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1955 Australian Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	CUST
Description	Formula Libre race
Grand Prix	Australian
Country	Australia
Location	Port Wakefield, South Australia
Date	10 October
Year	1955
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.3
Course_km	2.09
Distance_laps	80
Distance_mi	104
Distance_km	167.3
Weather	Sunny
Pole_Driver	Reg Hunt
Pole_Country	AUS
Pole_Team	Maserati
Fast_Driver	Jack Brabham
Australia Reg Hunt
Fast_Team	Cooper-Bristol
Maserati
Fast_Time	1'03
Fast_Country	AUS
First_Driver	Jack Brabham
First_Country	AUS
First_Team	Cooper-Bristol
Second_Driver	Reg Hunt
Second_Country	AUS
Second_Team	Maserati
Third_Driver	Doug Whiteford
Third_Country	AUS
Third_Team	Talbot-Lago

Australia Reg Hunt Maserati The 1955 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Port Wakefield Circuit in South Australia on 10 October 1955. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 80 laps of the 2.09 km (1.3 mi) circuit. It was open to Formula Libre cars of unlimited capacity. The race was promoted by Brooklyn Speedway (SA) Ltd. and was organised by the Sporting Car Club of SA Inc.

It was the twentieth Australian Grand Prix and the first to be held on a purpose built motor racing circuit after the previous 19 were held on closed streets or country roads, or on airfields modified for the purpose. Future World Champion Jack Brabham won his first Australian Grand Prix in a streamlined Cooper-Bristol that Brabham, having recently joined the Cooper team, had assembled himself and sent to Australia. It was the first time a rear-engined car had won the AGP, although this was seen as an upset win and a rear-engined car would not win again until 1960.

Classification

Results as follows.

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time /
Remarks	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
6	Australia Jack Brabham	Cooper T40 / Bristol 2.0L	J. Brabham	80	1h 26m 44.43s
5	Australia Reg Hunt	Maserati A6GCM / Maserati 2.5L	R.H. Hunt	80	1h 26m 47.54s
3	Australia Doug Whiteford	Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot-Lago 4.5L	D. Whiteford	80	1h 26m 48.92s
10	Australia Kevin Neal	Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L	R.H. Hunt	78
12	Australia Murray Trenberth	Vincent Special / Vincent 1.0L	M. Trenberth	76
16	Australia Keith Rilstone	Rilstone Special / Vincent 1.0L	G.T. Harrison	75
14	Australia Bill Craig	Alta / Holden 2.4L	W.J. Craig	75
2	Australia Eldred Norman	Eclipse Zephyr / Ford s/c 2.3L	E. Norman & Eclipse Motors Pty. Ltd.	75
20	Australia Bill Wilcox	Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.4L	W. Wilcox	74
17	Australia Greg McEwin	Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L	Invicta Motors Ltd.	71
30	Australia Jack Johnson	MG TC Special / MG 1.3L	J. Johnson	69
7	Australia Charlie Whatmore	Jaguar Special / Jaguar 3.4L	C. Whatmore	68
27	Australia Bob Burnett Read	MG K3 / MG 1.1L	E.R. Burnett Read	67
29	Australia Steve Tillet	MG TC / MG 1.4L	S.D. Tillett	66
21	Australia C.F. Norris	AC Ace / AC 2.0L	C.F. Norris	64
8	Australia Tom Hawkes	Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0L	T.V. Hawkes	76	Fuel supply
18	Australia Clem Smith	Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L	C. Smith	65	Suspension
4	Australia Stan Jones	Maybach Mk. 3 / Maybach 3.8L	S.J. Jones	43	Clutch
9	Australia Stan Coffey	Cooper T20 / Bristol 2.0L	Mrs J. Coffey	38	Accident
26	Australia Bruce Walton	Walton / JAP 0.5L	B.A. Walton	31
25	Australia Murray Rainey	Cooper Mk.IX / Norton 0.5L	M. Rainey	14	Universal joint
23	Australia Bill Patterson	Cooper Mk.V / JAP 0.5L	G.W. Patterson	14	Engine
35	Australia John Cummins	Bugatti Type 37 / Holden 2.2L	J. Cummins	-

Notes

Pole position: Reg Hunt
Fastest lap: Jack Brabham/Reg Hunt - 1'03
Number of starters: 22

References

1955 Australian Grand Prix, Australian Motor Sports, September 1955, page 324
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71671313 ''Grand Prix in October'', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848–1957), Wednesday 3 August 1955, page 10, trove.nla.gov.au] Retrieved 27 June 2015
''The Australian 1955 Grand Prix'' brochure
(1986). "The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix". R & T Publishing.
Official Souvenir Programme, Australian Grand Prix, Port Wakefield - South Australia, 8th - 10th October 1955
Sporting Car Club of South Australia (Inc) - Lap Score Sheet - Australian Grand Prix 10-10-55
John B Blanden, ''Maybach Mk. 3'', Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979, pages 230 to 231
''30,000 see thrilling Grand Prix'', The Advertiser , Tuesday, 11 October 1955, page 3

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