1958 6 Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)

The 1958 6 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race staged on 2 June 1958 at the Caversham Circuit, in Western Australia.[1] It was open to production cars competing in "Sports Car" and "Sedan Car" classes.[1] The race, which was the fourth in a sequence of annual "Six Hour Le Mans" races to be held in Western Australia between 1955 and 1972 [2] was won by Jim Harwood and Bill Downey driving a Triumph TR2.[1]

Results

Position [3] Drivers [3] No. [3] Car [3] Entrant [1] Class [3] Class Pos. [3] Laps [3]
1 Jim Harwood, Bill Downey 21 Triumph TR2 Performance Cars Sports Cars Over 1500cc 1 181
2 Barry Ranford Sr, [1] Barry Ranford Jr [1] 8 Morgan Loftus Service Station Sports Cars Over 1500cc 2 181
3 Aub Melrose, (Dick Blythe) [4] 17 Austin-Healey 100-4 A Melrose Motors Sports Cars Over 1500cc 3 175
4 Peter Morgan, Merv Dudley [1] 41 MGA Mercury Motors Sports Cars Under 1500cc 1 174
5 Dick Blythe, Sid Taylor 29 Austin Lancer Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 1 171
6 David Sadique, Bob Avery 26 Simca Elysee [1] DH Sedique Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 2 167
7 Vin Smith 9 Austin-Healey V Smith Sports Cars Over 1500cc 4 165
8 Jim Ward, P Nicol 35 Ford Zephyr Mark II [1] J Ward Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 1 164
9 E Allwood, H Magill 24 Thames EL Attwood Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 3 163
10 Clem Dwyer, Hugh McKinlay 38 Renault Dauphine Diesel Motors Sedan Cars 500 - 850cc 1 159
11 John Glasson, John Hayes 25 Standard Vanguard JG Glasson Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 1 158
12 Ray Bettridge, Bill Downey 33 Morris Minor 1000 Modern Motors Sedan Cars 850 - 1100cc 1 157
13 Syd Negus, Sid Taylor 27 Austin A95 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 2 155
14 Mal Chapman 43 MGTC M Chapman Sports Cars Under 1500cc 2 153
15 Brian Lemon, B Herman 30 Volkwagen BJ Lemon Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 4 149
16 Bob Annear, Sid Taylor 28 Austin A55 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 5 147
17 N Joddrell, H Joddrell 37 Vauxhall Victor Allwood Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 6 145
18 J Lenton, R Bettridge 32 Wolseley 1500 JM Lenton Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 7 136
19 Dave Sullivan, Bob Biltoff 36 Holden Northside Service Station Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 2 48
DNF G Haynes, Graham Bowra 23 Morgan G Hayes Sports Cars Over 1500cc    
DNF Colin Metcher, W Green 40 MGTC C Metcher Sports Cars Under 1500cc    
DNF Jack Ayres,[1] D Reimes 31 Holden Superior Cars Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc    

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 Hour Race (production cars), Australian Motor Sports Review, 1958-59, pages 52, 53 & 56
  2. ↑ Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around the Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Western Australian Motor Racing Results 1958, www.terrywalkersplace.com Retrieved on 10 June 2013
  4. ↑ Australian Motor Sport Review states that Melrose "drove the whole six hours himself"

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