1962 Australian GT Championship

The 1962 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title^[1] for drivers of Appendix K GT cars.^[2] The title, which was the third Australian GT Championship,^[1][3] was contested over a single race held at the Lakeside circuit, in Queensland, Australia on 8 July 1962.^[4]

1962 Australian GT Championship

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Layout of the Lakeside International Raceway

The championship was won by John French driving a Centaur Waggott.

Results

The race winning Centaur Waggott, pictured in 2007

Position[4]	Driver[4]	No.[4]	Car[4]	Entrant[4]	Laps[4]
1	John French	26	Centaur Waggott	GP Cars Racing Team	50
2	Tony Basile	31[5]	Porsche Carrera	S Sakzewski	50
3	Bill Pitt[6]	34[7]	Jaguar 3.4 Litre	Mrs DI Anderson	50
4	Les Howard	21[5]	Austin-Healey Sprite - Ford Cosworth	Howard and Sons Racing Team
5	Brian Foley	7[5]	Lotus Elite	Scuderia Veloce[8]
Under 1000cc
1	Sib Petralia[8]	51[5]	Austin-Healey Sprite	Chequered Flag Racing Team
2	Terry Kratzmann[7]	30[5]	Renault Floride	Sqadra Sotto
?	M. Hunt[5]	6[5]	Renault Dauphine
1000cc to 1600cc
1	Tony Basile	31[5]	Porsche Carrera	S Sakzewski	50
2	Les Howard	21[5]	Austin-Healey Sprite - Ford Cosworth	Howard and Sons Racing Team
3	Brian Foley	7[5]	Lotus Elite	Scuderia Veloce[8]
?	Tony Osborne[8]	16[7]	Lotus Elite
?	Paul Fallu[7]	60[5]	Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
1600cc to 2600cc
1	John French	26	Centaur Waggott	GP Cars Racing Team	50
2	Ken Peters	4[5]	Derrington Wolseley 15/60	KA Peters
2600cc and Over
1	Bill Pitt[6]	34[7]	Jaguar 3.4 Litre	Mrs DI Anderson	50
2	Dennis Geary[9]	22[7]	HWM Jaguar GT	Geary's Sports Cars

Race statistics

• Pole position: John French (Centaur Waggott), 1m 15.6s^[4]
• Race distance: 50 laps, 75 mile^[4] (120 km)
• Number of starters: 14^[4][10]
• Number of finishers: Not yet ascertained
• Race time of winning car: 62m 03.6s^[4]
• Fastest lap: John French, 1m 12.3s^[11]