The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959.[1] It was the third 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.[2]
The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.[3]
Results
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| Position[1] | Driver[1] | No.[4] | Car[1] | Entrant[4] | Class pos.[5] | Class[5] | Time / laps[6] |
| 1 | Ron Phillips | 42 | Cooper T38 Jaguar[3] | JK & RK Phillips | 1 | Over 3000 cc | 73:28[1] |
| 2 | Bill Pitt | 1 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs DI Anderson | 73:49[1] | ||
| 3 | Bob Jane | 56 | Maserati 300S | R Jane | 1 | 2001 to 3000 cc | 35 |
| 4 | John Ampt[7] | 58 | Decca Special MK II[7] | JE Ampt | 1 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 |
| 5 | Allan Jack | 45 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax[7] | Brifield Motors | 2 | 1101 to 1500 cc[8] | 34 |
| 6 | Les Agnew[7][9] | 10 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[7] | Rockhampton Car Sales | 1 | Up to 1100cc | 34 |
| 7 | T Basile | 31 | Porsche Carrera | S Sakzewski | |||
| 8 | Tom Ross | 18 | Triumph TR2 | TW Ross | 1 | 1501 to 2000 cc | |
| 9 | B Coventry | 28 | MGA | B Coventry | |||
| 10 | E Laker | 101 | Triumph TR3 | EF Laker | |||
| 11 | J Ausina | MGA | J Ausina[1] | ||||
| 12 | P Samuels | 63 | Berkeley | P Samuels | |||
| ? | John Cleary[7] | 36 | Austin-Healey 100S | J Cleary | |||
| DNF | Chas Whatmore | 4 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[7] | Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre | 16 | ||
| DNF[6] | Frank Matich | 87 | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd | 13 | ||
| DNF[6] | David Finch | 92 | Jaguar D-Type | DN Finch | 13 | ||
| DNF | J Bonenti | 6 | MG TF 1500 | JA Bonenti | ? [10] | ||
| DNF | I Adams | 57 | Morris Minor 1000 | ? [11] |
Notes
edit- Meeting organiser: QRDC[6] (Queensland Racing Drivers Club)[4]
- Attendance: 20,000[1] (record crowd)[12]
- Race distance: 36 laps, 102 miles[6]
- Number of starters: Unknown
- First Queensland competitor: Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type)[5]
- New GT lap record: T Basile (Porsche Carrera), 2:13[1]
- Handicap results (over first 20 laps): 1st - B Coventry (MGA), 2nd - Tom Ross (Triumph TR2), 3rd - T Basile (Porsche Carrera)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296
- ^ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
- ^ a b Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143
- ^ a b c Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
- ^ a b c d 20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10
- ^ a b c d e Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
- ^ a b c d e f g John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
- ^ The Australian Tourist Trophy 1959-60, Automobiles Australia (Incorporating Australian Motor Sports Review 1959-1960), pages 114-115
- ^ The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
- ^ The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Bonetti retired prior to Matich and Finch
- ^ The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Adams retired prior to Matich and Finch
- ^ Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71
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