1959 Six Hour Le Mans

The 1959 Six Hour Le Mans was an endurance race for production cars. The event was held at the Caversham Airfield circuit in Western Australia on 1 June 1959.^[1]

Results

Position [2]	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Cat. Pos.	Category	Class Pos.	Class	Laps
1	Clem Dywer, Vin Smith		Triumph TR3A	Diesel Motors	1	Sports			176
2	Lionel Beattie		MGA		2	Sports			174
3	Merv Dudley, Doug Green		MGA		3	Sports			174
4	Jack Ayers		Holden 48-215	Superior Cars	1	Sedan	1	1601-2500cc	172
5	Jim Harwood, Bill Downey		Triumph TR3A		4	Sports			171
6	Darryl McGuinness		Austin-Healey	Reimann Motors	5	Sports			171
7	Dave Sullivan		Holden 48-215		2	Sedan			171
8	Ray Barfield		Triumph TR3		6	Sports			164
9	David Sadique		Simca		3	Sedan	1	1101-1300cc	163
10	Ron Heath		Jaguar XK120		7	Sports			159
11	Don Reimann, John Glasson		Standard Ten Cadet	Diesel Motors	4	Sedan	1	851-1100cc	155
12	Syd Negus		Plymouth Sports		8	Sports			152
13	R Betteridge		Morris Minor		5	Sedan			150
14	Bob Annear, D Reines		Standard Ten Cadet	Diesel Motors	6	Sedan			148
15	B Lemon		Volkswagen		7	Sedan			147
16	Lloyd Trezise		Ford V8 (1938)		8	Sedan	1	Over 2500cc	146
17	Mike Geneve, R Pelusey		Skoda		9	Sedan			143
18	L Johnson, Jack Wynoff		Renault Dauphine		10	Sedan	1	Up to 850cc	138
19	H van Lannen		Austin-Healey		9	Sports			131
20	Stan Starcevich		Holden		11	Sedan			122
21	Aub Melrose		Austin-Healey		10	Sports			116
22	Tony Carboni		Austin-Healey		11	Sports			96
23	Jim Ward		Ford Zephyr		12	Sedan			69
24	Mal Chapman		MGTF		12	Sports			15

References

1. New Car Wins At Caversham, The West Australian, Tuesday, 2 June 1959, page 8
2. Western Australian Race Results 1959, page 6 Retrieved from www.terrywalkersplace.com on 15 February 1959

Further reading

• Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56–59
• Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 150-151