1959_Australian_Tourist_Trophy

1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

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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]

Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966)

The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.[3]

Results

A Cooper T38 Jaguar, similar to winning car
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

References

  1. [1]
    1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296
  2. [2]
    National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
  3. [3]
    Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143
  4. [4]
    Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
  5. [5]
    20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10
  6. [6]
    Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
  7. [7]
    John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
  8. [8]
    The Australian Tourist Trophy 1959-60, Automobiles Australia (Incorporating Australian Motor Sports Review 1959-1960), pages 114-115
  9. [9]
    The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
  10. [10]
    The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Bonetti retired prior to Matich and Finch
  11. [11]
    The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Adams retired prior to Matich and Finch
  12. [12]
    Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71
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