The 1959 6-Hour Le Mans Production Car Race was a motor race staged on 1 June 1959 at the Caversham Race Circuit[1] in Western Australia, Australia. It was organised by the WA Sporting Car Club,[1] and was the fifth annual Six Hour Le Mans.[2]
The race was won by Clem Dwyer and Vin Smith, driving a Triumph TR3A.[3]
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Results
| Position[4] | Drivers[4] | No. | Car[4] | Entrant | Cat. pos.[4] | Category[4] | Class pos.[4] | Class[4] | Laps[4] |
| 1 | Clem Dywer, Vin Smith | 1[5] | Triumph TR3A | Diesel Motors[4] | 1 | Sports Cars | 176 | ||
| 2 | Lionel Beattie | 10[6] | MGA | 2 | Sports Cars | 174 | |||
| 3 | Merv Dudley, Doug Green | MGA | Mercury Motors[6] | 3 | Sports Cars | 174 | |||
| 4 | Jack Ayers | Holden 48-215 | Superior Cars[7] | 1 | Sedan Cars | 1 | 1601-2500cc | 172 | |
| 5 | Jim Harwood, Bill Downey | 2[6] | Triumph TR3A | Performance Cars[6] | 171 | ||||
| 6 | Darryl McGuinness | Austin-Healey | Reimann Motors[7] | 171 | |||||
| 7 | Dave Sullivan | Holden 48-215 | 2 | Sedan Cars | 171 | ||||
| 8 | Ray Barfield | Triumph TR3 | 164 | ||||||
| 9 | David Sadique | Simca Aronde[8] | 3 | Sedan Cars | 1 | 1101-1300cc | 163 | ||
| 10 | Ron Heath | Jaguar XK120 | 159 | ||||||
| 11 | Don Reimann, John Glasson | Standard Ten Cadet | Diesel Motors[4] | 1 | 851-1100cc | 155 | |||
| 12 | Syd Negus | Plymouth Sports | 152 | ||||||
| 13 | R. Betteridge | Morris Minor | 150 | ||||||
| 14 | Bob Annear, D. Reiman | Standard Ten Cadet | Diesel Motors[4] | 148 | |||||
| 15 | Brian Lemon | Volkswagen | 147 | ||||||
| 16 | Lloyd Trezise | Ford V8 (1938) | 1 | Over 2500cc | 146 | ||||
| 17 | Mike Geneve, R. Pelusey | Skoda | 143 | ||||||
| 18 | L. Johnson, J. Wynhoff | Renault Dauphine | 1 | Up to 850cc | 138 | ||||
| 19 | Aub Melrose | Austin-Healey | 116 | ||||||
| DNF | Harry van Lannen[6] | Austin-Healey | 131 | ||||||
| DNF | Stan Starcevich | Holden | 122 | ||||||
| DNF | Tony Carboni | Austin-Healey | 96 | ||||||
| DNF | Jim Ward | Ford Zephyr | 69 | ||||||
| DNF | Mal Chapman | MGTF | 15 |
Teams Award
Diesel Motors - Clem Dywer & Vin Smith (Triumph TR3A), Don Reimann & John Glasson (Standard Ten Cadet), Bob Annear & D Reiman (Standard Ten Cadet)[4]
Lambretta Trophy
David Sadique[4] (Simca Aronde)
Notes
- Start: Le Mans type[6]
- Entries: 27[6]
- Starters: 24[6]
- Finishers: 19[6]
- Distance covered by winning car: 387 miles[5]
- Average speed of winning car: 64.9 mph[6]
References
- ^ a b Official Programme, The Annual 6-Hour Le Mans Production Car Race, Caversham Race Circuit, Monday, 1 June 1959, www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ Terry Walker, Around The Houses, 1980, pages 56–59
- ^ New Car Wins at Caversham, The West Australian, Tuesday, 2 June 1959, page 8
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Western Australian Race Results 1959, page 6, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b Six-hour Race to Triumph, Modern Motor, August 1959, pages 70 & 71
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j A.W. Rees, "Little Le Mans" Triumph, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 50
- ^ a b 1959 Six Hour Race, www.terrywalkersplace.com Retrieved 31 May 2006, page no longer available at this site
- ^ Wenworth Motors advertisement, The West Australian, Tuesday, 2 June 1959, page 25
Further reading
- Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 150–151
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