1961 New South Wales Road Racing Championship

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The '''1961 New South Wales Road Racing Championship''' was a motor race staged at the [[Mount Panorama Circuit]] near [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] on 1 October 1961. The race was contested over 13 laps at a total distance of approximately 50 miles.

The race was won by Noel Hall driving a [[Cooper T51]] [[Coventry Climax|Climax]].

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
!
! Entrant
! Driver
! Car
! Race Time/DNF
! Laps
|-
| 1
| 71
| Ecurie Hall
| Noel Hall
| [[Cooper T51]] [[Coventry Climax|Climax]]
| 34:53.4
| 13
|-
| 2
| 20
| G.A. Scott
| Glyn Scott
| [[Cooper T43]] [[Coventry Climax|Climax]]
| 36:03.6
| 12
|-
| 3
| 8
| Geoghegan Motors
| [[Leo Geoghegan]]
| [[Lotus 20]] [[Ford]]
| 37:58.5
| 12
|-
| 4
| 11
| Ecurie Cinque
| Gordon Stewart
| [[MG Cars|MG]] Stewart Special
| 34:58.7
| 11
|-
| 5
| 78
| Rawsthornes Garage
| John Hough
| [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] F2-51 [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]]
| 35:07.0
| 11
|-
| 6
| 40
| N.F. Barnes
| Noel Barnes
| [[MG T-type#TC|MG TC]] Special
| 35:12.7
| 11
|-
| 7
| 43
| Len Deaton
| Len Deaton
| [[Cooper T43]] [[Ford]]
| 35:14.4
| 11
|-
| 8
| 64
| Barrie Garner
| Barrie Garner
| Nota Major [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]]
| 36:55.6
| 11
|-
| 9
| 81
| Bayldon & Stafford Car Sales
| Kevin Salmon
| [[MG Cars|MG]] Special
| 37:57.6
| 11
|-
| 10
| 6
| B.S. Stillwell
| [[Bib Stillwell]]
| [[Cooper T51]] [[Coventry Climax|Climax]]
| Gearbox
| 12
|-
| 11
| 34
| Continental Cars
| Bill Machin
| [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] Spyder Special
| Gearbox
| 6
|-
| 12
| 28
| A.C. Rose
| Alwyn Rose
| DalRo FLII [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]]
| Halfshaft
| 4
|-
| 13
| 15
| Barry Collerson
| Barry Collerson
| [[Talbot-Lago#Talbot-Lago T26C|Talbot-Lago T26C]]
| Retired
| 3
|-
| 14
| 3
| Jack Myers
| Jack Myers
| [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]-Thunderbird MkIV [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]
| Halfshaft
| 0
|-
!colspan=7| Source:<ref></ref><ref name=Cradle>John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, page 293</ref>
|}

==References==


[[Category:1961 in Australian motorsport|New South Wales Road Racing Championship]]
[[Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales]]

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