Richard Attwood (25), Paul Hawkins (28), David Prophet (28)
Woman drivers:	Pat Sonnenschein

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