South African 6 Hours 1961 - Race Results

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Event: 5th South African 6 Hour Normal Production and Sports Car Endurance Test		Date: 1.4.1961
Track: Roy Hesketh Circuit, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), 2.575 kms	Organiser: unknown
South African 6 Hours
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	2	Gous / Austin	Porsche Spyder	D. S. Gous	599.2000 kms	99.9	1^st	S
2^nd	12	Mitchell / Henderson	Alfa Romeo Ti	Monaco Motors (Pty.) Ltd.	564.2000 kms		1^st	GT
3^rd	4	Wilson / Hardman	Triumph TR3A	J. Wilson	545.0000 kms		2^nd	GT
4^th	9	Wilson / O'Keefe	Austin-Healey Sprite	Forsdick Motors Ltd.	542.4000 kms		1^st	PS
5^th	22	Wingels / Rowe	Peugeot 403	J. Rowe	532.5000 kms		1^st	T
6^th	18	Turner / White	Austin 7	Austin Motor Co. S.A. (Pty.) Ltd.	526.5000 kms		3^rd	GT
7^th	8	Topman / Mortimer	Sunbeam Alpine	Natal Motor Industries Ltd.			2^nd	PS
8^th	16	Hansen / Moolman	Alfa Romeo TI	Monaco Motors (Pty.) Ltd.			2^nd	T
	23	Robinson / Hooper	Fiat-Abarth	Ecurie Aquila				GT
	25	Whittaker / Edwards	NSU Prinz	Whittaker Motors				T

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
1	Bosman / Pieterse	Lotus - Alfa Romeo	Continental Cars	Gear lever, brakes	S
6	Blam / Gordon	MGA	Phoenix Motors (Pty.) Ltd.	DNF	PS
				DNF
				DNF

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
3	Engelbrecht / Holme	GSM Dart Alfa Romeo	P. Engelbrecht	S
5	Pole / Berrington-Smith	Triumph TR3A	B. Pole	GT
11	Kotze / van Niekerk	GSM Dart Alfa Romeo	T. Kotze	GT
14	Johnstone / Huxtable	Volvo Sport	Lawson Organisation	GT
15	Hewitson / Celliers	Volvo Californian	J. Hewitson	T
21	Galloway / Ford	Volkswagen	Phoenix Motors (Pty.) Ltd.	T
24	Kingwill / Clapham	NSU Prinz	Continental Cars	T

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
7	Campbell / Skeen	MGA	Ecurie Acquila	Not known if ran	PS
10	Beerstecher / Viljoen	Triumph TR3A Hardtop	R. Beerstecher	Not known if ran	GT
17	Marais / Williamson	Volvo 444	D. Marais	Not known if ran	T
19	Norris / Chandler	Morris Mini Minor	G. Norris	Not known if ran	GT
20	Hettema / Rossouw	Ford Anglia	J. Hettema	Not known if ran	GT

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