1958 Australian Tourist Trophy
The 1958 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100 mile race for sports cars, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958.[1] It was the second in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of which was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.[2] The race was won by David McKay driving an Aston Martin DB3S.[3]
Class Structure
Cars competed in six classes based on engine capacity: [4]
- Up to 750cc [4]
- 751 to 1100cc [4]
- 1101 to 1500cc [4]
- 1501 to 2000cc [4]
- 2001 to 3000cc [4]
- Over 3000cc [4]
Results
David McKay won the 1958 Australian Tourist Trophy driving an Aston Martin DB3S similar to that pictured above
| Position [4] | Driver [4] | No. [1] | Car [4] | Entrant [3] | Class [4] | Class Pos. [4] | Laps [4] |
| 1 | David McKay | 71 | Aston Martin DB3S [3] | 2001 to 3000cc | 1 | 26 | |
| 2 | Derek Jolly [1] | 16 [3] | Lotus 15 Coventry Climax [3] | 1101 to 1500cc | 1 | 26 | |
| 3 | Ron Phillips [1] | Cooper Type 33 Jaguar [3] | Over 3000cc | 1 | 26 | ||
| 4 | Frank Matich [3] | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors [3] | Over 3000cc | 2 | 26 | |
| 5 | Gavan Sandford-Morgan [3] | Decca Special MkII [3] | 751 to 1100cc | 1 | 26 | ||
| 6 | Warren Blomfield [3] | Aston Martin DB3S [3] | 2001 to 3000cc | 2 | 26 | ||
| ? | J Downie | MG | 1501 to 2000cc | 1 | |||
| ? | Bruce Maher [5] | 74 [5] | Buchanan Holden | 1501 to 2000cc | 2 | ||
| ? | O Basile | Porsche | 1101 to 1500cc | 2 | |||
| ? | Lyn Archer [3] | 9 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax [3] | 751 to 1100cc | 2 | ||
| ? | M Ward | Berkeley | Up to 750cc | 1 | |||
| ? | Adams | 8 | Prad Holden | ||||
| ? | Binnie | 26 | MG TF | ||||
| DNF | Doug Whiteford | Maserati 300S | 11 | ||||
| DNF [1] | Bill Pitt [1] | Jaguar D-Type [1] |
- The total number of starters in not known.
- Winner's race time: 1 hour 19 minutes 21.9 seconds [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 David McKay, Davison again, Modern Motor, December 1968, pages 18, 19, 69 & 70
- ↑ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 Wind sends driver crashing at 120 m.p.h., The Sydney Morning herald, Monday, 6 October 1958, page 5
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Buchanan "Works" racecars 1957 - 1958, www.buchananmotorcompany.com Retrieved on 24 March 2014