1956 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100 mile motor race for sports cars,[1] staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1956.[2] It was the first in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of these being recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.[3] The race was won by Stirling Moss driving a Maserati 300S.[4]

Class Structure

Cars competed in five classes based on engine capacity: [1]

Results

Stirling Moss won the 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Maserati 300S similar to that pictured above
Position [4] Driver [4] [5] No. [1] Car [1] [5] Entrant [1] Class [1]
1 Stirling Moss 7 Maserati 300S Officine Alfieri Maserati 2701 - 3000cc
2 Jean Behra 6 Maserati 300S Officine Alfieri Maserati 2701 - 3000cc
3 Ken Wharton 10 Ferrari 750A K Wharton 2701 - 3000cc
4 Bill Pitt 2 Jaguar D-Type G Anderson Open
5 Bib Stillwell 5 Jaguar D-Type BS Stillwell Open
6 Peter Whitehead 8 Ferrari 750A PN Whitehead 2701 - 3000cc
7 Tom Sulman 14 Aston Martin DB3S T Sulman 2701 - 3000cc
8 Ron Phillips 20 Austin-Healey 100S JK & RK Phillips 1501 - 2700cc
? Lex Davison 3 HWM Jaguar Ecurie Australie Open
? Jack Brabham 35 Cooper Coventry Climax Cooper Car Co Limited 1101 - 1500cc
? Doug Chivas 37 Lotus Mk.6 Coventry Climax DG Chivas Up to 1100cc
? Keith Jones 16 Ferrari Type 225 Coupe N Sacilotto 2701 - 3000cc
? Paul England 25 Ausca Sports PT England 1501 - 2700cc
? John Grey   Cooper Jaguar
DNF [5] Doug Whiteford [5] 23 Austin-Healey 100S D Whiteford 1501 - 2700cc
DNF [5] Stan Coffey 9 Ferrari 750A Dowidat Spanner Distributors 2701 - 3000cc
DNF [5] Bill Patterson 36 Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors P/L 1101 - 1500cc

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Australian Tourist Trophy (Entry list), First Day Programme, Australian Tourist Trophy (1956), page 47
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Moss wins big race, The Argus, Mon, 26 Nov 1956, page 5 Retrieved from trove.nla.gov.au on 15 March 2014
  3. ↑ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Athol Yeomans, Moss in walkover win, Behra second, Wheels (magazine), January 1957, pages 60 & 61.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979

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