Victorian Road Race Championship
Fishermen's Bend, 11 Oct 1959
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
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| 1 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 #5 |
25 | 39m 29s |
| 2 | Austin Miller | (libre) 1.5-litre Miller Spl (Cooper T41) ['F2-2-56'] - Climax FWB (see note 1) |
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| 3 | Doug Whiteford | (sports racing) 3-litre Maserati 300S [3059] 6 Bob Jane |
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| R | Bib Stillwell | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] - Climax FPF 4 (see note 2) |
14 | |
| R | Tony Osborne | Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-6-53?] - Holden 6 |
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| R | Murray Carter | (unknown) 4.9-litre Corvette Special - Chevrolet V8 |
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| UNK | John French | (libre) 2.4-litre Faux Pas - Holden 6 |
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| UNK | Frank Elkins | (unknown) 2.4-litre Bugatti Type 37 [37209] - Holden 6 |
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| UNK | Frank Pressner | (unknown) Bugatti - Dodge |
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| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Len Lukey | (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper Mk III 'T45' [F2-10-58] - Climax FPF 4 | |||
| 2 | Bib Stillwell | (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper Mk IV 'T51' [F2-20-59] - Climax FPF 4 | |||
Notes on the cars:
- 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' [F2-20-59] (Bib Stillwell): Delivered to Stan Jones (Australia) according to the Cooper Register but with a note that it was transferred to R Stillwell.
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.