1958 Australian Grand Prix

August 2021 October 2011 CUST Race 7 of 9 in 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Australia Mount Panorama 1938-1986.png Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales 6 October 1958 Temporary road circuit 3.84 6.12 30 115.1 183.6 Sunny Ted Gray AUS Tornado-Chevrolet Ted Gray Tornado-Chevrolet 2:45.4John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, page 230The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix page 246 gives the fastest lap as 2:25.5 and Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, page 230 quotes 2:45.4. The race report in Australian Motor Sports Review 1958-59 page 45 does not mention the fastest lap. The Official Programme, Bathurst 100, 30 March 1959 credits the Mt. Panorama lap record as 2:44.4 for Stan Jones (Maserati), which discredits the 2:25.5 claim. AUS Lex Davison AUS Ferrari Ern Seeliger AUS Maybach-Chevrolet Tom Hawkes AUS Cooper-Holden thumb|Lex Davison won the race driving a Ferrari similar to that pictured above thumb|right|The WM Special was driven to 10th place in the 1958 Australian Grand Prix by its builder, Jack Myer The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars,Peter Wherret, Motor Sport, The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 21 July 1958, page 9 held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 26 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry.Howard Graham Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 238 1958 The race was the 23rd Australian Grand PrixThe Australian Grand Prix, Official Year Book of Motor Sport In Australia, 1959, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, page 43 and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship.The CAMS Gold Star - 1958, as archived at web.archive.org http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races58.htm 28 June 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120318165111/http://members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/images/results/races58.htm 18 March 2012 To Date this was the last time the Australian Grand Prix was held on The Mountain. The race was won by Lex Davison driving a Ferrari. It was his third Australian Grand Prix win, equalling the record held jointly by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford. Classification Results as follows.Howard Graham Graham Howard The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix 1986 R & T Publishing Gordon, NSW 0-9588464-0-5 236–246 1958 Pos No. Driver Car Entrant Laps Time Pts 1 12 Australia Lex Davison Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 3.0L Ecurie Australie 30 1h 25m 18s 8 2 1 Australia Ern Seeliger Maybach III / Chevrolet 4.6L Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd 30 1h 27m 20s 5 3 46 Australia Tom Hawkes Cooper T23 / Holden 2.3L Ecurie Corio 30 1h 27m 26s 3 4 5 New Zealand Merv Neil Cooper T45 / Climax 1.7L M Neil 29 # 5 9 Australia Curley Brydon Ferrari 125 F1 / Chevrolet 4.7L AH Brydon 28 1 6 33 Australia Len Lukey Lukey / Bristol 2.2L Lukey Mufflers Pty Ltd 28 7 10 Australia Alec Mildren Cooper T43 / Climax FPE 2.0L AG Mildren Pty Ltd 28 8 19 Australia Ray Walmsley Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Chevrolet 4.7L R Wamsley 28 9 22 New Zealand Tom Clark Ferrari 555 Super Squalo / Ferrari 3.4L T Clark 28 10 3 Australia Jack Myers WM Special / Holden 2.4L J Myers 27 11 56 Australia Bill Reynolds Orlando MG / MG 1.5L R Orlando 22 12 32 Australia Keith Moy MG NE / Holden 2.4L K Moy 19 13 11 Australia Gordon Stewart MG Special / MG 1.5L G Stewart 18 Ret 4 Australia Stan Jones Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5L Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd 26 Ret 21 Australia Syd Negus Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L Syd Negus 24 Ret 39 Australia Ted Gray Tornado II / Chevrolet 4.6L Lou Abrahams 24 Ret 25 Australia Ray Gibbs Cooper T23 / Holden 2.4L R Gibbs 18 Ret 20 Australia Alf Harvey Maserati 4CLT / O.S.C.A. 4.5L A Harvey 16 Ret 41 Australia Frank Walters So Cal Special / Ford 4.4L F Walters 10 Ret 62 Australia John Schroder Nota Consul / Ford 1.5L J Schroder 10 Ret 45 Australia Alan Ferguson MG TC / Holden 2.4L A Ferguson 8 Ret 15 Australia Barry Collerson MG TA / MG 1.5L B Collerson 6 Ret 48 Australia Bill Cooke Peugeot Special / Peugeot 1.5L W Cooke 6 Ret 58 Australia Ern Tadgell Sabakat (Lotus 12) / Climax FPE 1.5L Tadgell Aviation 4 Ret 14 Australia Jack Robinson Jaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4L J Robinson 2 DSQ 44 Australia Jack Neal Maserati 4C / Maserati 1.5L J Neal 18 DNS 59 Australia Bill Patterson Cooper T43 / Climax 1.7L Bill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd DNS 71 Australia Noel Hall Ralt Mk.4 / Vincent 1.0L O Hall '# New Zealander Merv Neal was not eligible to score points in the Australian Drivers Championship 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship standings after the race The top five standings in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship after the Australian Grand Prix were: PosDriverPoints 1 AUS Stan Jones 23 2 AUS Len Lukey 20 3 AUS Alec Mildren 18 4 AUS Ted Gray 13 5 AUS Lex Davison 8 Notes & references Australian Drivers' Championship 1958 Lowood Trophy 1958 season 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix 1957 Australian Grand Prix 1958 1959 Australian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:Australian Grand Prix Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Australian Grand Prix