1958 Bathurst 100

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

The 1958 Bathurst 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 7 April 1958. ^[1] It was contested over 26 laps, ^[1] a distance of approximately 100 miles. The race was promoted by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd. ^[2]

The race was won by Doug Whiteford ^[3] driving a Maserati 300S. ^[1]

Results

Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Maserati 300S similar to the example pictured above.

Position [1]	Driver [1]	No. [1]	Car [1]	Entrant [2]	Laps [1]	Time / Remarks [1]
1	Doug Whiteford [3]	24	Maserati 300S	D. Whiteford [1]	26	76:53.5
2	Arnold Glass [3]	2	Ferrari 555 [4]	Capitol Motors	26	77:18.1
3	Bill Pitt [3]	4	Jaguar D-Type	Mrs. G. Anderson	26	78:07.4
4	Merv Neil [4]	7	Cooper T43 Coventry Climax [4]	Merv Neil	26	78:28.2
5	Chas Whatmore	27	Lotus 11	Chas Whatmore's Sports Center	26	80:10.5
6	Alec Mildren [4]	10	Cooper T43 Coventry Climax [4]	A. Mildren [1]	26	81:28.0
7	Bill Ford	56	Orlando MG	Robin Orlando	25	81.22.5
8	Allan Ferguson	45	MG Holden	A. Ferguson	22	70:23.0
9	Clive Adams	8	Prad Holden	C. Adams	21	70:23.0
10	Gordon Stewart	11	Stewart MG	Ecurie Cinque	20	69:40.6
11	Noel Barnes	40	MG special	N. Barnes [1]	20	82:55.5
12	Glyn Scott	20	Holden Special	G. Scott	20	63:40.0
?	Frank Walters	41	SoCal V8 Special	F. B. Walters [1]	?
DNF [4]	Ern Seeliger	1	Maybach 3 Chevrolet [4]	E. Seeliger	?
DNF	Lionel Ayers	117	MG TC	L. Ayers [1]	?
DNF	Ron Phillips	12	Cooper Jaguar	R. Phillips [1]	12
DNF	Curly Brydon	9	Ferrari 166 [4]	A.H. Brydon	12
DNF	Paul Samuels	17	MG special	Moss Bros. Retreads [1]	10
DNF	Bill March	49	Holden special	H. Podmore [1]	10
DNF	Jesse Griffiths	36	Maserati 4CL [4]	J. Griffiths [1]	7
DNF	George Websdale	81	Buchanan MG	G. L. Websdale	7
DNF [4]	Len Lukey	44	Cooper T23 Bristol [4]	L. Lukey [1]	6 [4]
DNF	Ray Walmsley	19	Alfa Romeo GMC	R. Walmsley [1]	6
DNF [4]	Ern Tadgell [4]	5	Sabakat Coventry Climax [4]	C.E. Tadgell	3 [4]
DNF [3]	Vince Profilio [3]	34	MG special	V. Profilio [1]	?	Accident [3]
DNS [4]	Bib Stillwell [4]	6	Cooper T43 Coventry Climax [4]	B. Stillwell [1]	-	Accident in preliminary race [3]
DNS [5]	Ross Jensen [5]	18 [1]	Maserati 250F [5]	R. Jensen [1]	-	Engine failure [5]

Notes

• Attendance: 26,000 (estimated) ^[5]
• Starters: 25 ^{[5] [1]}

References

1. John Medley, Bathurst, Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, pages 207 to 218
2. Official Programme, Bathurst '100', Easter Race Meeting, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Monday, April 7th, 1958
3. Racing Drivers Injured in Bathurst '100', Canberra Times, Tuesday 8 April 1958, page 1, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 21 January 2020
4. Bathurst 100, Bathurst, 7 Apr 1958, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 21 January 2020
5. Whiteford Wins Bathurst '100', Australian Motor News, Wednesday, Apri 16, 1958, page 3