1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

February 2015 February 2015 thumb|250px|Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966) The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959.1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296 It was the third in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of these being recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53 The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143 Results thumb|A Cooper T38 Jaguar, similar to the winning car PositionLowood race results 14/6/59 Driver No. Car EntrantOfficial Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland Class pos. Class Time / laps 1 Ron Phillips 42 Cooper T38 Jaguar J. K. & R. K. Phillips 1 3001 cc and Over 73:28 2 Bill Pitt 1 Jaguar D-Type Mrs. D. I. Anderson 2 3001 cc and Over 73:49 3 Bob Jane 56 Maserati 300S R. Jane 1 2001 to 3000 cc 34 4 John AmptJohn B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979 58 Decca Special MK II J. E. Ampt 1 Up to 1100 cc 34 5 Allan Jack 45 Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax Brifield Motors 1 1101 to 1500 cc 34 6 Les AgnewThe race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus 10 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax Rockhampton Car Sales 2 Up to 1100 cc 33 7 T. Basile 31 Porsche Carrera S. Sakzewski 2 1101 to 1500 cc 33 8 Tom Ross 18 Triumph TR2 T. W. Ross 1 1501 to 2000 cc 32 9 B. Coventry 28 MGA B. Coventry 3 1101 to 1500 cc 30 10 E. Laker 101 Triumph TR3 E. F. Laker 2 1501 to 2000 cc 29 11 J. Ausina 66 MGA J. Ausina 4 1101 to 1500 cc 29 12 P. Samuels 63 Berkeley P. Samuels 3 Up to 1100 cc 23 DNF John Cleary 36 Austin-Healey 100S J. Cleary - 2001 to 3000 cc 31 DNF Chas Whatmore 4 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre - 1101 to 1500 cc 16 DNF I. Adams 57 Austin-Healey SpriteThe Lowood race results 14/6/59 indicate that Adams drove the No. 57 Morris Minor however the lead image at 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood..., primotipo.com shows No. 57 to be an Austin-Healey Sprite. - Up to 1100 cc 14 DNF Frank Matich 87 Jaguar C-Type Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty. Ltd. - 3001 cc and Over 13 DNF David Finch 92 Jaguar D-Type D. N. Finch - 3001 cc and Over 13 DNF J. Bonenti 6 MG TF 1500 J. A. Bonenti - 1101 to 1500 cc 12 DNF D. Geary 55 Austin-Healey D. Geary - 2001 to 3000 cc 4 Notes Meeting organiser: QRDCKeith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49 (Queensland Racing Drivers Club) Attendance: 20,000 (record crowd)Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71 Race distance: 36 laps, 102 miles Number of starters: 19 Number of finishers: 12 First Queensland competitor: Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type)20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10 Fastest Lap: Phillips and Pitt, 1:59 New GT lap record: T Basile (Porsche Carrera), 2:13 Handicap results (over first 20 laps): 1st - B Coventry (MGA), 2nd - Tom Ross (Triumph TR2), 3rd - T Basile (Porsche Carrera) References External links Image of front cover of Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, featuring the Ron Phillips Cooper Jaguar at Lowood, www.flickr.com Cars on the grid prior to the start of the 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au Category:Australian Tourist Trophy Tourist Trophy Category:Motorsport in Queensland