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Advertiser Trophy

Port Wakefield, 10 Oct 1960

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Bib Stillwell (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] - Climax FPF 4
(see note 1) 		35 33m 54s
2 John Youl (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-9-60] - Climax FPF 4
#5 (see note 2)
3 Keith Rilstone (libre) 2.3-litre Zephyr Special - Ford 6

4 Murray Trenberth (libre) 2.4-litre Alta F2 [F2-5] - Holden 6

R unknown (unknown) HRG Special
not mentioned - = BRM?
R Bill Pile (libre) 1.1-litre Cooper 500 Mk V/L 'T16' [MkV-L-4-51] - Climax FWA

R Alec Mildren (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-22-59] - Maserati 250S 4
(see note 3) 		20 engine
UNK Mel McEwin (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8
not mentioned in AMS
UNK Alan Jack (sports racing) 1.5-litre Cooper Bobtail 'T39' [CS/11/12/56] - Climax FWB

UNK Jon Leighton (unknown) 1.1-litre Nota - Climax FWA

UNK Kevin Fuss (unknown) JCW Special

UNK Alan Staton (unknown) 0.5-litre BRM - Norton 1

DNS Bill Patterson (2.5 F1) 2.4-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-15-59] - Climax FPF 4
(see note 4) 		Did not start
DNS Austin Miller (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] - Climax FPF 4
(see note 5) 		Did not start
DNA Jon Leighton (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4
Did not arrive
Qualifying
1 Alec Mildren (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-22-59] - Maserati 250S 4
2 Bib Stillwell (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] - Climax FPF 4

Notes on the cars:

  1. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] (Bib Stillwell): Delivered to Victa Consolidated Industries (Australia) according to the Cooper Register.
  2. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-9-60] (John Youl): Delivered to J Youl (Australia) according to the Cooper Register.
  3. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-22-59] (Alec Mildren): Delivered to A Mildren (Australia) less engine in Oct 1959 according to the Cooper Register.
  4. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-15-59] (Bill Patterson): Delivered to B Patterson less engine according to the Cooper Register. First raced by Bill Patterson at Port Wakefield in October 1960 where it was fitted with a 2-litre Climax engine. Raced by Patterson until crashed at Lakeside in 1961, after which Patterson raced an "ex-works" Cooper T51 that he had acquired earlier in the season. F2-15-59 was repaired and kept as a spare car being raced by Doug Whiteford on occasions. In 1962, the car was sold to Englishman John Brindley who raced it at Calder in April or May 1962. Brindley raced the car in minor events during 1962 until suffering a massive accident in a minor race at Sandown Park on 16 Sep 1962. The Autosportsman report on the race said "The car must be very nearly a complete write-off". The wreck sat in the yard behind Car World (Bulleen, Melbourne, Australia) the business in which Brindley was partners with Phil Trueman, for a couple of years. It was then passed on to Bill Patterson, and remained with him, still damaged, until it was acquired by Murray Richards from Patterson in 1988. Richards started to restore the car but this was incomplete when he died in early 2000. The car was still with Richards' sons in 2010.
  5. Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] (Austin Miller): Delivered to Stan Jones (Australia) according to the Cooper Register but with a note that it was transferred to R Stillwell.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

These results have been compiled by David McKinney from a wide rangle of sources, including his own magazine articles and books. The 1959-1963 results are complete but for the 1957 and 1958 seasons, the only cars currently shown in the results are the F1, Intercontinental and F2 cars that feature elsewhere on this site plus the major Australian specials.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.