The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959.[1] 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.[2]
The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.[3]
Position | Driver | No.[4] | Car | Entrant | Class pos.[5] | Class | Time / laps[6] | |
1 | Ron Phillips | 42 | Cooper T38 Jaguar | JK & RK Phillips | 1 | Over 3000 cc | 73:28 | |
2 | Bill Pitt | 1 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs DI Anderson | 73:49 | |||
3 | Bob Jane | 56 | Maserati 300S | R Jane | 1 | 2001 to 3000 cc | 35 | |
4 | John Ampt[7] | 58 | Decca Special MK II | JE Ampt | 1 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 | |
5 | Allan Jack | 45 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax | Brifield Motors | 2 | 1101 to 1500 cc[8] | 34 | |
6 | Les Agnew[9] | 10 | Rockhampton Car Sales | 1 | Up to 1100cc | 34 | ||
7 | T Basile | 31 | Porsche Carrera | S Sakzewski | ||||
8 | Tom Ross | 18 | Triumph TR2 | TW Ross | 1 | 1501 to 2000 cc | ||
9 | B Coventry | 28 | MGA | B Coventry | ||||
10 | E Laker | 101 | Triumph TR3 | EF Laker | ||||
11 | J Ausina | MGA | J Ausina | |||||
12 | P Samuels | 63 | Berkeley | P Samuels | ||||
? | John Cleary | 36 | Austin-Healey 100S | J Cleary | ||||
DNF | Chas Whatmore | 4 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax | Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre | 16 | |||
DNF | Frank Matich | 87 | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd | 13 | |||
DNF | David Finch | 92 | Jaguar D-Type | DN Finch | 13 | |||
DNF | J Bonenti | 6 | MG TF 1500 | JA Bonenti | ? [10] | |||
DNF | I Adams | 57 | Morris Minor 1000 | ? [11] |