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- ↑ Quoted sources do not specify the categories of cars eligible for the event, however Wheels magazine, July 1955 page 51 noted that the second placed car was a "modified Holden saloon".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Terry Walker, Six Hour Le Mans, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56-59
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Western Australian Motor Race Results, 1951-1955, at www.terrywalkersplace.com [ permanent dead link ] Retrieved on 29 November 2010
- 1 2 3 Wheels magazine, July 1955, pages 40-41