1958 Melbourne Grand Prix

Formula libre motor race held at Australia (1958) March 2024 The 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre Racing Cars and Sports Cars by invitation.Final Supplementary Regulations, International Meeting, Melbourne GP and Victorian TT, 1958 The race was staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 November 1958 over 32 laps, a distance of 100 miles (161 km).Melbourne Grand Prix, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw, as archived at web.archive.org It was race 8 of 9 in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship.1958 CAMS Gold Star, Australian Motor Sports Review, 1958-59, page 35 The race was won by Stirling Moss driving a Cooper T45 for RRC Walker.Melbourne Grand Prix, Albert Park, 30 Nov 1958, Results, oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org Results thumb|Stirling Moss won the race driving a Cooper T45, similar to the example pictured above Position Driver No.Official Programme, Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne Grand Prix and Melbourne Tourist Trophy, Second Day, 1958 Car Entrant Laps 1 Stirling Moss 7 Cooper T45 Coventry Climax FPF RRC Walker 32 2 Jack Brabham 8 Cooper T45 Coventry Climax FPF J Brabham 32 3 Doug Whiteford 26 Maserati 300S D Whiteford 31 4 Bib Stillwell 3 Maserati 250F BS Stillwell 31 5 Len Lukey 5 Lukey Bristol Lukey Mufflers Pty Ltd 30 6 Bill Pitt 22 Jaguar D-Type G Anderson 30 7 Curley Brydon 6 Ferrari Type 125 Chevrolet Corvette AH Brydon 29 8 Glyn Scott 18 Repco Holden Special G Scott 29 9 Bob Jane 27 Maserati 300S New York Motors Pty Ltd 29 10 Tom ClarkeCLARKE spelling from Official Programme 10 Ferrari 555 T Clarke 28 11 John Roxburgh 19 Cooper T41 Coventry Climax FWB JB Roxburgh 28 DNF Derek Jolly 29 Lotus XV Coventry Climax D Jolly 28 DNF Stan Jones 12 Maserati 250F Stan Jones Motors Pty Ltd 18 DNF Austin Miller 60 Miller Special Coventry Climax FWB A Miller 12 DNF Ted Gray 11 Tornado Mk.II Chevrolet Corvette L Abrahams 4 DNF Arnold Glass 2 Ferrari 555 Capital Motors 4 DNF Jack Myers 17 WM Special Waggott Holden J Myers 1 DNFmembers.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw indicates that Bailey did not start, but also that he completed 1 lap. The race report in Autosport December 12, 1958 indicates that "Bailey's Talbot sat lifeless on the grid but was soon away." Owen Bailey 20 Talbot-Lago T26C O Bailey 1 DNF Alec Mildren 15 Cooper T43 Coventry Climax FPE AG Mildren Pty Ltd 0 DNS Bill Patterson 9 Cooper T43 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd - DNS Ray Gibbs 25 Cooper T23 Holden Sabina Motors Pty. Ltd. - DNS Werner GreveGREVE spelling from Official Programme 30 HWM Jaguar W Greve - DNS Ray Wamsley 21 Alfa Romeo Tipo B Chevrolet Corvette R Wamsley - DNS Charlie Whatmore 28 Lotus XI Coventry Climax FPF C Whatmore - DNS John Marston 23 Cooper Mk.IV Vincent s/c J Marston - DNSMelbourne Grand Prix and Victorian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Sport, pages 548 to 551 and pages 559 to 561 Ern Seeliger 4 Maybach Mk.IV Chevrolet Corvette E Seeliger - Notes: Winner's average speed: 98.86 mphDavid McKay, Quick money for Moss, Modern Motor, February 1959, page 35 Fastest lap: Stirling Moss, 1m 50s (102.27 mph), all time outright lap recordBarry Green, Glory Days - Albert Park 1953-58, page 123 References Further reading H. A, C. Russell, Moss wins at Melbourne, Autosport, December 12, 1958, pages 758 to 760 Melbourne Grand Prix Category:Motorsport at Albert Park Category:November 1958 sports events in Australia