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 ...

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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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 recordBarry Green, Glory Days - Albert Park 1953-58, page 123

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