1964 Lowood 4 Hour 1963 Armstrong 500 endurance race at Bathurst six months before and was using the same set of tyres that had been on the car during its earlier victory. Cars competed in four classes grouped according to the retail selling price of each car. Of the 20 cars which started the race, 17 finished and three retired. 1964 Lowood 4 Hour The 1964 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 12 April 1964. The race, which was promoted by the Queensland Racing Drivers' Club Ltd., was the first of
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show "Sportsview". The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of "Sportsview", and was presented by Peter Dimmock. For the first show, votes were sent by postcard, and rules presented in a "Radio Times" article stipulated that nominations were restricted to athletes who had featured on the "Sportsview" programme since April. Approximately 14,500 votes were cast, and Christopher Chataway beat Roger Bannister to win the inaugural BBC Sportsview's Personality of the Year Award. Four people have won the award more than