1959 6-Hour Le Mans Production Car Race

October 2020 June 2011 The 1959 6-Hour Le Mans Production Car Race was a motor race staged on 1 June 1959 at the Caversham Race CircuitOfficial Programme, The Annual 6-Hour Le Mans Production Car Race, Caversham Race Circuit, Monday, 1 June 1959, www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com, as archived at web.archive.org in Western Australia, Australia. It was organised by the WA Sporting Car Club, and was the fifth annual Six Hour Le Mans.Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56–59 The race was won by Clem Dwyer and Vin Smith, driving a Triumph TR3A.New Car Wins at Caversham, The West Australian, Tuesday, 2 June 1959, page 8 Results PositionWestern Australian Race Results 1959, page 6, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org Drivers No. Car Entrant Cat. pos. Category Class pos. Class Laps 1 Clem Dywer, Vin Smith 1Six-hour Race to Triumph, Modern Motor, August 1959, pages 70 & 71 Triumph TR3A Diesel Motors 1 Sports Cars 176 2 Lionel Beattie 10A.W. Rees, "Little Le Mans" Triumph, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 50 MGA 2 Sports Cars 174 3 Merv Dudley, Doug Green MGA Mercury Motors 3 Sports Cars 174 4 Jack Ayers Holden 48-215 Superior Cars 1959 Six Hour Race, www.terrywalkersplace.com Retrieved 31 May 2006, page no longer available at this site 1 Sedan Cars 1 1601-2500cc 172 5 Jim Harwood, Bill Downey 2 Triumph TR3A Performance Cars 171 6 Darryl McGuinness Austin-Healey Reimann Motors 171 7 Dave Sullivan Holden 48-215 2 Sedan Cars 171 8 Ray Barfield Triumph TR3 164 9 David Sadique Simca ArondeWenworth Motors advertisement, The West Australian, Tuesday, 2 June 1959, page 25 3 Sedan Cars 1 1101-1300cc 163 10 Ron Heath Jaguar XK120 159 11 Don Reimann, John Glasson Standard Ten Cadet Diesel Motors 1 851-1100cc 155 12 Syd Negus Plymouth Sports 152 13 R. Betteridge Morris Minor 150 14 Bob Annear, D. Reiman Standard Ten Cadet Diesel Motors 148 15 Brian Lemon Volkswagen 147 16 Lloyd Trezise Ford V8 (1938) 1 Over 2500cc 146 17 Mike Geneve, R. Pelusey Skoda 143 18 L. Johnson, J. Wynhoff Renault Dauphine 1 Up to 850cc 138 19 Aub Melrose Austin-Healey 116 DNF Harry van Lannen Austin-Healey 131 DNF Stan Starcevich Holden 122 DNF Tony Carboni Austin-Healey 96 DNF Jim Ward Ford Zephyr 69 DNF Mal Chapman MGTF 15 Teams Award Diesel Motors - Clem Dywer & Vin Smith (Triumph TR3A), Don Reimann & John Glasson (Standard Ten Cadet), Bob Annear & D Reiman (Standard Ten Cadet) Lambretta Trophy David Sadique (Simca Aronde) Notes Start: Le Mans type Entries: 27 Starters: 24 Finishers: 19 Distance covered by winning car: 387 miles Average speed of winning car: 64.9 mph References Further reading Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 150–151 Category:Six Hours Le Mans Six Hour Le Mans Category:June 1959 sports events in Australia