Phillip Island Trophy
Phillip Island, 26 Dec 1958
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] 6 |
16 | 38m 14s |
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| 2 | Alec Mildren | (libre) 2-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-28-57] - Climax FPF 4 |
16 | ||||||
| 3 | John Roxburgh | (F2) 1.5-litre Cooper Mk I 'T41' ['F2-3-56'] - Climax FWB (see note 1) |
16 | ||||||
| 4 | Austin Miller | (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB (see note 2) |
16 | ||||||
| 5 | Ray Gibbs | (libre) 2.4-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-6-53?] - Holden 6 |
16 | ||||||
| R | Ern Tadgell | (libre) 1.66-litre Sabakat (Lotus 12) [351] - Climax FPF 4 |
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| DNS | Len Lukey | (libre) 2-litre Lukey (Cooper T23) [CBR-2-53?] - Bristol 6 |
Did not start | ||||||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Cooper Mk I 'T41' ['F2-3-56'] (John Roxburgh): Jack Brabham was allocated the second Mk I which first appeared in his hands at the Oulton Park Gold Cup in Sep 1956. After a second race in October, Brabham took the car to New Zealand and Australia and, after an impressive run of results, sold it to Alex Mildren. It was later owned by Arthur Griffiths, John Roxburgh and Lyn Archer. This car now bears the chassis plate F2-P-56. (Sources: Cooper Cars, Nye; Historic Racing Cars in Australia, Blanden)
- Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] (Austin Miller): The fouth and final Mk 1 built for 1956 went to Ken Wharton and was then shipped out to New Zealand for the Internationals. Ater Wharton's death in a sports car race, the Mk 1 returned to the UK and was sold to Bill Whitehouse for the early 1957 races. When Whitehouse took delivery of his Mk II, the ex-Wharton Mk I went to Paul England, on holiday from Australia. England later sold the car to Austin Miller, another Aussie over in Europe and he shipped it back to Australia. It ran as the Miller Special for several seasons and remained in Australia with later owners. (Sources: Cooper Cars, Nye; Historic Racing Cars in Australia, Blanden)
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.
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