1956 Moomba TT

Motor race for open and closed sports cars March 2024 The 1956 Moomba TT was a motor race for open and closed sports cars, staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1956.David McKay, Moomba Races at Albert Park, Modern Motor, May 1956, pages 35-37 & pages 63-64 It was the second Moomba TT, with a similar race having been run at Albert Park in 1955. Contested over 150 miles, it was the feature race on the first day of a two-day race meeting which was conducted on the two Sundays of Melbourne's Moomba Festival.JR Horman, Albert Park, Australian Motor Sports, April 1956, pages 136-143 The meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia for the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.Official Programme, First Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 11 March 1956 The race was won by Tony Gaze driving a HWM Jaguar. Results thumb|Tony Gaze won the race driving a HWM Jaguar similar to the example pictured Position Driver No. Car Entrant Class Class pos. Laps 1 Tony Gaze 40 HWM Jaguar F.A.O. Gaze Open 1 48 2 Bib Stillwell 44 Jaguar D-Type B.S. Stillwell Open 2 48 3 Ron PhillipsJohn B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 54 56 Austin-Healey 100S J.K. & R.K. Phillips 2001-3000cc 1 47 4 Otto Stone 70 Porsche Spyder N. McK. Hamilton 1101-1500cc 1 47 5 Doug Whiteford 69 Triumph TR2 D. Whiteford 1501-2000cc 1 46 6 C.W. Miller 55 Austin-Healey C.W. Miller 2001-3000cc 2 44 7 Bill Patterson 73 MGA Bill Patterson 1101-1500cc 2 44 8 Stuart Charge 51 Healey Special S. & N. Charge 2001-3000cc 3 43 9 Paul EnglandJohn B Blanden, Ausca Sports, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 43 62 Ausca Holden P.T. England 2001-3000cc 4 43 10 Neil Charge 71 MGTC S. & N. Charge 1101-1500cc 3 41 11 C. Porter 84 Austin-Healey C. Porter 2001-3000cc 5 41 12 Les Murphy 74 Porsche 1500 Super L. Murphy 1101-1500cc 4 41 13 M.R. Bottomley 79 MGTC s/c M.R. Bottomley 1101-1500cc 5 38 14 C. Martyr 99 Sunbeam 3-litreMichael Armit, Gaze won but oil had him worried, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 14, trove.nla.gov.au C. Martyr Open 3 37 15 L. Marsh 54 Austin-Healey L. Marsh 2001-3000cc 6 37 16 Alex StrachanJohn B Blanden, Lotus MK.6, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 192 80 Lotus Mark VI Coventry Climax A.W. Strachan Up to 1100cc 1 37 17 G.A. Hay 67 Triumph TR2 G.A. Hay 1501-2000cc 2 34It is not known why Hay, on 34 laps, was classified ahead of Lanyon, on 36 laps and Gibbs, on 35 laps. It is likely that all of the competitors shown below Hay retired during the race. 18 J.R. Lanyon 78 MGTC special J.R. Lanyon 1101-1500cc   36 19 R.G. Gibbs 52 Austin-Healey R.G. Gibbs 2001-3000cc   35 20 Frank Porter 57 Austin-Healey F.R. Porter 2001-3000cc   34 21 A. Maxwell 60 Aston Martin DB2 A. Maxwell 2001-3000cc   26 22 Alan Gray 46 Jaguar XK140 A.R. Gray Open   26 23 J. Haimson 66 Triumph TR2 J. Haimson 1501-2000cc   25 24 Stan Jones 41 Cooper T33 JaguarJohn B Blanden, Cooper T33 Jaguar, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 128 S.J. Jones Open   24 25 O. Bailey 61 Holden Special O. Bailey 2001-3000cc   24 26 C. Oliver 43 Jaguar XK120 s/c C. Oliver Open   23 27 Bill LeechJohn B Blanden, MM Holden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 259 64 MM Holden W. Leech 2001-3000cc   17 28 Kevin Stuart 48 Austin-Healey K.P. Stuart 2001-3000cc   16 29 Jeff BrothertonJohn B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 55 50 Austin-Healey 100S J. Brotherton 2001-3000cc   14 30 A.C. Newman 76 MGTF A.C. Newman 1101-1500cc   14 31 G. Baillieu 65 Triumph TR2 G. Baillieu 1501-2000cc   12 32 E. Davey-Milne 88 Frazer Nash s/c E. Davey-Milne 1101-1500cc   11 33 N.F. Lewin 53 Austin-Healey N.F. Lewin 2001-3000cc   11 34 L.J. Taylor 59 Austin-Healey L.J. Taylor 2001-3000cc   8 35 K. Hahn 82 Austin-Healey Grosvenor Motor Auctions 2001-3000cc   4 36 W.F. Coad 63 Vauxhall Special W.F. Coad 2001-3000cc   4 37 E. Pearce 75 Jowett Javelin Jupiter E. Pearce 1101-1500cc   3 Notes Attendance: 100,000 Start: Le Mans type Starters: 37 Race time of winning car: 1:49:04Victoria's Two-Day Meeting, Wheels, June 1956, pages 48 & 49 (83.5 mph) Fastest lap: Tony Gaze, Bib Stillwell & Stan Jones: 2:10 (86.5 mph) Notes & references External links Speed thrilled 100,000, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 5, trove.nla.gov.au Car Racing (results), The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 13, trove.nla.gov.au Moomba TT Category:Motorsport at Albert Park Category:March 1956 sports events in Australia