title: 1963 Bathurst 100
text: # 1963 Bathurst 100
  
  The 1963 Bathurst 100 was a motor race which was staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 15 April 1963. It was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd. The race was open to Racing Cars, Formula Junior cars and invited Sports Cars and was contested over a distance of 100 miles.
  
  The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Cooper T62.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Pos. | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Class | Class pos. | Laps | Time | Comment | Grid Pos. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lex Davison | 4 | Cooper T62 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | Over 1500cc | 1 | 26 | 66:05.0 | | 1 |
  | 2 | Tony Shelly | 3 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Ecurie Australie | Over 1500cc | 2 | 24 | 66:14.1 | | 3 |
  | 3 | Charlie Smith | 6 | Elfin Ford | C. G. Smith | Up to 1500cc | 1 | | 67:37.1 | | 6 |
  | 4 | Doug Kelley | 60 | Cooper T41 Coventry Climax | D. J. Kelley | Up to 1500cc | 2 | | 68:52.6 | | 9 |
  | ? | Les Howard | 15 | Lotus 11 Coventry Climax | Howard & Sons Racing Team | Up to 1500cc | 3 | | 66:44.5 | | 14 |
  | ? | Greville Edgerton | 45 | Cooper T38 Jaguar | G. Edgerton | Over 1500cc | 3 | | 67:19.2 | | 11 |
  | DNF | David McKay | 1 | Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax | Scuderia Veloce | Over 1500cc | - | 9 | | Overheating | 2 |
  | DNF | Ralph Sach | 34 | Nota Din Holden | Reilly Brothers Engineering Pty. Ltd. | Over 1500cc | - | 0 | | Head gasket | 15 |
  | DNS | Frank Matich | 87 | Lotus 19 Coventry Climax | | Over 1500cc | - | - | | | 4 |
  | DNS | Bill Patterson | 9 | Cooper T53 Coventry Climax | Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd. | Over 1500cc | - | - | | | 5 |
  | DNS | Ian Geoghegan | 8 | Lotus 22 Ford | Total Team | Up to 1500cc | - | - | | | 7 |
  | DNS | Lionel Ayers | 111 | Lotus 20 Ford | Motor Racing Components | Up to 1500cc | - | - | | | 8 |
  | DNS | Tom Corcoran | 2 | Lola Mk 2 Ford s/c | T. Corcoran | Up to 1500cc | - | - | | | 10 |
  | DNS | Barry Collerson | 21 | Jolus Hillman | J. McGuire | Up to 1500cc | - | - | | | 12 |
  | DNS | Ken Milburn | 23 | Lotus 20 Ford | K. Milburn | Up to 1500cc | - | - | | | 13 |
  | DNS | Gordon Stewart | 11 | Stewart MG s/c | Ecurie Cinque | Over 1500cc | - | - | | | 16 |
  