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Old 4 Jan 2020, 11:52 (Ref:3949804)   #166
merak1974
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merak1974 should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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One for bauble!

1958 Melbourne Grand Prix at Albert Park.



Drivers included Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Bib Stillwell, Doug Whiteford, Alec Mildren, Arnold Glass, Stan Jones, Len Lukey and many more.

For the technical amongst you, Stirling’s car was fitted with an Alf Francis built Coventry Climax FPF, 4 cylinder DOHC, 2 valve, Weber carbed engine of 2051cc, it was a ‘screamer’ with trick cams and crank. Jack’s T45 toted a 2.2 litre FPF, revised ‘Ersa’ 5 speed ‘box and double wishbone rear suspension.

Note: although the track is to all intents and purposes very similar to the track currently used for the modern Australian GP, back in the day they ran anti-clockwise, opposite to the current.

This 1958 Albert Park race was the last race meeting until the modern Albert Park era in 1996


Race result / Entry list.


Position [2] Driver [2] No. [5] Car [2] Entrant [5] Laps [2]
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 [4] 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 Clarke [6] 10 Ferrari 555 [4] T Clarke 28
11 John Roxburgh 19 Cooper T41 Coventry Climax FWB JB Roxburgh 28
? Ern Seeliger 4 Maybach Mk.IV Chevrolet Corvette E Seeliger ?
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 [4] Capital Motors 4
DNF Jack Myers 17 WM Special Waggott Holden J Myers 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 R Gibbs -
DNS Werner Greve [7] 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 -
DNS Owen Bailey 20 Talbot-Lago T26C O Bailey


And now the video link....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4rpDnq0zsM
Really interesting assortment of cars! Curious mix of Formula 1, sports cars, and "Specials". Third place for Whiteford on a Maserati 300S. I would not have expected a Maserati 300S to beat their 250F siblings on that sort of race.
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