1960 Australian Grand Prix

Last updated

1960 Australian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 7 in 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship
Lowood Circuit.jpg
Race details
Date12 June 1960
Location Lowood circuit, Tarampa, Queensland
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.54 km (2.82 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 163.44 km (101.52 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Maserati
Time 1'45.9
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison Aston Martin
Time 1'44
Podium
First Cooper-Maserati
Second Aston Martin
Third
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bib Stillwell
Cooper-Climax

The 1960 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lowood in Queensland, Australia on 12 June 1960. The race, which was run to Formula Libre, [1] had 16 starters.

Contents

It was the twenty fifth Australian Grand Prix. [2] Alec Mildren won his only AGP, which was also the second AGP victory for a rear-engined racing car. Mildren eschewed the more usual Coventry Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car unit to power his Cooper T51, one of many competitors at the time who tried sports car engines in racing car chassis. Davison's Aston Martin DBR4 too had a sports car engine replacing the 2.5-litre powerplant, this being 3.0 litre unit from a DBR1. [3]

Alec Mildren won the 1960 Australian Grand Prix driving a Cooper T51, similar to the example depicted above Cooper T51 at Silverstone Classic 2011 (2).jpg
Alec Mildren won the 1960 Australian Grand Prix driving a Cooper T51, similar to the example depicted above

Classification

Results as follows. [4]

PosNo.DriverCarEntrant [5] LapsTime
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alec Mildren Cooper T51 / Maserati 2.5LA.G. Mildren Pty. Ltd.361h 4m 35.05s
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lex Davison Aston Martin DBR4/300 / Aston Martin 3.0LA.N. Davison361h 4m 35.55s
316 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bib Stillwell Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.2LB.S. Stillwell36
470 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jon Leighton Cooper T45 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0LScuderia Birchwood35
571 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Noel Hall Cooper T51 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.0LEcurie Hall35
68 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arnold Glass Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5LCapitol Motors35
720 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glynn Scott Cooper T43 / Coventry Climax FPF 1.7LG. A. Scott
84 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie Whatmore Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FPF 1.5LC. Whatmore & Co.
933 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mel McEwinTornado II / Chevrolet 4.6LM. W. McEwin
1049 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Noel Barnes MG TC Special / MG 1.5LN. F. Barnes
 ?37 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Russell MG TC Special / MG 1.5LD. K. Russell
 ?32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Williams MG TC Special / MG 1.5LEcurie Lismore
 ?10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Jamieson Lotus Eleven / Coventry Climax FWA 1.1L [6] Rockhampton Car Sales
Ret87 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Frank Matich Lotus 15 / Coventry Climax FPF 2.5LLeaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty. Ltd.9
Ret18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Jones Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6LMoran Motors Pty. Ltd.4
Ret6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Bonenti MG TF Special / MG 1.5LJ. A. Bonetti
DNS7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ern TadgellSabakat / Lycoming 7.9LC. E. Tadgell

Notes

Related Research Articles

The 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre racing cars. The winner of the title, which was the sixth Australian Drivers' Championship, was awarded the 1962 CAMS Gold Star.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lowood Airfield Circuit</span> Motorsport track in Queensland, Australia

The Lowood Airfield Circuit was a motor racing venue in Queensland, Australia. The circuit, which was used from 1946 to 1966, was located at a former wartime airfield site at Mount Tarampa, near Lowood, 72 km (45 mi) west of the state capital Brisbane. It utilised the airfield's runway for its 1.9 km (1.2 mi) long 200 m (220 yd) wide main straight and also used various taxiways and tarmac from the old hangar area. Lap distance was 4.54 km (2.82 mi).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1966 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1966 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged on 20 February 1966 at the Lakeside Circuit in Queensland, Australia. The race, which had 15 starters, was open to Racing Cars complying with the Australian National Formula or the Australian 1½ Litre Formula. It was both the 31st Australian Grand Prix and race 6 of the 1966 Tasman Championship for Drivers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1969 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1969 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Lakeside in Queensland, Australia on 2 February 1969. The race was promoted by the Queensland Motor Sports Club and was open to Australian National Formula cars and Australian Formula 2 cars. It was the thirty fourth Australian Grand Prix and was race five of the 1969 Tasman Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1971 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1971 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 21 November 1971. It was open to Racing Cars complying with either Australian Formula 1 or Australian Formula 2 regulations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1963 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1963 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Warwick Farm Raceway in New South Wales, Australia on 10 February 1963. Open to Formula Libre cars, it was the opening heat of the 1963 Australian Drivers' Championship. The race, which was the twenty eighth Australian Grand Prix, had 16 starters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Stewart</span> Australian racing driver

Malcolm Clarke Stewart was an Australian racing driver. He was known as the "Jolly Green Giant" for his disposition and height.

