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1958 6 Hour Production Car Race (Caversham)

The 1958 6 Hour Production Car Race was an endurance motor race staged on 2 June 1958 at the Caversham Circuit, in Western Australia.[1] It was open to production cars competing in "Sports Car" and "Sedan Car" classes.[1] The race, which was the fourth in a sequence of annual "Six Hour Le Mans" races to be held in Western Australia between 1955 and 1972[2] was won by Jim Harwood and Bill Downey driving a Triumph TR2.[1]

Results

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Position[3] Drivers[3] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant[1] Class[3] Class pos.[3] Laps[3]
1 Jim Harwood, Bill Downey 21 Triumph TR2 Performance Cars Sports Cars Over 1500cc 1 181
2 Barry Ranford Sr,[1] Barry Ranford Jr[1] 8 Morgan Loftus Service Station Sports Cars Over 1500cc 2 181
3 Aub Melrose, (Dick Blythe)[4] 17 Austin-Healey 100-4[2] A Melrose Motors Sports Cars Over 1500cc 3 175
4 Peter Morgan, Merv Dudley[1] 41 MGA Mercury Motors Sports Cars Under 1500cc 1 174
5 Dick Blythe, Sid Taylor 29 Austin Lancer Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 1 171
6 David Sadique, Bob Avery 26 Simca Elysee[1] DH Sedique Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 2 167
7 Vin Smith 9 Austin-Healey V Smith Sports Cars Over 1500cc 4 165
8 Jim Ward, Peter Nicol[5] 35 Ford Zephyr Mark II[1] J Ward Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 1 164
9 E Allwood, H Magill 24 Thames EL Attwood Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 3 163
10 Clem Dwyer, Hugh McKinlay 38 Renault Dauphine Diesel Motors Sedan Cars 500 - 850cc 1 159
11 John Glasson, John Hayes 25 Standard Vanguard JG Glasson Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 1 158
12 Ray Bettridge, Bill Downey 33 Morris Minor 1000 Modern Motors Sedan Cars 850 - 1100cc 1 157
13 Syd Negus, Sid Taylor 27 Austin A95 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars Over 2500cc 2 155
14 Mal Chapman 43 MGTC M Chapman Sports Cars Under 1500cc 2 153
15 Brian Lemon, B Herman 30 Volkswagen BJ Lemon Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 4 149
16 Bob Annear, Sid Taylor 28 Austin A55 Winterbottom Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 5 147
17 N Joddrell, H Joddrell 37 Vauxhall Victor Allwood Motors Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 6 145
18 J Lenton, R Bettridge 32 Wolseley 1500 JM Lenton Sedan Cars 1101 - 1500cc 7 136
19 Dave Sullivan, Bob Biltoff 36 Holden Northside Service Station Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc 2 48
DNF G Haynes, Graham Bowra 23 Morgan G Hayes Sports Cars Over 1500cc - ?
DNF Colin Metcher, W Green 40 MGTC C Metcher Sports Cars Under 1500cc - ?
DNF Jack Ayres,[1] D Reimes 31 Holden Superior Cars Sedan Cars 1600 - 2500cc - ?

Notes

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  • Attendance: 10,000[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 6 Hour Race (production cars), Australian Motor Sports Review, 1958-59, pages 52, 53 & 56
  2. ^ a b Terry Walker, Six-Hour "Le Mans", Around the Houses, A History of Motor Racing in Western Australia, 1980, pages 56 to 59
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Western Australian Motor Racing Results 1958, www.terrywalkersplace.com, as archived at web.archive.org
  4. ^ Australian Motor Sports Review states that Melrose "drove the whole six hours himself"
  5. ^ a b The Sunday Times 6 Hour Production Car Meeting, Australian Motor Sports, July 1958, pages 313 & 314

Further reading

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  • Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 150-151
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