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, 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

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races, each of these being recognised by the

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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

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Notes

* Meeting organiser: QRDC (Queensland Racing Drivers Club) * Attendance: 20,000 (record crowd)Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71 * Race distance: 36 laps, 102 miles * Number of starters: Unknown * First Queensland competitor: Bill Pitt ( Jaguar D-Type) * New GT lap record: T Basile (

), 2:13 * Handicap results (over first 20 laps): 1st - B Coventry ( MGA), 2nd - Tom Ross (

), 3rd - T Basile (

)

References

External links

Image of the Ron Phillips Cooper Jaguar at Longford in 1959, www.oldracephotos.com
Australian Tourist Trophy Tourist Trophy Motorsport in Queensland