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Bill Pitt (racing Driver)
William Pitt (1926–2017) was an Australian former racing driver and motor racing official. For most of his racing career Pitt was associated with Jaguar (car), Jaguars, competing with Jaguar XK120, XK120 and Jaguar D-Type, D-Type sports cars, a Jaguar Mark VIII, Mark VIII rally car and a Jaguar Mark 1, Mark 1 touring car with the assistance of Queensland's Jaguar agents Cyril and Geordie Anderson of Westco Motors. Pitt first became involved in racing as an official at the 1948 Australian Grand Prix, but gradually moved into competing himself. By the mid-1950s he was a front running sports car driver. Pitt co-drove a Jaguar XK120 to a four lap victory in what for 48 years was Australia's only 24-hour motor race, the 1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race, driving with Geordie Anderson and Charles Swinburne. In 1956 Anderson purchased a Jaguar D-Type in which Pitt placed fourth behind two factory-entered Maseratis and a Ferrari in the Australian Tourist Trophy at Melbourne Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australians
Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are the citizens, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Australians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Australian. Australian law does not provide for a racial or ethnic component of nationality, instead relying on citizenship as a legal status. Since the postwar period, Australia has pursued an official policy of multiculturalism and has the world's eighth-largest immigrant population, with immigrants accounting for 30 percent of the population in 2019. Between European colonisation in 1788 and the Second World War, the vast majority of settlers and immigrants came from the British Isles (principally England, Ireland and Scotland), although there was significant immigration from China and Germany during the 19th century. Many early settlements were initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1957 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS-sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars. The championship was contested over a nine race series with the winner awarded the 1957 CAMS Gold Star.The CAMS Gold Star, 1958 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, pages 48 & 50 It was the first Australian Drivers' Championship and the first motor racing title to be decided over a series of races at Australian circuits. The series was won by Victorian racer Lex Davison driving a Ferrari 500/625.1957 Gold Star, members.optusnet.com.au/dandsshaw/ Retrieved 22 June 2013 Davison dominated the championship, winning six of the nine races, including the series-opening [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Australian GT Championship
The 1962 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-6 for drivers of Appendix K GT cars. Pedr Davis, The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, page 200 The title, which was the third Australian GT Championship,Some difference of opinion exists regarding the actual name of the title. Australian Motor Sport, September 1962 uses both "Australian G.T. championship" and "Australian Gran Turismo Championship", The Courier Mail, Monday, 9 July 1962 uses "Australian Grand Touring Championship" and the 2006 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport uses "Australian GT Championship" was contested over a single race held at the Lakeside circuit, in Queensland, Australia on 8 July 1962.John French wins 1962 Australian G.T. championship, Australian Motor Sports, September 1962, pages 37-39 The championship was won by John French driving a Centaur Waggott Waggott Engineering was an Australian automotive engineering company which gained fame fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1962 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for Appendix J Touring Cars.Records, Titles and Awards, 2002 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 14-7Major Australian Touring Car Racing Categories, Commodore 25th Anniversary, Australian Muscle Car Magazine, Special Edition, page 13 It was contested as a single race, staged at the Longford Circuit, in Tasmania, Australia, on 3 March 1962. The title, which was the third Australian Touring Car Championship, was won by Bob Jane Robert Frederick Jane (18 December 1929 – 28 September 2018) was an Australian race car driver and prominent entrepreneur and business tycoon. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a ..., driving a Jaguar Mark 2 3.8. Classes Cars competed in six engine capacity classes: * Under 1000cc * 1000–1600cc * 1600–2000cc * 2000–2600cc * 2600–3500cc * Over 3500cc There were no entries in the 160 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaguar 3
The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides, although a melanistic black coat appears in some individuals. The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain. The modern jaguar's ancestors probably entered the Americas from Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene via the land bridge that once spanned the Bering Strait. Today, the jaguar's range extends from core Southwestern United States across Mexico and much of Central America, the Amazon rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Australian Tourist Trophy
