1958 6 Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)

1958 Australian endurance motor race The 1958 6 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race staged on 2 June 1958 at the Caversham Circuit, in Western Australia.6 Hour Race (production cars), Australian Motor Sports Review, 1958-59, pages 52, 53 & 56 It was open to production cars competing in "Sports Car" and "Sedan Car" classes. The race, which was the fourth in a sequence of annual "Six Hour Le Mans" races to be held in Western Australia between 1955 and 1972Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around the Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59 was won by Jim Harwood and Bill Downey driving a Triumph TR2. Results PositionWestern Australian Motor Racing Results 1958, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org Drivers No. Car Entrant Class Class pos. Laps 1 Jim Harwood, Bill Downey 21 Triumph TR2 Performance Cars Sports Cars Over 1500cc 1 181 2 Barry Ranford Sr, Barry Ranford Jr 8 Morgan Loftus Service Station Sports Cars Over 1500cc 2 181 3 Aub Melrose, (Dick Blythe)Australian Motor Sports Review states that Melrose "drove the whole six hours himself" 17 Austin-Healey 100-4 A Melrose Motors Sports Cars Over 1500cc 3 175 4 Peter Morgan, Merv Dudley 41 MGA Mercury Motors Sports Cars Under 1500cc 1 174 5 Dick Blythe, Sid Taylor 29 Austin Lancer Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 1 171 6 David Sadique, Bob Avery 26 Simca Elysee DH Sedique Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 2 167 7 Vin Smith 9 Austin-Healey V Smith Sports Cars Over 1500cc 4 165 8 Jim Ward, Peter NicolThe Sunday Times 6 Hour Production Car Meeting, Australian Motor Sports, July 1958, pages 313 & 314 35 Ford Zephyr Mark II J Ward Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 1 164 9 E Allwood, H Magill 24 Thames EL Attwood Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 3 163 10 Clem Dwyer, Hugh McKinlay 38 Renault Dauphine Diesel Motors Sedan Cars 500 - 850cc 1 159 11 John Glasson, John Hayes 25 Standard Vanguard JG Glasson Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 1 158 12 Ray Bettridge, Bill Downey 33 Morris Minor 1000 Modern Motors Sedan Cars 850 - 1100cc 1 157 13 Syd Negus, Sid Taylor 27 Austin A95 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 2 155 14 Mal Chapman 43 MGTC M Chapman Sports Cars Under 1500cc 2 153 15 Brian Lemon, B Herman 30 Volkswagen BJ Lemon Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 4 149 16 Bob Annear, Sid Taylor 28 Austin A55 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 5 147 17 N Joddrell, H Joddrell 37 Vauxhall Victor Allwood Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 6 145 18 J Lenton, R Bettridge 32 Wolseley 1500 JM Lenton Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 7 136 19 Dave Sullivan, Bob Biltoff 36 Holden Northside Service Station Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 2 48 DNF G Haynes, Graham Bowra 23 Morgan G Hayes Sports Cars Over 1500cc - ? DNF Colin Metcher, W Green 40 MGTC C Metcher Sports Cars Under 1500cc - ? DNF Jack Ayres, D Reimes 31 Holden Superior Cars Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc - ? Notes Attendance: 10,000 References Further reading Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 150-151 External links Life's a Hoot: The Autobiography of James Harwood, (pages 39 to 41), books.google.com.au CAVERSHAM RACEWAY 1958, www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com, as archived at web.archive.org Category:Six Hours Le Mans 6 Hour Production Car Race Category:June 1958 sports events in Australia