1958_Australian_Drivers'_Championship
The 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for drivers of Formula Libre cars. It was the second Australian Drivers' Championship. The title was contested over a nine race series with the winner awarded the 1958 CAMS Gold Star.
The championship was won by Stan Jones, driving a Maserati 250F.
- Winning driver not awarded points for races 1 and 8
Championship points were awarded on an 8-5-3-2-1 basis to the top five finishers in each race. However, as overseas drivers were ineligible to qualify for championship points, no points were awarded for placings scored by these drivers.[2] Similarly drivers of sports cars which on occasion raced amongst the Formula Libre cars, were not eligible for points, although Doug Whiteford's Maserati 300S appears to have been an exception.
| Position | Driver[2] | Car[1] | Entrant[1] | G.B. | F.B. | Lon. | P.W. | Low. | Low. | M.P. | A.P. | P.I. | Total[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Jones | Maserati 250F | S. F. Jones Stan Jones Motors Pty. Ltd. |
5 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Alec Mildren | Cooper T43 Coventry Climax FPE | A. Mildren Motors A. G. Mildren Pty Ltd |
1 | 1 | - | - | 8 | 8 | - | - | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Len Lukey | Cooper T23 MkII Bristol Lukey Bristol Vauxhall Special |
Lukey Mufflers Pty Ltd W. F. Coad |
3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 21 |
| 4 | Ted Gray | Tornado Mk.II Corvette[3] | E. Gray | - | - | 8 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| 5 | Arnold Glass | Ferrari 555 Super Squalo | A. J. Glass | - | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Doug Whiteford | Maserati 300S | D. Whiteford | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Lex Davison | Ferrari 500/625/750 | Ecurie Australie | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| 8 | Austin Miller | Cooper T41 Coventry Climax FWB | A. Miller | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Ern Seeliger | Maybach Mk. IV Corvette | Stan Jones Motors Pty. Ltd. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| 10 | Tom Hawkes | Cooper T23 MkII Repco Holden | Ecurie Corio | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| 11 | Keith Rilstone | Zephyr Special Ford | K. Rilstone | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| John Roxburgh | Cooper T41 Coventry Climax | J. B. Roxburgh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 13 | Greg McEwin | MacHealey Austin-Healey | G. McEwin | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bib Stillwell | Maserati 250F | B.S. Stillwell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 15 | Glyn Scott | Repco Holden Special | Glyn Scott Motors | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Arthur Griffiths | Cooper T41 Coventry Climax FWB | A. Griffith | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Curly Brydon | Ferrari 125 Corvette | A.H. Brydon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Ray Gibbs | Cooper T23 Holden | Sabina Motors[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Championship points were not awarded for the following:[2]
- Jack Brabham (Cooper T43 Climax) : First place in Race 1
- Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type) : Fourth place in Race 1
- Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type) : Fourth place in Race 5
- Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type) : Fourth place in Race 6
- Merv Neil (Cooper T45 Climax) : Fourth place in Race 7
- Stirling Moss (Cooper T45 Climax) : First place in Race 8
- Jack Brabham (Cooper T45 Climax) : Second place in Race 8
- Australian Motor Sports Review 1958-59, pages 35-51
- The "dandsshaw" reference shows the Tornado as being Ford powered at Gnoo Blas however the Gnoo Blas race report in Australian Motor Sports Review 1958-59, page 36 describes the car as the "Corvette-engined Tornado".
- Official Programme, P.I.A.R.C. Boxing Day Meeting, Friday, 26th December 1958
- Australian Grand Prix - The 50-race history, 1986, pages 236 to 246
- The Advertiser, Monday 7 April 1958, Page 19