1958 6 Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)

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The 1958 6 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race staged on 2 June 1958 at the Caversham Circuit, in Western Australia. [1] It was open to production cars competing in "Sports Car" and "Sedan Car" classes. [1] The race, which was the fourth in a sequence of annual "Six Hour Le Mans" races to be held in Western Australia between 1955 and 1972 [2] was won by Jim Harwood and Bill Downey driving a Triumph TR2. [1]

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Results

Position [3] Drivers [3] No. [3] Car [3] Entrant [1] Class [3] Class pos. [3] Laps [3]
1Jim Harwood, Bill Downey21 Triumph TR2 Performance CarsSports Cars Over 1500cc1181
2Barry Ranford Sr, [1] Barry Ranford Jr [1] 8 Morgan Loftus Service StationSports Cars Over 1500cc2181
3Aub Melrose, (Dick Blythe) [4] 17 Austin-Healey 100-4 [2] A Melrose MotorsSports Cars Over 1500cc3175
4Peter Morgan, Merv Dudley [1] 41 MGA Mercury MotorsSports Cars Under 1500cc1174
5Dick Blythe, Sid Taylor29 Austin Lancer Winterbottom MotorsSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc1171
6David Sadique, Bob Avery26 Simca Elysee [1] DH SediqueSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc2167
7Vin Smith9 Austin-Healey V SmithSports Cars Over 1500cc4165
8Jim Ward, Peter Nicol [5] 35 Ford Zephyr Mark II [1] J WardSedan Cars Over 2500cc1164
9E Allwood, H Magill24 Thames EL AttwoodSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc3163
10Clem Dwyer, Hugh McKinlay38 Renault Dauphine Diesel MotorsSedan Cars 500 - 850cc1159
11John Glasson, John Hayes25 Standard Vanguard JG GlassonSedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc1158
12Ray Bettridge, Bill Downey33 Morris Minor 1000 Modern MotorsSedan Cars 850 - 1100cc1157
13Syd Negus, Sid Taylor27 Austin A95 Winterbottom MotorsSedan Cars Over 2500cc2155
14Mal Chapman43 MGTC M ChapmanSports Cars Under 1500cc2153
15Brian Lemon, B Herman30 Volkswagen BJ LemonSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc4149
16Bob Annear, Sid Taylor28 Austin A55 Winterbottom MotorsSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc5147
17N Joddrell, H Joddrell37 Vauxhall Victor Allwood MotorsSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc6145
18J Lenton, R Bettridge32 Wolseley 1500 JM LentonSedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc7136
19Dave Sullivan, Bob Biltoff36 Holden Northside Service StationSedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc248
DNFG Haynes, Graham Bowra23 Morgan G HayesSports Cars Over 1500cc- ?
DNFColin Metcher, W Green40 MGTC C MetcherSports Cars Under 1500cc- ?
DNFJack Ayres, [1] D Reimes31 Holden Superior CarsSedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc- ?

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 Hour Race (production cars), Australian Motor Sports Review, 1958-59, pages 52, 53 & 56
  2. 1 2 Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around the Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Western Australian Motor Racing Results 1958, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ↑ Australian Motor Sports Review states that Melrose "drove the whole six hours himself"
  5. 1 2 The Sunday Times 6 Hour Production Car Meeting, Australian Motor Sports, July 1958, pages 313 & 314

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