1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

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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] The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T33 Jaguar. [3]

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A Cooper Type 33 Jaguar, similar to the example driven to victory in the race by Ron Phillips Cooper T 33 1954 seitlich.JPG
A Cooper Type 33 Jaguar, similar to the example driven to victory in the race by Ron Phillips
Position [1] Driver [1] No. [4] Car [1] Entrant [4] Class pos. [5] Class [5] Time / laps [6]
1Ron Phillips42 Cooper Type 33 Jaguar [3] JK & RK Phillips1Over 3000 cc73:28 [1]
2 Bill Pitt 1 Jaguar D-Type Mrs DI Anderson73:49 [1]
3 Bob Jane 56 Maserati 300S R Jane12001 to 3000 cc35
4John Ampt [3] 58Decca Special MK II [3] JE Ampt11101 to 1500 cc34
5Allan Jack45 Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax [3] Brifield Motors21101 to 1500 cc [7] 34
6Les Agnew [3] [8] 10 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [3] Rockhampton Car Sales1Up to 1100cc34
7T Basile31 Porsche Carrera S Sakzewski
8Tom Ross18 Triumph TR2 TW Ross11501 to 2000 cc
9B Coventry28 MGA B Coventry
10E Laker101 Triumph TR3 EF Laker
11J Ausina  MGA J Ausina [1]
12P Samuels63 Berkeley P Samuels
 ?John Cleary [3] 36 Austin-Healey 100S J Cleary
DNFChas Whatmore4 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [3] Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre16
DNF [6] Frank Matich 87 Jaguar C-Type Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd13
DNF [6] David Finch92 Jaguar D-Type DN Finch13
DNFJ Bonenti6 MG TF 1500 JA Bonenti ? [9]
DNFI Adams57 Morris Minor 1000   ? [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
  4. 1 2 3 Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
  5. 1 2 3 4 20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
  7. The Australian Tourist Trophy 1959-60, Automobiles Australia (Incorporating Australian Motor Sports Review 1959-1960), pages 114-115
  8. The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
  9. The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Bonetti retired prior to Matich and Finch
  10. The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Adams retired prior to Matich and Finch
  11. Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71