1958 Victorian Tourist Trophy

The 1958 Victorian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 23 November 1958. ^[1] It was restricted to open or closed Sports Cars complying with CAMS Appendix C regulations. ^[2] The race was contested over 32 laps of the 3.125 mile circuit, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. ^[2] It was the feature race on the first day of a two-day race meeting organised by the Light Car Club of Australia. ^[1]

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

Results

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

Ron Phillips placed second driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar similar to the example pictured

Position [4]	Driver [4] [3] [1]	No. [4]	Car [4] [3] [1]	Entrant [1]	Class [4] [1]	Class pos. [4]	Laps [4]
1	Doug Whiteford	26	Maserati 300S	D. Whiteford	2001 cc to 3000 cc	1	32
2	Ron Phillips	56	Cooper T38 Jaguar [5]	J. and R. Phillips	Open Class	1	32
3	Bill Pitt	22	Jaguar D-Type	G. Anderson	Open Class	2	32
4	Derek Jolly [6]	29	Lotus XV	D. E. Jolly	1101 cc to 1500 cc	1	32
5	Bob Jane	27	Maserati 300S	New York Motors Pty. Ltd.	2001 cc to 3000 cc	2	31
6	Charlie Whatmore [7]	28	Lotus XI Series 2 Coventry-Climax [7]	C. Whatmore	1101 cc to 1500 cc	2	31
7	Don Swanton [7]	71	Lotus XI Series 2 [7]	D. H. Swanton	Up to 1100cc	1	30
8	Ampt [8]	49	Decca	D. E. Jolly	Up to 1100cc	2	30
9	Tom Sulman	58	Aston Martin DB3S	T. Sulman	2001 cc to 3000 cc	3	29
10	Frank Coad	64	Vauxhall Special	W. F. Coad	2001 cc to 3000 cc	4	29
11	Peter Manton [9]	72	Austin-Healey Sprite Coventry-Climax [6]	Monaro Motors	Up to 1100cc	3	29
12	John Roxburgh [7]	62	Austin-Healey 100S	J. Roxburgh	2001 cc to 3000 cc	5	28
13	Eddie Perkins	78	Porsche	D. M. Calvert	1501 cc to 2000 cc	1	28
14	T. Valmor	77	Austin-Healey 100S	F. Agostino & Co. Pty. Ltd.	2001 cc to 3000 cc	6	27
15	Peter Candy [10] [7]	69	MG TF	P. M. Candy	1101 cc to 1500 cc	3	25
16	Rod Murphy [6]	73	Austin-Healey Sprite [6]	Esquire Motors	Up to 1100cc	4	25
DNF	Alan Jack	67	Cooper Coventry Climax	Brifield Motors	1101 cc to 1500 cc	-	25
DNF	Warren Blomfield	57	Aston Martin DB3S	W. F. Blomfield	2001 cc to 3000 cc	-	20
DNF	Jon Leighton [7]	68	Lotus XI Ford	J. F. E. Leighton	Up to 1100cc	-	19
DNF	Lou Molina	63	Monza Holden Special	L. Molina	2001 cc to 3000 cc	-	18
DNF	Stan Jones	24	Aston Martin DB3S	Stan Jones Motors Pty. Ltd.	2001 cc to 3000 cc	-	14
DNF	Jim Goldfinch [7]	61	Austin-Healey 100S	J. Goldfinch	2001 cc to 3000 cc	-	13

Notes

• Attendance: 40,000 ^[10]
• Entries: 27 ^[1]
• Start: Massed grid start ^[2]
• Starters: 22 ^[4]
• Finishers: 16 ^[4]
• Winner's race time: 65 minutes 47.2 seconds ^[4]
• Winner's average speed: 92.8 mph ^[10]
• Fastest Lap: D Whiteford & R Phillips: 2:01.02 (average 93.8 mph) ^[11]

References

1. Official Programme, 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix / Victorian Tourist Trophy, Albert Park Circuit, First Day
2. Final Supplementary Regulations, International Meeting, Albert Park Circuit, 1958
3. David McKay, Quick money for Moss, Modern Motor, February 1959, pages 35, 36, 37 & 76
4. Official Results, Victorian Tourist Trophy, Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne, 23rd November 1958
5. Mark Bisset, Home & away, Motor Sport, April 2022, page 137 to 141
6. Melbourne Grand Prix and Victorian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Sports, December 1958, pages 548 to 551 & page 559
7. Barry Green, Glory Days - Albert Park 1953-58, pages 117 to 123
8. The No. 49 Decca is shown in the Official Programme as being entered by D. E. Jolly for G. Sandford-Morgan but is shown in the Official Results as being driven by Ampt.
9. The No. 72 Austin-Healey is shown in the Official Programme as being entered by Monaro Motors for G. Marston but is shown in the Official Results as being driven by Manton. The Sports Car World report references Peter Manton.
10. Ian Fraser and Peter Lyell, Free-for-all at Albert Park! Sports Car World, January 1959, pages 18 to 21
11. First Day's Results, Official Programme, 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix / Victorian Tourist Trophy, Albert Park Circuit, Second Day