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]
| Position [1] | Driver [1] | No. [4] | Car [1] | Entrant [4] | Class pos. [5] | Class [5] | Time / laps [6] |
| 1 | Ron Phillips | 42 | Cooper Type 33 Jaguar [3] | JK & RK Phillips | 1 | Over 3000 cc | 73:28 [1] |
| 2 | Bill Pitt | 1 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs DI Anderson | 73:49 [1] | ||
| 3 | Bob Jane | 56 | Maserati 300S | R Jane | 1 | 2001 to 3000 cc | 35 |
| 4 | John Ampt [3] | 58 | Decca Special MK II [3] | JE Ampt | 1 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 |
| 5 | Allan Jack | 45 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax [3] | Brifield Motors | 2 | 1101 to 1500 cc [7] | 34 |
| 6 | Les Agnew [3] [8] | 10 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [3] | Rockhampton Car Sales | 1 | Up to 1100cc | 34 |
| 7 | T Basile | 31 | Porsche Carrera | S Sakzewski | |||
| 8 | Tom Ross | 18 | Triumph TR2 | TW Ross | 1 | 1501 to 2000 cc | |
| 9 | B Coventry | 28 | MGA | B Coventry | |||
| 10 | E Laker | 101 | Triumph TR3 | EF Laker | |||
| 11 | J Ausina | MGA | J Ausina [1] | ||||
| 12 | P Samuels | 63 | Berkeley | P Samuels | |||
| ? | John Cleary [3] | 36 | Austin-Healey 100S | J Cleary | |||
| DNF | Chas Whatmore | 4 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax [3] | Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre | 16 | ||
| DNF [6] | Frank Matich | 87 | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd | 13 | ||
| DNF [6] | David Finch | 92 | Jaguar D-Type | DN Finch | 13 | ||
| DNF | J Bonenti | 6 | MG TF 1500 | JA Bonenti | ? [9] | ||
| DNF | I Adams | 57 | Morris Minor 1000 | ? [10] |
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