A report on 1962 Australian GT Championship
CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Appendix K GT cars.
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John French (racing driver)
1 linksAustralian retired racing driver.
Australian retired racing driver.
He won the 1962 Australian GT Championship driving a Centaur-Waggott and in 1969 French paired with Allan Moffat to win the Sandown Three Hour race in a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase I.
Waggott Engineering
1 linksAustralian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s.
Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame for the engines which it produced for motor sport applications from the 1950s through to the 1970s.
As fitted to the Centaur Waggot in which John French won the 1962 Australian GT Championship, the engine was producing 202 bhp, over three times the 62 bhp output of the standard Holden unit.