1958 Australian Grand Prix

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1958 Australian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 9 in 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship
Mount Panorama 1938-1986.png
Race details
Date6 October 1958
Location Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 6.12 km (3.84 miles)
Distance 30 laps, 183.6 km (115.1 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Gray
 Tornado-Chevrolet
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Gray Tornado-Chevrolet
Time 2:45.4 [1] [2]
Podium
First
 Ferrari
Second
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ern Seeliger
 Maybach-Chevrolet
Third
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Hawkes
 Cooper-Holden
Lex Davison won the race driving a Ferrari similar to that pictured above Ferrari 625A at Silverstone Classic 2011 (2).jpg
Lex Davison won the race driving a Ferrari similar to that pictured above
The WM Special was driven to 10th place in the 1958 Australian Grand Prix by its builder, Jack Myer WM Special.jpg
The WM Special was driven to 10th place in the 1958 Australian Grand Prix by its builder, Jack Myer

The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars, [3] held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 26 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry. [4]

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The race was the 23rd Australian Grand Prix [5] and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship. [6] To Date this was the last time the Australian Grand Prix was held on The Mountain.

The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Ferrari. It was his third Australian Grand Prix win, equalling the record held jointly by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford. [5]

Classification

Results as follows. [7] [6]

PosNo.DriverCarEntrantLapsTimePts
112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 3.0LEcurie Australie301h 25m 18s8
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ern SeeligerMaybach III / Chevrolet 4.6LStan Jones Motors Pty Ltd301h 27m 20s5
346 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Hawkes Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3LEcurie Corio301h 27m 26s3
45 Flag of New Zealand.svg Merv Neil Cooper T45 / Climax 1.7LM Neil29#
59 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Curley Brydon Ferrari 125 F1 / Chevrolet 4.7LAH Brydon281
633 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len LukeyLukey / Bristol 2.2LLukey Mufflers Pty Ltd28
710 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Mildren Cooper T43 / Climax FPE 2.0LAG Mildren Pty Ltd28
819 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Walmsley Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Chevrolet 4.7LR Wamsley28
922 Flag of New Zealand.svg Tom Clark Ferrari 555 Super Squalo / Ferrari 3.4LT Clark28
103 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack MyersWM Special / Holden 2.4LJ Myers27
1156 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill ReynoldsOrlando MG / MG 1.5LR Orlando22
1232 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Moy MG NE / Holden 2.4LK Moy19
1311 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gordon StewartMG Special / MG 1.5LG Stewart18
Ret4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Jones Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5LStan Jones Motors Pty Ltd26
Ret21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Negus Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L Syd Negus 24
Ret39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted GrayTornado II / Chevrolet 4.6LLou Abrahams24
Ret25 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ray Gibbs Cooper T23 / Holden 2.4LR Gibbs18
Ret20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alf Harvey Maserati 4CLT / O.S.C.A. 4.5LA Harvey16
Ret41 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank WaltersSo Cal Special / Ford 4.4LF Walters10
Ret62 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Schroder Nota Consul / Ford 1.5LJ Schroder10
Ret45 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Ferguson MG TC / Holden 2.4LA Ferguson8
Ret15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Collerson MG TA / MG 1.5LB Collerson6
Ret48 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill CookePeugeot Special / Peugeot 1.5LW Cooke6
Ret58 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ern TadgellSabakat (Lotus 12) / Climax FPE 1.5LTadgell Aviation4
Ret14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack RobinsonJaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4LJ Robinson2
DSQ44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Neal Maserati 4C / Maserati 1.5LJ Neal18
DNS59 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Patterson Cooper T43 / Climax 1.7LBill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd
DNS71 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Noel Hall Ralt Mk.4 / Vincent 1.0LO Hall

'# New Zealander Merv Neal was not eligible to score points in the Australian Drivers Championship

1958 Australian Drivers' Championship standings after the race

The top five standings in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship after the Australian Grand Prix were:

PosDriverPoints
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Jones 23
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Lukey20
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Mildren 18
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ted Gray13
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison 8

Notes & references

  1. ↑ John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, page 230
  2. ↑ The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix page 246 gives the fastest lap as 2:25.5 and Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, page 230 quotes 2:45.4. The race report in Australian Motor Sports Review 1958-59 page 45 does not mention the fastest lap. The Official Programme, Bathurst 100, 30 March 1959 credits the Mt. Panorama lap record as 2:44.4 for Stan Jones (Maserati), which discredits the 2:25.5 claim.
  3. ↑ Peter Wherret, Motor Sport, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 21 July 1958, page 9
  4. ↑ Howard, Graham (1986). "1958". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. p. 238. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
  5. 1 2 The Australian Grand Prix, Official Year Book of Motor Sport In Australia, 1959, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, page 43
  6. 1 2 "The CAMS Gold Star - 1958, as archived at web.archive.org". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Howard, Graham (1986). "1958". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 236–246. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
Preceded by
1958 Lowood Trophy
 Australian Drivers' Championship
1958 season 		Succeeded by
1958 Melbourne Grand Prix
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1958		Succeeded by
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