1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship
The 1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship was a motor race held at the Southport circuit in Queensland, Australia[1] on 6 November 1955.[2] The race was held over 20 laps of the 5.7 mile (9.17 kilometre) circuit, a total distance of 114 miles (247.6 km).[1] The meeting was conducted by the Queensland Motor Sporting Club in association with the Pacific Car Club.[2]
The race was won by Steve Ames driving an Alfa Romeo.[1]
Classification
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| Position [1] | Driver | No.[1] | Car | Laps [1] | Time / remarks [1] |
| 1 | Steve Ames | 8 | Alfa Romeo P3[3] | 85m 27.3s [2] | |
| 2 | Ken Richardson | Talbot-Lago T26C[3] | |||
| 3 | Rex Taylor | 25 | Jaguar XK120 | ||
| 4 | Barry Griffiths | 28 | Triumph TR2 | ||
| 5 | Beau Mossetter | MG TC s/c | |||
| 6 | N. Barnes | MG Special s/c | |||
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| DNF | Lex Davison | HWM Jaguar | 6 | Broken steering arm [2] | |
| DNF | Jack Brabham[2] | 6 [2] | Cooper T40 Bristol | 5 | Bent valves |
Notes
[edit]- Attendance: nearly 15,000 [2]
- Starters: 11 [1]
- Finishers: 6 [1]
- Winning margin: 27 seconds [2]
- Fastest lap: Jack Brabham, 3m 53s (88 mph) [1]
- Handicap placings (over the first twelve laps): Griffiths, Taylor and Mossetter [2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ames and Alfa are Queensland champs, Wheels (magazine), January 1956, pages 46 & 47
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Alf Cummings, Grand Prix win at 22, Modern Motor (magazine), January 1956, pages 22, 23 & 84
- ^ a b Mark Bisset, Count Stephen Ouvaroff’s Southport. Queensland, November 1955…, primotipo.com, as archived at web.archive.org