South Pacific Championship
Orange, 27 Jan 1958
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Jack Brabham | (libre) 1.66-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-9-57?] - Climax FPF 4 |
27 | 1h 02m 23s |
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| 2 | Stan Jones | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2520] 6 |
27 | 1h 03m 58s |
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| 3 | Len Lukey | (libre) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CBR-2-53?] - Bristol 6 |
26 | ||||||
| 5 | Alec Mildren | (F2) 1.5-litre Cooper Mk II 'T43' [F2-28-57] - Climax FPF 4 |
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| R | Tom Hawkes | (libre) 2.4-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CBMk2-1-53] - Holden 6 |
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| R | Ted Gray | (libre) 4.6-litre Tornado Mk II - Chevrolet Corvette 283 ci V8 L J Abrahams |
12 | ||||||
| R | Ern Tadgell | (libre) 1.66-litre Sabakat (Lotus 12) [351] - Climax FPF 4 |
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| R | Owen Bailey | (libre) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 007] 6 (see note 1) |
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| DNS | Bib Stillwell | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] 6 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Curly Brydon | (libre) 2-litre Ferrari 166 F2 [114] - V12 |
Did not start | ||||||
| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Talbot T26C [110 007] (Owen Bailey): 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.