1956 South Pacific Championship for Racing Cars

The 1956 South Pacific Championship for Racing Cars was a motor raceSouth Pacific Road Racing Championships, Australian Motor Sports, March 1956, pages 96-100 staged at the Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit, near Orange in New South Wales, Australia, on Monday, 30 January 1956.Official Programme, South Pacific Road Racing Championships, Gnoo-Blas Motor Racing Circuit, Orange, Monday, 30 January 1956 The race was contested over 27 laps, a total distance of 100 miles. It was the feature race at the South Pacific Road Racing Championships meeting, which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club in conjunction with the Orange Cherry Blossom Car Racing Committee. The race was won by Reg Hunt driving a Maserati 250F.www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved 28 October 2017 Results thumb|Reg Hunt won the race driving a Maserati 250F, similar to the example pictured above Position Driver No. Car Entrant Race time / Remarks Laps 1 Reg Hunt 25www.gnooblas.com Retrieved 28 October 2017 Maserati 250F RH Hunt 1h 02m 45s 27 2 Jack Brabham   Cooper T40 Bristol J Brabham 1h 06m 44s 27 3 Kevin Neal   Cooper T23 Bristol K Neal 1h 07m 53s 27 4 Curley Brydon 4 Ferrari 166 R Cobden 1h 09m 37s 27 5 Col James   MG Special Barclay Motors 1h 12m 30s 27 6 Noel Barnes   MG TC Special N Barnes 1h 19m 36s 27 7 Jim Johnson   MG TC J Johnson 1h 23m 18s 27 DNF Stan Jones 6 Maybach 3     22 DNF Holt Binnie Frank Dent161 M.P.H. at Orange, Australian Motor Manual, 1 March 1956, page 16   MG TD Special H Binnie   ? DNF Jack Neal   Jaguar Special     11 DNF Les Wheeler 11 Stewart MG     9 Disq Jack Robinson   Jaguar XK120 Special   Outside assistance   DNS Reg Hunt   Maserati A6GCM/250F   Drove Maserati 250F - DNS Alf Harvey 2 Maserati 4CLT-48 OSCA   Gearbox - DNS Frank Kleinig   Porsche Spyder N Hamilton "Political reasons" - Notes Race distance: 27 laps, 100 miles Starters: 12 Winner's average speed: 97 mph (155 km/h)Denis Gregory, Chequered Times, A History of Gnoo-Blas, Orange 1953-1961 Fastest lap: Reg Hunt, 2m 16s, 99.5 mph (lap record) References South Pacific Championship for Racing Cars Category:Motorsport in New South Wales Category:Sports competitions in New South Wales Category:Motorsport at Gnoo Blas