1963 Australian GT Championship

The 1963 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title^[1] for GT cars^[2] complying with Appendix K regulations.^[3] The championship was contested over a single 10 lap race staged at the Calder Motor Raceway in Victoria, Australia on 8 December 1963.^[4] It was the fourth annual Australian GT Championship.^[1]

1963 Australian GT Championship

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The championship was won by Bob Jane driving a Jaguar E-Type lightweight.^[4]

Results

Bob Jane won the championship driving a Jaguar E-Type lightweight similar to the example pictured above

Position[4]	Driver[4]	No.	Car[4]	Entrant[4]	Laps
1	Bob Jane	6[5]	Jaguar E-Type lightweight	Bob Jane Jaguar-Fiat Sales	10[4]
2	Murray Carter		Corvette Special[6]	Murray Carter	10[7]
3	Bill Jane		Jaguar E-Type	Bob Jane Jaguar-Fiat Sales
4	Brian Foley		Austin-Healey Sprite Mark IIa[8]	P & R Williams
?	Ian McDonald		MGB Coupe	Peter Manton
?	?
?	?
?	?
?	?

Note: The finishers included "Sundry Austin A30s".^[4]

Race statistics

• Race distance:10 laps (reduced from the original 20 laps)^[4]
• Starters: 9^[9]
• Race time of winning car: 8:48.8^[10]
• Winning margin: 10.6 seconds^[10]
• Fastest lap: Bob Jane (Jaguar E-Type lightweight), 51.8 seconds (new GT lap record)^[8]