1958 RAC Tourist Trophy

Sports car racing The 1958 RAC Tourist Trophy took place on 13 September on the Goodwood Circuit (England). It was also the sixth and final round of the F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship. This was the first time the RAC Tourist Trophy had taken place since 1955, following the death of three drivers during the race that year. thumb|right|Goodwood Circuit Report Entry A grand total 36 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 29 arrived for practice and qualifying. Scuderia Ferrari, did entry one car for the event, 250 TR 58, but were among those who did not arrive, perhaps the disinterest from Maranello was due to the lack of drivers and the fact that their victory at Le Mans had given them the Championship. The event also did not attract the Belgian equipes. The entry was therefore headed by the three works Aston Martins, entered under the name of David Brown Ltd. Their DBR1/300s were from Stirling Moss/Tony Brooks, Carroll Shelby/Stuart Lewis-Evans and Roy Salvadori/Jack Brabham. http://www.racingsportscars.com/entry/Goodwood-1958-09-13.html Tourist Trophy 1958 - Entry List - Racing Sports Cars http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1958/58tt.html Reference at www.teamdan.com 2016-01-12 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051038/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1958/58tt.html deadPeter Swinger, “Motor Racing Circuits in England" (Ian Allan Publishing, 978 0 7110 3104 3, 2005) Qualifying The Aston Martin DBR1/300 of Stirling Moss took pole position, averaging a speed of 93.913 mph around the 2.4 mile circuit. Race Of the 29 starters, only the three Astons were considered the potential winners, and so it proved as they finished in the first three places, winning the Team Awards in the process. The winning partnership of Moss/Brooks won in a time of 4hr 01:17.0mins., averaging a speed of 88.324 mph. They covered a distance of 355.2 miles. Just 0.4 seconds behind came Salvadori/Brabham, with Shelby/Lewis-Evans the same margin adrift in complete the podium. http://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Goodwood-1958-09-13.html Tourist Trophy 1958 - Racing Sports Cars Official Classification Class Winners are in Bold text. Pos No ClassDriver Entrant Chassis Laps Reason Out 1st 7 S3.0 GBR Stirling Moss GBR Tony Brooks David Brown Ltd. Aston Martin DBR1/300 4hrs 01:17.000, 148 2nd 9 S3.0 GBR Roy Salvadori Australia Jack Brabham David Brown Ltd. Aston Martin DBR1/300 4hrs 01:17.400, 148 3rd 8 S3.0 USA Carroll Shelby GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans David Brown Ltd. Aston Martin DBR1/300 4hrs 01:17.800, 148 4th 21 S2.0 France Jean Behra East Germany Edgar Barth Dr. Porsche Porsche 718 RSK 144 5th 4 S3.0 USA Masten GregoryGBR Innes Ireland Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 143 6th 6 S3.0 GBR Duncan HamiltonGBR Peter BlondDuncan Hamilton Jaguar D-Type 142 7th 42 S1.1 GBR Peter Ashdown GBR Gordon Jones Team Lotus Lotus- Climax Eleven 138 8th 22 S2.0 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Brazil Christian Heins Dr.Porsche Porsche 550 RS 135 9th 12 S3.0 GBR Jonathan Sieff GBR Maurice Charles Jonathan Sieff Jaguar D-Type 135 10th 46 S1.1 GBR Mike Taylor GBR Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Co. Lotus-Climax Lotus-Climax Eleven 134 11th 50 S1.1 GBR Henry Taylor GBR Nicholas Green J.V. Green Lotus-Climax Eleven 131 12th 43 S1.1 USA Carl Haas GBR John Brown Elva Racing Team Elva-Climax Mk III 131 13th 27 S1.1 GBR Bill Frost GBR Dickie Stoop Car Exchange Racing Team Lotus-Climax Eleven 128 14th 28 S2.0 GBR Tommy Bridger GBR Alan Foster Richard W. Jacobs MG A Twin Cam 127 15th 47 S1.1 GBR Jack Wescott GBR Peter Arundell Innes Ireland Ltd. Lotus-Climax Eleven 125 16th 49 S1.1 GBR Eric BroadleyGBR Peter Gammon E.H. Broadley Lola-Climax Mk.1 124 17th 41 S1.1 GBR Alan Stacey GBR Keith Hall Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Eleven 121 18th 48 S1.1 GBR Douglas GrahamGBR Christopher Martyn Innes Ireland Ltd. Lotus-Climax Eleven 110 19th 29 S2.0 GBR Mike Anthony GBR Ted Whiteaway Rudd Racing Team AC Ace LM 105 NC 45 S1.1 GBR Ian Burgess GBR Robbie MacKenzie-Low Elva Racing Team Elva-Climax Mk IV 102 NC 52 S1.1 GBR Jimmy Blumer GBR Stuart Dodd Jimmy Blumer Lotus-Climax Eleven 99 DNF 24 S2.0 New Zealand Bruce McLaren New Zealand Syd Jensen John Coombs Racing Organisation Lotus-Climax 15 53 Gearbox DNF 11 S3.0 New Zealand Ross JensenGBR Bruce Halford GBR Ivor Bueb B. Lister Lt Engineering Lister-Jaguar 51 Suspension DNF 30 S2.0 GBR Cliff Allison GBR Graham Hill Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 15 39 Engine DNF 26 S2.0 GBR David Shale GBR John Dalton M. Trimble Lotus-Climax Eleven 24 Gearbox DNF 53 S1.1 GBR John Fisher GBR Les Leston John Fisher Lotus-Climax Eleven 20 Gearbox DNF 44 S1.1 GBR Ian Raby GBR Eugene Hall Elva Racing Team Elva-Climax Mk III 15 Accident DNF 10 S3.0 GBR Ivor Bueb GBR Bruce Halford B. Lister Lt Engineering Lister-Jaguar 10 Accident DNF 25 S2.0 GBR Edward Greenall GBR John Campbell-Jones J. King Lotus-Climax 15 9 Accident DNS 3 S3.0 Belgium Claude Dubois Belgium Yves Tassin Equipe Nationale Belge Lister-Jaguar Engine http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Goodwood-1958-09-13.html Tourist Trophy 1958 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss, 1:32.6 secs (93.305 mph) Class Winners Class Winners Sports +2000 7 Aston Martin DBR1/300 Moss / Brooks Sports 2000 21 Porsche 718 RSK Behra / Barth Sports 1100 42 Lotus-Climax Eleven Ashdown / Jones Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 ITA Ferrari 32 (38) 2 West Germany Porsche 18 (20) 3 GBR Aston Martin 18 4 GBR Lotus 3 5 Italy Osca 2 Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, excepting the RAC Tourist Trophy, for which points were awarded on a 4-3-2-1 for the first four places. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table. References 30em 1958 World Sportscar Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans 1959 12 Hours of Sebring Goodwood Category:RAC Tourist Trophy RAC