1958 Australian Grand Prix

  1958 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 9 in 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship
Date	6 October 1958
Location	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales
Course	Temporary road circuit
Course length	6.12 km (3.84 mi)
Distance	30 laps, 183.6 km (115.1 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ted Gray	Tornado-Chevrolet
Fastest lap
Driver	Ted Gray	Tornado-Chevrolet
Time	2'25.5
Podium
First	Lex Davison	Ferrari
Second	Ern Seeliger	Maybach-Chevrolet
Third	Tom Hawkes	Cooper-Holden

The WM Special was driven to 10th place in the 1958 Australian Grand Prix by its builder, Jack Myer

The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars,^[1] held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 28 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry.^[2]

The race was the twenty third Australian Grand Prix and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Lex Davison won his third AGP, equalling records set by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford.

Classification

Results as follows.^[3][4]

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Pts
1	12	Lex Davison	Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 3.0L	30	1h 25m 18s	8
2	1	Ern Seeliger	Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6L	30	1h 27m 20s	5
3	46	Tom Hawkes	Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L	30	1h 27m 26s	3
4	5	Merv Neil	Cooper T45 / Climax 1.7L	29
5	9	Curley Brydon	Ferrari 125 F1 / Chevrolet 4.7L	28		1
6	33	Len Lukey	Lukey / Bristol 2.2L	28
7	10	Alec Mildren	Cooper T43 / Climax FPE 2.0L	28
8	19	Ray Walmsley	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Chevrolet 4.7L	28
9	22	Tom Clark	Ferrari 555 Super Squalo / Ferrari 3.4L	28
10	3	Jack Myers	WM Special / Holden 2.4L	27
11	56	Bill Reynolds	Orlando MG / MG 1.5L	22
12	32	Keith Moy	MG NE / Holden 2.4L	19
13	11	Gordon Stewart	MG Special / MG 1.5L	18
Ret	4	Stan Jones	Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L	26
Ret	21	Syd Negus	Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L	24
Ret	39	Ted Gray	Tornado II / Chevrolet 4.6L	24
Ret	25	Ray Gibbs	Cooper T23 / Holden 2.4L	18
Ret	20	Alf Harvey	Maserati 4CLT / O.S.C.A. 4.5L	16
Ret	41	Frank Walters	So Cal Special / Ford 4.4L	10
Ret	62	John Schroder	Nota Consul / Ford 1.5L	10
Ret	45	Alan Ferguson	MG TC / Holden 2.4L	8
Ret	15	Barry Collerson	MG TA / MG 1.5L	6
Ret	48	Bill Cooke	Peugeot Special / Peugeot 1.5L	6
Ret	58	Ern Tadgell	Lotus 12 / Climax FPE 1.5L	4
Ret	14	Jack Robinson	Jaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4L	2
DSQ	44	Jack Neal	Maserati 4C / Maserati 1.5L	18
DNS	59	Bill Patterson	Cooper T43 / Climax 1.7L
DNS	71	Noel Hall	Ralt Mk.4 / Vincent 1.0L

1958 Australian Drivers' Championship standings after the race

The top five standings in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship after the Australian Grand Prix were:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Stan Jones	23
2	Len Lukey	20
3	Alec Mildren	18
4	Ted Gray	13
5	Lex Davison	8

References

1. Peter Wherret, Motor Sport, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, July 21, 1958, page 9
2. Howard, Graham (1986). "1958". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. p. 238. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
3. Howard, Graham (1986). "1958". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 236–246. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
4. "The CAMS Gold Star". Retrieved 2009-05-22.