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.
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.
The meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia for the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.
The race was won by Tony Gaze driving a HWM Jaguar.

Results

PositionDriverNo.CarEntrantClassClass Pos.Laps
1Tony Gaze40HWM JaguarF.A.O. GazeOpen148
2Bib Stillwell44Jaguar D-TypeB.S. StillwellOpen248
3Ron Phillips56Austin-Healey 100SJ.K. & R.K. Phillips2001-3000cc147
4Otto Stone70Porsche SpyderN. McK. Hamilton1101-1500cc147
5Doug Whiteford69Triumph TR2D. Whiteford1501-2000cc146
6C.W. Miller55Austin-HealeyC.W. Miller2001-3000cc244
7Bill Patterson73MGABill Patterson1101-1500cc244
8Stuart Charge51Healey SpecialS. & N. Charge2001-3000cc343
9Paul England62AuscaP.T. England2001-3000cc443
10Neil Charge71MGTCS. & N. Charge1101-1500cc341
11C. Porter84Austin-HealeyC. Porter2001-3000cc541
12L. Murphy74Porsche SuperL. Murphy1101-1500cc441
13M.R. Bottomley79MGTC s/cM.R. Bottomley1101-1500cc538
14C. Martyr99Sunbeam 3-litreC. MartyrOpen337
15L. Marsh54Austin-HealeyL. Marsh2001-3000cc637
16Alex Strachan80Lotus Mark VI Coventry ClimaxA.W. StrachanUp to 1100cc137
17G.A. Hay67Triumph TR2G.A. Hay1501-2000cc234
18J.R. Lanyon78MGTC specialJ.R. Lanyon1101-1500cc 36
19R.G. Gibbs52Austin-HealeyR.G. Gibbs2001-3000cc 35
20Frank Porter57Austin-HealeyF.R. Porter2001-3000cc 34
21A. Maxwell60Aston Martin DB2A. Maxwell2001-3000cc 26
22Alan Gray46Jaguar XK140A.R. GrayOpen 26
23J. Haimson66Triumph TR2J. Haimson1501-2000cc 25
24Stan Jones41Cooper T33 JaguarS.J. JonesOpen 24
25O. Bailey61Holden SpecialO. Bailey2001-3000cc 24
26C. Oliver43Jaguar XK120 s/cC. OliverOpen 23
27Bill Leech64MM HoldenW. Leech2001-3000cc 17
28Kevin Stuart48Austin-HealeyK.P. Stuart2001-3000cc 16
29Jeff Brotherton50Austin-Healey 100SJ. Brotherton2001-3000cc 14
30A.C. Newman76MGTFA.C. Newman1101-1500cc 14
31G. Baillieu65Triumph TR2G. Baillieu1501-2000cc 12
32E. Davey-Milne88Frazer Nash s/cE. Davey-Milne1101-1500cc 11
33N.F. Lewin53Austin-HealeyN.F. Lewin2001-3000cc 11
34L.J. Taylor59Austin-HealeyL.J. Taylor2001-3000cc 8
35K. Hahn82Austin-HealeyGrosvenor Motor Auctions2001-3000cc 4
36W.F. Coad63Vauxhall SpecialW.F. Coad2001-3000cc 4
37E. Pearce75Javelin JupiterE. Pearce1101-1500cc 3

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