The 1958 Australian Tourist Trophy was a 100-mile motor race for sports cars, staged at the

Mount Panorama Circuit Mount Panorama Circuit is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on Mount Panorama (Wahluu) and is best known as the home of the Bathurst 1000 motor race held each October, and the Bathurst 12 Hour ...

near Bathurst in New South Wales,

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on 6 October 1958.David McKay, ''Davison again'', Modern Motor, December 1958, pages 18, 19, 69 & 70 It was the second in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of which was 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

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driving an Aston Martin DB3S.John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979

Class Structure

Cars competed in six classes based on engine capacity:''Wind sends driver crashing at 120 m.p.h.'', The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 6 October 1958, page 5 * Up to 750cc * 751 to 1100cc * 1101 to 1500cc * 1501 to 2000cc * 2001 to 3000cc * Over 3000cc

Results

Notes

* Attendance: 16,000 * Race distance: 26 laps, 100 milesOfficial Programme, Mt. Panorama, 5 & 6 October (1958) * Starters: 35Medley lists 34 starters but does not include Merv Ward, who is shown by the same source as a finisher and class winner * Finishers: 22 * Winner's race time: 1 hour 19 minutes 21.9 seconds

References

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External links

Image of McKay (No 71 Aston Martin), Whiteford (No 7 Maserati) and Phillips (No 12 Cooper) at Bathurst in October 1958, aussieroadracing.homestead.com
Australian Tourist Trophy Tourist Trophy Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales