1958 Australian Tourist Trophy
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File:Mount Panorama 1938-1986.png (1938-1986)]]
The 1958 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100-mile motor race for sports cars, staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958.David McKay, Davison again, Modern Motor, December 1958, pages 18, 19, 69 & 70 It was the second in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of which was recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53 The race was won by David McKay driving an Aston Martin DB3S.John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
Class Structure
Cars competed in six classes based on engine capacity:Wind sends driver crashing at 120 m.p.h., The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 6 October 1958, page 5
Results
File:2005-03-04 Motorshow Geneva 140.JPG which David McKay drove to victory in the 1958 Australian Tourist Trophy.[http://web.archive.org/web/20240317150924/https://tscc.asn.au/TG/2013/AstonMartinSpecialEdition_Proof.pdf ASTON MARTIN SPECIAL EDITION CREATED BY LES & ROSELEE JOHNSON, page 15, as archived at web.archive.org]]]
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| height="14" align="center" | PositionJohn Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, pages 219-230 |
| height="14" align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 71 | D. McKay | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 2
| Derek Jolly | align="center" | 16 | D. Jolly | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 3
| Ron Phillips | align="center" | 12 | Cooper T38 JaguarMark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143 | J. & R. Phillips | align="center" | Over 3000cc | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 87 | Leaton Motors Pty. Ltd. | align="center" | Over 3000cc | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 5
| Gavan Sandford-Morgan | align="center" | 5 | D. Jolly | align="center" | 751 to 1100cc | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 6
| Warren Blomfield | align="center" | 116 | W. Blomfield | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 26 |
| height="14" align="center" | 7
| John Roxburgh1958 Australian G.P., Australian Motor Sports (magazine), October 1958, pages 453 & 469-471 | align="center" | 77 | J. Roxburgh | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 8
| Lyn Archer | align="center" | 3 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax | Ecurie van Diemen | align="center" | 751 to 1100cc | align="center" | 2 | |
| height="14" align="center" | 9
| Tony Basile | align="center" | 10 | A. Basile | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc | align="center" | 2 | |
| height="14" align="center" | 10
| Jim Downie | align="center" | 132 | MG TB Special | J. Downie | align="center" | 1501 to 2000cc | align="center" | 1 | |
| height="14" align="center" | 11
| N. Bolton | align="center" | 30 | Porsche | N. Bolton | align="center" | 1501 to 2000cc | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 12
| B. Maher | align="center" | 1501 to 2000cc | align="center" | 2 | |
| height="14" align="center" | 13
| Charlie Campbell | align="center" | 94 | C. Campbell | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 14
| Jim Wright | align="center" | 126 | N.J. Wright | align="center" | 1501 to 2000cc | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 15
| Jack Murray | align="center" | 76 | J. Murray | align="center" | Over 3000cc | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 16
| align="center" | 8 | Prad Holden | C. Adams | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 5 | |
| height="14" align="center" | 17
| Ted Laker | align="center" | 101 | E. Laker | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 18
| align="center" | 118 | MG A | A.R. Wood | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 19
| H Cape | align="center" | 130 | H. Cape | align="center" | Over 3000cc | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 20
| B.G. Moane | align="center" | 159 | MG TF | B.G. Moane | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 21
| S.N. Miller | align="center" | 22 | S.N. Miller | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | 22
| Merv Ward | align="center" | 13 | Berkeley | M. Ward | align="center" | Up to 750cc | align="center" | 1 | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| align="center" | 7 | D. Whiteford | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | align="center" | 11 |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| align="center" | 1 | Mrs D.I. Anderson | align="center" | Over 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| Charlie Whatmore | align="center" | 4 | Lotus Eleven Coventry Climax | Chaz Whatmore's Sports Centre | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| Tom Corcoran | align="center" | 141 | Dorcas MG | T. Corcoran | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| Frank Cantwell | align="center" | 6 | F.D. Cantwell (NZ) | align="center" | Over 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| align="center" | 154 | Leaton Motors Pty. Ltd. | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| G. Websdale | align="center" | 81 | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| align="center" | 114 | Gladiator MG | B. Taylor | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| H. Binnie | align="center" | 26 | H. Binnie | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| A.P. Roberts | align="center" | 110 | A.P. Roberts | align="center" | Over 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| Alan Jack | align="center" | 9 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax | Brifield Service Station | align="center" | 1101 to 1500cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | align="center" | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| D. Finch | align="center" | 92 | D. Finch | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
| height="14" align="center" | DNF
| Keith Malcolm | align="center" | 153 | Skoden Repco Holden | K. Malcolm | align="center" | 2001 to 3000cc |style="color:#FF0000" align="center" | | |
=Notes=
- Attendance: 16,000
- Race distance: 26 laps, 100 milesOfficial Programme, Mt. Panorama, 5 & 6 October (1958)
- Starters: 35Medley lists 34 starters but does not include Merv Ward, who is shown by the same source as a finisher and class winner
- Finishers: 22
- Winner's race time: 1 hour 19 minutes 21.9 seconds
References
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External links
- [http://web.archive.org/web/20220925012831/http://aussieroadracing.homestead.com/NMRM.html Image of McKay (No 71 Aston Martin), Whiteford (No 7 Maserati) and Phillips (No 12 Cooper) at Bathurst in October 1958, aussieroadracing.homestead.com, as archived at web.archive.org]