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Victorian Trophy

Fishermen's Bend, 22 Feb 1959

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Alec Mildren (2.5 F1) 1.7-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-28-57] - Climax FPF 4
#2 		25 46m 11s
2 Stan Jones (libre) 4.6-litre Maybach 3 - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8
#8
3 Doug Whiteford (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3055] 6
#26
4 Len Lukey (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4
#1
5 John Lanyon (unknown) 1.4-litre MG Special 4

R Ray Gibbs Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-6-53?] - Holden 6
#12 		18 tacho-drive
R Ted Gray (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8
#3 L J Abrahams 		12 engine
R Ern Tadgell (F2) 1.5-litre Sabakat (Lotus 12) [351] - Climax FWB
11
R Arnold Glass (libre) 3.4-litre Ferrari 555 [FL9001] - 860 Monza 4
2 carburettor
UNK Austin Miller (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB
(see note 1)
UNK John Roxburgh (F2) 1.5-litre Cooper Mk I 'T41' [F2-3-56] - Climax FWB
(see note 2)
UNK Brian Pyers (unknown) 2.4-litre Bugatti Type 37 [37209] - Holden 6

UNK Bob Jane (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3059] 6

UNK Lou Molina (sports racing) 2.4-litre Monza-Holden - Holden 6

UNK John Marston (unknown) 1.4-litre MG Special 4

UNK Bruce Walton (unknown) 1.4-litre MG Special 4
Val Gerrard
UNK Rod Murphy (unknown) 0.8-litre MG Q-type [QA0257] - s/c 4

DNS Arnold Glass (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] 6
Did not start
Qualifying
1 Arnold Glass * (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] - Maserati 6 1m 37.8s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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)
  2. 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)

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.