1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

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Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966) Lowood Circuit.jpg
Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966)

The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959. [1] It was the third in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of these being recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars. [2]

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The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar. [3]

Results

A Cooper T38 Jaguar, similar to the winning car 1955 Cooper Jaguar T38 (48914350423).jpg
A Cooper T38 Jaguar, similar to the winning car
Position [4] Driver [4] [1] No. [4] Car [1] Entrant [5] Class pos. [4] Class [4] Time / laps [4]
1Ron Phillips42 Cooper T38 Jaguar [3] J. K. & R. K. Phillips13001 cc and Over73:28
2 Bill Pitt 1 Jaguar D-Type Mrs. D. I. Anderson23001 cc and Over73:49
3 Bob Jane 56 Maserati 300S R. Jane12001 to 3000 cc34
4John Ampt [6] 58Decca Special MK II [6] J. E. Ampt1Up to 1100 cc34
5Allan Jack45 Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax [6] Brifield Motors11101 to 1500 cc34
6Les Agnew [6] [7] 10 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [6] Rockhampton Car Sales2Up to 1100 cc33
7T. Basile31 Porsche Carrera S. Sakzewski21101 to 1500 cc33
8Tom Ross18 Triumph TR2 T. W. Ross11501 to 2000 cc32
9B. Coventry28 MGA B. Coventry31101 to 1500 cc30
10E. Laker101 Triumph TR3 E. F. Laker21501 to 2000 cc29
11J. Ausina66 MGA J. Ausina [1] 41101 to 1500 cc29
12P. Samuels63 Berkeley P. Samuels3Up to 1100 cc23
DNFJohn Cleary [6] 36 Austin-Healey 100S J. Cleary-2001 to 3000 cc31
DNFChas Whatmore4 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [6] Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre-1101 to 1500 cc16
DNFI. Adams57 Austin-Healey Sprite [8] -Up to 1100 cc14
DNF Frank Matich 87 Jaguar C-Type Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty. Ltd.-3001 cc and Over13
DNFDavid Finch92 Jaguar D-Type D. N. Finch-3001 cc and Over13
DNFJ. Bonenti6 MG TF 1500 J. A. Bonenti-1101 to 1500 cc12
DNFD. Geary55 Austin-Healey D. Geary-2001 to 3000 cc4

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296
  2. ↑ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
  3. 1 2 Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lowood race results 14/6/59
  5. 1 2 Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
  7. ↑ The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
  8. ↑ The Lowood race results 14/6/59 indicate that Adams drove the No. 57 Morris Minor however the lead image at 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood…, primotipo.com shows No. 57 to be an Austin-Healey Sprite.
  9. 1 2 Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
  10. ↑ Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71
  11. 1 2 20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10
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