The 1958 Melbourne Grand Prix was a motor race for
Formula Libre
Formula Libre, also known as Formule Libre, is a form of automobile racing allowing a wide variety of types, ages and makes of purpose-built racing cars to compete "head to head". This can make for some interesting matchups, and provides the oppor ...
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
The Albert Park Circuit is a motorsport street circuit around Albert Park Lake, three kilometres south of central Melbourne. It is used annually as a circuit for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, the supporting Supercars Championship Mel ...
in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
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]
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It was race 8 of 9 in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing competition for drivers of Formula Libre cars. It was the second Australian Drivers' Championship. The title was contested over a nine race series with the ...
.
The race was won by Stirling Moss driving a Cooper T45
The Cooper T45 was an open-wheel formula racing car, developed and built by the Cooper Car Company in 1958, and designed by Owen Maddock. It competed in Formula 2 racing as well as in Formula One racing, where it won one World Championship Grand ...
for RRC Walker.[Melbourne Grand Prix, Albert Park, 30 Nov 1958, Results, oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org]
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Results
Notes:
* Winner's average speed: 98.86 mph
* Fastest lap: Stirling Moss, 1m 50s (102.27 mph), all time outright lap record[Barry Green, Glory Days - Albert Park 1953-58, page 123]
References
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Further reading
* H. A, C. Russell, Moss wins at Melbourne, Autosport, December 12 1958, pages 758 to 760
Melbourne Grand Prix
Motorsport at Albert Park
November 1958 sports events in Australia