1956 Moomba TT

The 1956 Moomba TT was a motor race for open and closed sports cars, staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 March 1956.[1] It was the second Moomba TT, with a similar race having been run at Albert Park in 1955. Contested over 150 miles, it was the feature race on the first day of a two-day race meeting which was conducted on the two Sundays of Melbourne's Moomba Festival.[2] The meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.[3]

The race was won by Tony Gaze driving a HWM Jaguar.

Results

Tony Gaze won the 1956 Moomba TT drving a HWM, similar to that pictured above
Position [2] Driver [2] No.[2] Car [2] Entrant [4] Class [2] Class Pos.[2] Laps [2]
1 Tony Gaze 40 HWM Jaguar FAO Gaze Open 1 48
2 Bib Stillwell 44 Jaguar D-Type BS Stillwell Open 2 48
3 Ron Phillips [5] 56 Austin-Healey 100S JK & RK Phillips 2001-3000cc 1 47
4 Otto Stone 70 Porsche Spyder N McK. Hamilton 1101-1500cc 1 47
5 Doug Whiteford 69 Triumph TR2 D Whiteford 1501-2000cc 1 46
6 CW Miller 55 Austin-Healey CW Miller 2001-3000cc 2 44
7 Bill Patterson 73 MGA Bill Patterson 1101-1500cc 2 44
8 Stuart Charge 51 Healey Special   2001-3000cc 3 43
9 Paul England [6] 62 Ausca   2001-3000cc 4 43
10 Neil Charge 71 MGTC   1101-1500cc 3 41
11 C Porter 84 Austin-Healey   2001-3000cc 5 41
12 Les Murphy 74 Porsche Super   1101-1500cc 4 41
13 MR Bottomley 79 MGTC s/c   1101-1500cc 5 38
14 C Martyr 99 Sunbeam 3-litre [7]   Open 3 37
15 L Marsh 54 Austin-Healey   2001-3000cc 6 37
16 Alex Strachan [8] 80 Lotus Mark VI Coventry Climax [1] AW Strachan Up to 1100cc 1 37
17 GA Hay 67 Triumph TR2 GA Hay 1501-2000cc 2 34 [9]
18 TR Lanyon 78 MGTC special       36
19 RG Gibbs 52 Austin-Healey       35
20 Frank Porter 57 Austin-Healey       34
21 A Maxwell 60 Aston Martin DB2       26
22 Alan Gray [1] 46 Jaguar XK140       26
23 J Haimson 66 Triumph TR2       25
24 Stan Jones 41 Cooper T33 Jaguar [10]       24
25 O Bailey 61 Holden Special       24
26 C Oliver 43 Jaguar XK120 s/c       23
27 Bill Leech [11] 64 MM Holden       17
28 Kevin Stuart 48 Austin-Healey       16
29 Jeff Brotherton [12] 50 Austin-Healey 100S       14
30 RC Newman 76 MGTF       14
31 G Baillieu 65 Triumph TR2       12
32 E Davey-Milne 88 Frazer Nash s/c       11
33 NF Lewin 53 Austin-Healey       11
34 LJ Taylor 59 Austin-Healey       8
35 K Hahn 82 Austin-Healey       4
36 WF Coad 63 Vauxhall Special       4
37 E Pearce 75 Javelin Jupiter [13]       3

Notes

Notes & references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David McKay, Moomba Races at Albert Park, Modern Motor, May 1956, pages 35-37 & pages 63-64
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 JR Horman, Albert Park, Australian Motor Sports, April 1956, pages 136-143
  3. ↑ Official Programme, Second Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 18 March 1956
  4. ↑ First Day Results, Official Programme, Second Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 18 March 1956
  5. ↑ John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 54
  6. ↑ John B Blanden, Ausca Sports, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 43
  7. ↑ Michael Armit, Gaze won but oil had him worried, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 14, trove.nla.gov.au
  8. ↑ John B Blanden, Lotus MK.6, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 192
  9. ↑ It is not known why Hay, on 34 laps, was classified ahead of Lanyon, on 36 laps and Gibbs, on 35 laps
  10. ↑ John B Blanden, Cooper T33 Jaguar, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 128
  11. ↑ John B Blanden, MM Holden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 259
  12. ↑ John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 55
  13. ↑ It is not known if the "Javelin Jupiter" of E Pearce was in fact a Jowett Javelin

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