Английская Википедия:1956 Moomba TT

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Шаблон:Short description 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 for the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.[3]

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

Results

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

Notes

Notes & references

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External links

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 David McKay, Moomba Races at Albert Park, Modern Motor, May 1956, pages 35-37 & pages 63-64
  2. 2,00 2,01 2,02 2,03 2,04 2,05 2,06 2,07 2,08 2,09 2,10 JR Horman, Albert Park, Australian Motor Sports, April 1956, pages 136-143
  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 Official Programme, First Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 11 March 1956
  4. John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 54
  5. John B Blanden, Ausca Sports, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 43
  6. Michael Armit, Gaze won but oil had him worried, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 14, trove.nla.gov.au
  7. John B Blanden, Lotus MK.6, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 192
  8. It is not known why Hay, on 34 laps, was classified ahead of Lanyon, on 36 laps and Gibbs, on 35 laps
  9. John B Blanden, Cooper T33 Jaguar, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 128
  10. John B Blanden, MM Holden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 259
  11. John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 55
  12. It is possible that the "Javelin Jupiter" of E. Pearce was in fact a Jowett Jupiter