1959 Australian Tourist Trophy
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 T38 Jaguar.[3]
Results
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| Position[4] | Driver[4][1] | No.[4] | Car[1] | Entrant[5] | Class pos.[4] | Class[4] | Time / laps[4] |
| 1 | Ron Phillips | 42 | Cooper T38 Jaguar[3] | J. K. & R. K. Phillips | 1 | 3001 cc and Over | 73:28 |
| 2 | Bill Pitt | 1 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs. D. I. Anderson | 2 | 3001 cc and Over | 73:49 |
| 3 | Bob Jane | 56 | Maserati 300S | R. Jane | 1 | 2001 to 3000 cc | 34 |
| 4 | John Ampt[6] | 58 | Decca Special MK II[6] | J. E. Ampt | 1 | Up to 1100 cc | 34 |
| 5 | Allan Jack | 45 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax[6] | Brifield Motors | 1 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 |
| 6 | Les Agnew[6][7] | 10 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[6] | Rockhampton Car Sales | 2 | Up to 1100 cc | 33 |
| 7 | T. Basile | 31 | Porsche Carrera | S. Sakzewski | 2 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 33 |
| 8 | Tom Ross | 18 | Triumph TR2 | T. W. Ross | 1 | 1501 to 2000 cc | 32 |
| 9 | B. Coventry | 28 | MGA | B. Coventry | 3 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 30 |
| 10 | E. Laker | 101 | Triumph TR3 | E. F. Laker | 2 | 1501 to 2000 cc | 29 |
| 11 | J. Ausina | 66 | MGA | J. Ausina[1] | 4 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 29 |
| 12 | P. Samuels | 63 | Berkeley | P. Samuels | 3 | Up to 1100 cc | 23 |
| DNF | John Cleary[6] | 36 | Austin-Healey 100S | J. Cleary | - | 2001 to 3000 cc | 31 |
| DNF | Chas Whatmore | 4 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[6] | Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre | - | 1101 to 1500 cc | 16 |
| DNF | I. Adams | 57 | Austin-Healey Sprite[8] | - | Up to 1100 cc | 14 | |
| DNF | Frank Matich | 87 | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty. Ltd. | - | 3001 cc and Over | 13 |
| DNF | David Finch | 92 | Jaguar D-Type | D. N. Finch | - | 3001 cc and Over | 13 |
| DNF | J. Bonenti | 6 | MG TF 1500 | J. A. Bonenti | - | 1101 to 1500 cc | 12 |
| DNF | D. Geary | 55 | Austin-Healey | D. Geary | - | 2001 to 3000 cc | 4 |
Notes
- Meeting organiser: QRDC[9] (Queensland Racing Drivers Club)[5]
- Attendance: 20,000[1] (record crowd)[10]
- Race distance: 36 laps, 102 miles[9]
- Number of starters: 19[4]
- Number of finishers: 12[4]
- First Queensland competitor: Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type)[11]
- Fastest Lap: Phillips and Pitt, 1:59[4]
- New GT lap record: T Basile (Porsche Carrera), 2:13[1]
- Handicap results (over first 20 laps): 1st - B Coventry (MGA), 2nd - Tom Ross (Triumph TR2), 3rd - T Basile (Porsche Carrera)[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296
- ^ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
- ^ a b Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lowood race results 14/6/59
- ^ a b Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
- ^ a b c d e f g John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
- ^ The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
- ^ The Lowood race results 14/6/59 indicate that Adams drove the No. 57 Morris Minor however the lead image at 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood…, primotipo.com shows No. 57 to be an Austin-Healey Sprite.
- ^ a b Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
- ^ Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71
- ^ a b 20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10