NSW Road Race Championship
Bathurst, 4 Oct 1959
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Bib Stillwell | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] - Climax FPF 4 #6 (see note 1) |
26 | 1h 23m 10.0s |
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| 2 | Ted Gray | (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 #39 L J Abrahams |
26 | 1h 24m 14.0s |
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| 3 | Alec Mildren | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-21-58] - Climax FPF 4 #10 |
26 | 1h 24m 32.5s |
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| 4 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 #5 |
25 | ||||||
| 5 | David Finch | (sports racing) 3.8-litre Jaguar D-type [XKD520] 6 #92 |
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| 6 | Glyn Scott | (2.5 F1) 1.7-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-28-57] - Climax FPF 4 #20 |
25 | ||||||
| 7 | Jack Robinson | (sports racing) 3.4-litre Jaguar Special [XK120 660181] - XK120 6 #14 |
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| 8 | Jack Myers | (libre) 2.4-litre WM-Cooper (Cooper T20) [CB-1-52] - Holden 6 #3 |
24 | ||||||
| 9 | Alwyn Rose | (libre) 3.4-litre DalRo-Jaguar - Jaguar XK120 6 #28 |
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| 10 | Philip Bloom | (unknown) 2-litre Dixon Riley - Riley 6 #12 |
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| 11 | Merv Ward | (unknown) 2.5-litre Diablo Holden - Holden 6 #13 Diablo Motors |
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| 12 | Max Williams | (unknown) MG TC #32 |
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| 13 | John Schroder | (unknown) 1.5-litre Nota - Ford Consul 4 #62 |
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| 14 | B Ekins | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special - s/c #33 |
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| R | Reg Mulligan | (libre) 3.4-litre HWM 51 [6-51-52?] - Jaguar XK120 6 #30 |
18 | accident | |||||
| R | Noel Hall | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-16-59] - Climax FPF 4 #71 (see note 2) |
14 | spin | |||||
| R | Austin Miller | (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB #60 (see note 3) |
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| R | Bill Patterson | Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-9-57?] - Climax FPF 4 #9 |
4 | spin | |||||
| R | David McKay | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] - Climax FPF 4 #77 Victa Industries (see note 4) |
4 | accident | |||||
| R | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] 6 #1 |
4 | accident | |||||
| UNK | Frank Elkins | (unknown) 2.4-litre Bugatti Type 37 [37209] - Holden 6 #31 |
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| UNK | Frank Walters | (unknown) 4.3-litre So-Cal Special - Ford V8 #41 |
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| UNK | Lionel Ayers | (unknown) 1.5-litre Cooper - MG s/c #22 |
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| UNK | Gordon Stewart | (unknown) 1.5-litre Stewart-MG MG #11 |
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| UNK | Sid Howard | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special [MG TC] - s/c #33 |
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| UNK | Noel Barnes | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG Special - s/c #40 |
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| UNK | Keith Russell | (unknown) MG Special #37 |
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| UNK | Paul Samuels | (unknown) 1.5-litre MG A50 - Austin s/c #17 |
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| DNS | Arnold Glass | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] 6 #7 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Peter Lovett | (libre) 1.5-litre Maserati 4CL [1555/1579] - s/c 4 #36 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Alf Harvey | (libre) 4.5-litre Maserati 4CLT-48 [1607] - OSCA V12 #34 (see note 5) |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Barry Collerson | (libre) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 007] 6 #15 (see note 6) |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | John Raeburn | Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-6-53?] - Holden 6 #25 A J R Osborne |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Ray Walmsley | (libre) 4.6-litre Alfa Corvette [Alfa Romeo B 5002] - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 #19 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Clive Adams | (sports racing) 2.4-litre Prad Sports [6] - Alta 4 #8 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Alan Ferguson | (unknown) 2.6-litre MG TC - Holden 6 #45 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Bill Reynolds | (unknown) 2.3-litre Orlando MG [MG J2 4414] - Holden 6 #56 Robin Orlando |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Bill Cooke | (unknown) 1.5-litre Peugeot Special [Riley] #48 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Rod Carveth | (FJ) 1.1-litre Taraschi FJ - Fiat #54 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Geoff McClelland | (unknown) 1-litre Mac-Vincent - Vincent #67 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Bill March | (unknown) 0.9-litre Renault Special 4 #24 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNA | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-18-59] - Climax FPF 4 #1 (see note 7) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Bill Patterson | (libre) Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-9-57?] - Climax FPF 4 | 2m 44s | ||
| 2 | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] - Maserati 6 | |||
| 3 | Bib Stillwell | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] - Climax FPF 4 | |||
| 4 | Ted Gray | (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 | |||
| 5 | Alec Mildren | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-21-58] - Climax FPF 4 | |||
| 6 | David McKay | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] - Climax FPF 4 | 2m 51s | ||
| - | Noel Hall | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-16-59] - Climax FPF 4 | 2m 55s | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] (Bib Stillwell): Delivered to Stan Jones (Australia) according to the Cooper Register but with a note that it was transferred to R Stillwell.
- Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-16-59] (Noel Hall): Delivered to R Hall less engine according to the Cooper Register.
- 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)
- Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-14-59] (David McKay): Delivered to Victa Consolidated Industries (Australia) according to the Cooper Register.
- Maserati 4CLT-48 [1607] (Alf Harvey): To Enrico Platé for 1949 (dated 14 Nov 1949 in Maserati records) and raced by Bira up to Geneva 1950. Car fitted with a 4450cc OSCA V12 engine for Bira for the 1951 season. The OSCA was taken to Australia in 1955 by Bira as a spare car to his 250F and sold there to Alf Harvey who raced it from 1955 to 1959. The car then went to the UK for historic racing and was bought by Tom Wheatcroft in 1971. Subsequently in the Donington Museum.
- 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.
- Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-18-59] (Stan Jones): Delivered to Norman Hamilton (Australia) in July according to the Cooper Register.
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.