The 1960 Bathurst 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 18 April 1960. It was contested over 26 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race, which was promoted by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd., [1] was Round 2 of the 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship.
The race was won by Alec Mildren driving a Cooper T51 Maserati.
| Pos | No | Entrant | Driver | Car | Race Time/DNF | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | A.G. Mildren Pty Ltd | Alec Mildren | Cooper T51 Maserati | 1:11:38.6 | 26 |
| 2 | 7 | Capitol Motors Pty Ltd | Arnold Glass | Maserati 250F | 1:13:00.6 | 26 |
| 3 | 9 | Bill Patterson Motors | Bill Patterson | Cooper T51 Climax | 1:13:05.3 | 26 |
| 4 | 71 | Ecurie Hall | Noel Hall | Cooper T51 Climax | 1:11:45.3 | 25 |
| 5 | 10 | J.B. Roxburgh | John Roxburgh | Cooper T45 Climax | 1:11:46.4 | 25 |
| 6 | 60 | Austin Miller | Austin Miller | Cooper T51 Climax | 1:11:57.1 | 25 |
| 7 | 3 | Jack Myers | Jack Myers | WM-Cooper T20 Holden | 1:11:51.2 | 24 |
| 8 | 114 | Scuderia Birchwood | Jon Leighton | Cooper T45 Climax | 1:12:35.5 | 24 |
| 9 | 28 | A.C. Rose | Alwyn Rose | Dalro Jaguar [1] [2] | 1:12:43.1 | 23 |
| 10 | 15 | Barry Collerson | Barry Collerson | Talbot-Lago T26C | 1:12:24.1 | 22 |
| 11 | 12 | P.D. Bloom | Philip Bloom | Dixon Riley Special | 1:13:12.4 | 22 |
| 12 | 40 | N.F. Barnes | Noel Barnes | MG TC Special | 1:14:02.2 | 22 |
| 13 | 48 | Bill Cooke | Bill Cooke | Riley-Peugeot Special | 1:12:11.3 | 21 |
| DNF | 81 | Bayldon & Stafford Car Sales | Bruce Maher | MG TD Special | Retired | 14 |
| DNF | 13 | Diablo Motors | Merv Ward | Diablo-Holden 6 Special | Retired | 13 |
| DNF | 20 | G.A. Scott | Glyn Scott | Cooper T43 Climax | Retired | 11 |
| DNF | 56 | R. Orlando | Bill Reynolds | Orlando MG Special Holden | Retired | 10 |
| DNF | 132 | Ecurie Lismore | Max Williams | MG TC Special | Retired | 8 |
| DNF | 6 | B.S. Stillwell | Bib Stillwell | Cooper T51 Climax | Accident | 7 |
| DNF | 90 | Ross Dalton | Ross Dalton | Jaguar C-Type | Retired | 7 |
| DNF | 30 | Diablo Motors | Reg Mulligan | HWM F2-51 Jaguar | Retired | 3 |
| DNF | 11 | Ecurie Cinque | Gordon Stewart | MG Stewart Special | Retired | 3 |
| DNF | 88 | Alex Strachan | Alex Strachan | Lotus Mark VI Climax | Retired | 1 |
| DNS | 32 | Keith Moy | Keith Moy | MG NE Magnette Holden | N/A | - |
| DNS | 37 | D.K. Russell | Keith Russell | MG TC Special | N/A | - |
| DNS | 26 | R.W Pentecost | Ross Pentecost | Nota FJ AJS | N/A | - |
| DNS | 89 | Nota Engineering | Guy Buckingham | Nota FJ BMC | N/A | - |
| Source: [3] [2] | ||||||
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