1956 Australian Tourist Trophy
The 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100 mile motor race for sports cars,[1] staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1956.[2] It was the first 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.[3] The race was won by Stirling Moss driving a Maserati 300S.[4]
Class Structure
Cars competed in five classes based on engine capacity: [1]
Results
Stirling Moss won the 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Maserati 300S similar to that pictured above
| Position [4] | Driver [4] [5] | No. [1] | Car [1] [5] | Entrant [1] | Class [1] |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | 7 | Maserati 300S | Officine Alfieri Maserati | 2701 - 3000cc |
| 2 | Jean Behra | 6 | Maserati 300S | Officine Alfieri Maserati | 2701 - 3000cc |
| 3 | Ken Wharton | 10 | Ferrari 750A | K Wharton | 2701 - 3000cc |
| 4 | Bill Pitt | 2 | Jaguar D-Type | G Anderson | Open |
| 5 | Bib Stillwell | 5 | Jaguar D-Type | BS Stillwell | Open |
| 6 | Peter Whitehead | 8 | Ferrari 750A | PN Whitehead | 2701 - 3000cc |
| 7 | Tom Sulman | 14 | Aston Martin DB3S | T Sulman | 2701 - 3000cc |
| 8 | Ron Phillips | 20 | Austin-Healey 100S | JK & RK Phillips | 1501 - 2700cc |
| ? | Lex Davison | 3 | HWM Jaguar | Ecurie Australie | Open |
| ? | Jack Brabham | 35 | Cooper Coventry Climax | Cooper Car Co Limited | 1101 - 1500cc |
| ? | Doug Chivas | 37 | Lotus Mk.6 Coventry Climax | DG Chivas | Up to 1100cc |
| ? | Keith Jones | 16 | Ferrari Type 225 Coupe | N Sacilotto | 2701 - 3000cc |
| ? | Paul England | 25 | Ausca Sports | PT England | 1501 - 2700cc |
| ? | John Grey | Cooper Jaguar | |||
| DNF [5] | Doug Whiteford [5] | 23 | Austin-Healey 100S | D Whiteford | 1501 - 2700cc |
| DNF [5] | Stan Coffey | 9 | Ferrari 750A | Dowidat Spanner Distributors | 2701 - 3000cc |
| DNF [5] | Bill Patterson | 36 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax | Bill Patterson Motors P/L | 1101 - 1500cc |
- A total of thirty eight cars started the race.[4]
- Race distance: 32 laps - 100 miles [1]
- Race time: 63:21.3 seconds [2]
- Fastest lap: Stirling Moss - 1:55.8 [2]
- First Australian driver to finish: Bill Pitt [2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Australian Tourist Trophy (Entry list), First Day Programme, Australian Tourist Trophy (1956), page 47
- 1 2 3 4 Moss wins big race, The Argus, Mon, 26 Nov 1956, page 5 Retrieved from trove.nla.gov.au on 15 March 2014
- ↑ National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
- 1 2 3 4 Athol Yeomans, Moss in walkover win, Behra second, Wheels (magazine), January 1957, pages 60 & 61.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
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