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 T33 Jaguar.John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979 Results {, class="wikitable" generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.7 , - style="font-weight:bold" , height="14" align="center" , Position , Driver , align="center" , No.Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland , Car , Entrant , Class pos.20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Victorian Tourist Trophy
The 1958 Victorian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 23 November 1958.Official Programme, 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix / Victorian Tourist Trophy, Albert Park Circuit, First Day It was restricted to open or closed Sports Cars complying with CAMS Appendix C regulations.Final Supplementary Regulations, International Meeting, Albert Park Circuit, 1958 The race was contested over 32 laps of the 3.125 mile circuit, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Maserati 300S The Maserati 300S was a racing car produced by Maserati of Italy between 1955 and 1958 to compete in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship. Twenty-six examples were produced. Background The 3.0-litre (approx at 6200 rpm) engine was based on t ....David McKay, Quick money for Moss, Modern Motor, February 1959, pages 35, 36, 37 & 76 Results Notes * Attendance: 40,000 Ian Fraser and Peter Lyell, Free-for-all at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy
The 1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for Sports Cars staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 17 March 1957.Programme, Victorian Tourist Trophy, 17 March 1957 The race was contested over 32 laps, a total distance of 100 miles. It was the main event at the 17 March race meeting organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and promoted by the Albert Park Motor Race Committee. The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Maserati 300S.HAC Russell, Albert Park - Victorian Tourist Trophy Meeting, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 131-133 Results Notes * Entries: 20 * Starters: 16 * Finishers: Unknown * Winner's race time: 66 minutes 45 seconds * Fastest Lap: Doug Whiteford (Maserati 300S The Maserati 300S was a racing car produced by Maserati of Italy between 1955 and 1958 to compete in the FIA's World Sportscar Championship. Twenty-six examples were produced. Background The 3.0-litre (approx at 6200 rpm) engine was based on t ...), 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Drivers' Championship
The Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing championship contested annually from 1957 to 2014 by drivers of cars complying with Australia's premier open-wheeler racing category as determined by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. From 2005 to 2014 this category was Formula 3 and the championship was promoted as the Formula 3 Australian Drivers' Championship. Each year, the winner was awarded the CAMS Gold Star.Australian Drivers' Championship – CAMS Gold Star, docs.cams.com.au As archived at www.webcitation.org on 14 April 2014 The title was revived in |
1956 Australian Tourist Trophy
The 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100-mile motor race for sports cars,Australian Tourist Trophy (Entry list), First Day Programme, Australian Tourist Trophy (1956), page 47 staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 25 November 1956. It was the first 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 Stirling Moss driving a Maserati 300S.Athol Yeomans, ''Moss in walkover win, Behra second'', Wheels (magazine), January 1957, pages 60 & 61. Class Structure Cars competed in five classes based on engine capacity: * Open * 2701 - 3000cc * 1501 - 2700cc * 1101 - 1500cc * Up to 1100cc Class awards were restricted to Australian residents only.First Day's Race Results, Second Day Programme, Australian Grand Prix (1956), page 11 Results {, clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confederation Of Australian Motor Sport
Motorsport Australia, formerly the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the nationally recognised governing and sanctioning body for four-wheeled motorsport in Australia. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Responsibilities Motorsport Australia has been the custodian of motor sport in Australia since 1953. It is the National Sporting Authority (ASN) for motorsport in Australia, recognised by Sport Australia, and is delegated this responsibility by the FIA. Motorsport Australia affiliated with the FIA in its own right in 1958 before being granted full membership in October of that year on a probationary basis. In 1960, Motorsport Australia's membership of the FIA as an ASN was confirmed as permanent. The FIA aims to ensure that motorsport is conducted in accordance with the highest standards of safety, fairness and social responsibility and Motorsport Australia, together with in excess of 120 other ASNs in over 100 nations, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