William Pitt (1926–2017) was an Australian former racing driver and motor racing official.

The 1962 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre cars, held at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia, Australia on 18 November 1962. It was the twenty seventh Australian Grand Prix and the sixth and final race in the 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship. The Grand Prix meeting was organised by the Western Australian Sporting Car Club Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1961 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1961 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the newly completed Mallala Race Circuit in South Australia on 9 October 1961. The race, which was Round 5 of the 1961 Australian Drivers' Championship, had 17 starters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1959 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1959 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania, Australia on 2 March 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1965 New Zealand Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1965 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1965. The race was held over 50 laps of the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) combined circuit for a total distance of 175 km (110 mi). The Grand Prix was run for open wheel racing cars, specifically conforming to either the 2.5 litre Tasman Formula regulations or the 1.6 litre New Zealand National Formula regulations.

The 1956 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre cars held at Albert Park Street Circuit, in Victoria, Australia on 2 December 1956. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 80 laps of the five kilometre circuit, the longest of all the Australian Grands Prix at 402 kilometres. It attracted a crowd of over 120,000 spectators.

The 1955 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Port Wakefield Circuit in South Australia on 10 October 1955. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 80 laps of the 2.09 km (1.3 mi) circuit. It was open to Formula Libre cars of unlimited capacity. The race was promoted by Brooklyn Speedway (SA) Ltd. and was organised by the Sporting Car Club of SA Inc.

The 1954 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Southport Road Circuit near Southport in Queensland, Australia on 7 November 1954. The race was held over 27 laps of the 5.7 mile circuit, a total distance of 153.9 miles (247.6 km). It was the nineteenth Australian Grand Prix and the second to be held in Queensland. With no suitable permanent circuit available, a course was mapped out on roads in sparsely settled coastal land 2.5 km south west of Southport, and just to the north of later circuits, Surfers Paradise Raceway and the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit. The Grand Prix race meeting was organised by the Queensland Motor Sporting Club and the Toowoomba Auto Club in conjunction with the Southport Rotary Club. The race, which was open to Racing and Stripped Sports Cars, had 28 starters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1947 Australian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1947 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1947. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 38 laps of the six kilometre circuit, for a total race distance of 241 kilometres.

The 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars. The championship was contested over a nine race series with the winner awarded the 1957 CAMS Gold Star. It was the first Australian Drivers' Championship and the first motor racing title to be decided over a series of races at Australian circuits.

The 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars. The title was contested over a seven race series with the winner awarded the 1960 CAMS Gold Star. It was the 4th Australian Drivers' Championship.

The Mildren name was used on a series of racing vehicles constructed for, or acquired by, Australian racing team owner Alec Mildren during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Alec Graham Mildren was active in Australian motor racing as a driver from 1938 to 1961, and subsequently as the owner of Alec Mildren Racing.

References

  1. Australian Grand Prix, Autosport. 5 August 1960. pp. 198, 199 & 207.
  2. 25th Australian G.P. at Lowood, Australian Motor Sports, July 1960, pages 252 to 254
  3. John B. Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979, p. 41
  4. Howard, Graham (1986). "1960". In Howard, Graham (ed.). The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 256–266. ISBN   0-9588464-0-5.
  5. Official Programme, Twenty Fifth Australian Grand Prix, Lowood, Queensland, 12 June 1960
  6. Australian Grand Prix Lowood, 12 Jun 1960, oldracingcars.com Retrieved 21 March 2015
  7. 1 2 ""Whisker" win in Grand Prix". The Courier Mail. 13 June 1960. p. 12.
Preceded by Australian Grand Prix
1960
Succeeded by