1955 Moomba TT

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The 1955 Moomba TT was a motor race staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 26 March 1955. [1] The race, which featured a Le Mans start, was open to 'Sports Cars Open and Closed', competing with restricted fuel. [1] It was staged as part of the Argus Moomba Motor Car Races, the meeting being sponsored by the Argus newspaper and organised by the Light Car Club of Australia in collaboration with the Albert Park Trust and the Moomba Festival Committee. [2]

The race was won by Doug Whiteford (Triumph TR2) from Haig Hurst (Austin-Healey) and EJ Brotherton (Austin-Healey). [2]

Race results

Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Triumph TR2 similar to the example pictured above TriumphTR.jpg
Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Triumph TR2 similar to the example pictured above
Position [2] Driver [2] [1] No [1] Car [2] [1] Entrant [1] Laps [2] Class [2] [1] Class pos [2]
1 Doug Whiteford 50 Triumph TR2 D Whiteford321501-3000cc1
2Haig Hurst55 Austin-Healey HW Hurst321501-3000cc2
3EJ Brotherton27 Austin-Healey CR Dickason321501-3000cc3
4RK Phillips24 Allard K2 RK Phillips323001cc and Over1
5WH Hayes54 Triumph TR2 WH Hayes311501-3000cc4
6WJ Craig51 Triumph TR2 WJ Craig311501-3000cc5
7Stuart Charge59 Austin-Healey S Charge311501-3000cc6
8GV Bateman52 Austin-Healey GV Bateman301501-3000cc7
9GW Baillieu56 Triumph TR2 GW Baillieu291501-3000cc8
10 Brian Sampson [3] 60 Austin-Healey 100/4 [3] B Sampson291501-3000cc9
11RS Andrews66 MG TF RS Andrews281101-1500cc1
12CW Carter68 MG TF CW Carter281101-1500cc2
 ?IA Martin63 MG TC IA Martin 1101-1500cc3
 ?R Lesock74 MG TC R Lesock 1101-1500cc4
 ?Rod Jackson79 Fiat 1100 TV RG Jackson Up to 1100cc1
 ?J Old78 Fiat 1100 TV J Old Up to 1100cc2
 ?C Martyn58 Sunbeam 3 LitreC Martyn 1501-3000cc 
 ?EJ Davey-Milne64 Frazer-Nash EJ Davey-Milne 1101-1500cc 
 ?WH Egan35 MG TC specialWH Egan 1101-1500cc 
 ?DB Young89 Singer DB Young Up to 1100cc 
 ?AJ Johnston75 HRG AJ Johnston 1101-1500cc 
 ?Neil Charge73 MG TC specialNK Charge 1101-1500cc 
 ?JH Haisley47 Jaguar XK120 JH Haisley 3001cc and Over 
DNF Harry Firth 61 MG TC specialHL Firth 1501-3000cc 
DNFAllan Gray44 Jaguar XK120 Coupe AR Gray 3001cc and Over 
DNFR Page46 Jaguar XK120 R Page 3001cc and Over 
DNFL Molina25MM Holden L Molina 1501-3000cc 

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Official Programme, Argus Moomba Motor Car Races, Albert Park Circuit, March 26 and 27, 1955.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Argus Moomba Motor Races, Australian Motor Sports, April 1955, pages 137–142.
  3. 1 2 Brian Sampson’s Motor Racing, www.speco.com.au Retrieved 1 November 2015.