Bathurst 100
Bathurst, 30 Mar 1959
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Ross Jensen | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2509 as '2504'] 6 #18 |
26 | 1h 16m 37.1s |
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| 2 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 #5 |
26 | 1h 17m 21.0s |
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| 3 | Arnold Glass | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] 6 #7 |
26 | 1h 18m 46.9s |
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| 4 | Jack Myers | (libre) 2.4-litre WM-Cooper (Cooper T20) [CB-1-52] - Holden 6 #3 |
24 | ||||||
| 5 | Ray Walmsley | (libre) 4.6-litre Alfa Corvette [Alfa Romeo B 5002] - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 #19 |
24 | ||||||
| 6 | Werner Greve | (libre) 3.4-litre HWM 51 [6-51-52?] - Jaguar XK120 6 #11 3 |
24 | ||||||
| 7 | Doug Whiteford | (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3055] 6 #16 |
23 | ||||||
| 8 | Frank Walters | (unknown) 4.3-litre So-Cal Special - Ford V8 #41 |
23 | ||||||
| 9 | Noel Barnes | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special - s/c #40 |
20 | ||||||
| 10 | Alwyn Rose | (libre) 3.4-litre DalRo-Jaguar - Jaguar XK120 6 #28 |
20 | ||||||
| 11 | W Clark | (unknown) 0.5-litre Berkeley - Triumph 1 #63 |
15 | ||||||
| R | Alec Mildren | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-21-58] - Climax FPF 4 #10 |
18 | ||||||
| R | Jesse Griffiths | (libre) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1555/1579] - s/c 4 #36 P Lovett |
14 | ||||||
| R | Lionel Ayers | (unknown) 1.5-litre Cooper - MG s/c #12 |
13 | ||||||
| R | Leon Thomas | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special [MG TC] - s/c #35 |
13 | ||||||
| R | Geoff McClelland | (unknown) 1-litre Mac-Vincent - Vincent #67 |
9 | ||||||
| R | Bob Larkin | (unknown) 1.1-litre Lotus 6 - Climax FWA #88 Alex Strachan |
9 | ||||||
| R | Glyn Scott | (unknown) 2.4-litre Holden Special 6 #2 |
9 | ||||||
| R | Max Williams | (unknown) MG TC #13 2 |
8 | ||||||
| R | Clive Adams | (sports racing) 2.4-litre Prad Sports [6] - Alta 4 #8 |
7 | ||||||
| R | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] 6 #1 |
6 | engine | |||||
| R | Bill Cooke | (unknown) 1.5-litre Peugeot Special [Riley] #48 |
6 | ||||||
| R | Curly Brydon | (libre) 4.6-litre Ferrari 166 F2 [114] - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 #9 |
5 | ||||||
| R | Ern Tadgell | (F2) 1.5-litre Sabakat (Lotus 12) [351] - Climax FWB #58 |
3 | ||||||
| R | John Schroder | (unknown) 1-litre Nota - BMC #62 |
3 | ||||||
| R | Bill Reynolds | (unknown) 1.5-litre Orlando MG [MG J2 4414] - MG s/c #56 Robin Orlando |
1 | engine | |||||
| R | Barry Collerson | (unknown) MG Special [MG TC] - s/c 4 #33 Bruce Leer |
1 | accident | |||||
| UNK | Alan Ferguson | (unknown) 2.6-litre MG TC - Holden 6 #45 |
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| UNK | Geoff Thorne | (libre) 1.9-litre Citroen Special 6 #47 |
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| UNK | Warren Grace | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special - s/c #43 |
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| DNS | Bill Patterson | Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-9-57?] - Climax FPF 4 #29 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Barry Collerson | (libre) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 007] 6 #15 (see note 1) |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | TBA | (libre) 3.4-litre Ferrari 555 [FL9001] - 860 Monza 4 #2 Capitol Motors |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Roy Williams | (libre) 4-litre Sheerline Special - Austin 6 #37 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | G T Wilson | (unknown) 2.4-litre RVM Riley - Riley 4 #23 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | John Schroder | (sports racing) 2.4-litre Healey Silverstone - Riley 4 #16 3 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Paul Samuels | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG A50 - Austin s/c #11 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Noel Hall | (unknown) 1-litre Ralt [4] - Vincent #71 |
Did not start | ||||||
| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Talbot T26C [110 007] (Barry Collerson): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 007' was Paul Vallee's Ecurie France car driven by Chiron 1948-49 and Apezteguia in 1950. To Tom Hawkes in Australia in 1951. From him it passed to Doug Whiteford, Rex Taylor and then a string of Australian, UK (including a loan period in the Donington Collection), Swiss, US and French owners to Bernie Ecclestone's collection in 1997. Retained 2002.
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.