The 1960 Bathurst 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 18 April 1960. It was contested over 26 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race, which was promoted by the Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd.,[1] was Round 2 of the 1960 Australian Drivers' Championship.

Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986)

The race was won by Alec Mildren driving a Cooper T51 Maserati.

Results

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Pos No Entrant Driver Car Race Time/DNF Laps
1 2 A.G. Mildren Pty Ltd Alec Mildren Cooper T51 Maserati 1:11:38.6 26
2 7 Capitol Motors Pty Ltd Arnold Glass Maserati 250F 1:13:00.6 26
3 9 Bill Patterson Motors Bill Patterson Cooper T51 Climax 1:13:05.3 26
4 71 Ecurie Hall Noel Hall Cooper T51 Climax 1:11:45.3 25
5 10 J.B. Roxburgh John Roxburgh Cooper T45 Climax 1:11:46.4 25
6 60 Austin Miller Austin Miller Cooper T51 Climax 1:11:57.1 25
7 3 Jack Myers Jack Myers WM-Cooper T20 Holden 1:11:51.2 24
8 114 Scuderia Birchwood Jon Leighton Cooper T45 Climax 1:12:35.5 24
9 28 A.C. Rose Alwyn Rose Dalro Jaguar[1][2] 1:12:43.1 23
10 15 Barry Collerson Barry Collerson Talbot-Lago T26C 1:12:24.1 22
11 12 P.D. Bloom Philip Bloom Dixon Riley Special 1:13:12.4 22
12 40 N.F. Barnes Noel Barnes MG TC Special 1:14:02.2 22
13 48 Bill Cooke Bill Cooke Riley-Peugeot Special 1:12:11.3 21
DNF 81 Bayldon & Stafford Car Sales Bruce Maher MG TD Special Retired 14
DNF 13 Diablo Motors Merv Ward Diablo-Holden 6 Special Retired 13
DNF 20 G.A. Scott Glyn Scott Cooper T43 Climax Retired 11
DNF 56 R. Orlando Bill Reynolds Orlando MG Special Holden Retired 10
DNF 132 Ecurie Lismore Max Williams MG TC Special Retired 8
DNF 6 B.S. Stillwell Bib Stillwell Cooper T51 Climax Accident 7
DNF 90 Ross Dalton Ross Dalton Jaguar C-Type Retired 7
DNF 30 Diablo Motors Reg Mulligan HWM F2-51 Jaguar Retired 3
DNF 11 Ecurie Cinque Gordon Stewart MG Stewart Special Retired 3
DNF 88 Alex Strachan Alex Strachan Lotus Mark VI Climax Retired 1
DNS 32 Keith Moy Keith Moy MG NE Magnette Holden N/A -
DNS 37 D.K. Russell Keith Russell MG TC Special N/A -
DNS 26 R.W Pentecost Ross Pentecost Nota FJ AJS N/A -
DNS 89 Nota Engineering Guy Buckingham Nota FJ BMC N/A -
Source:[3][2]
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNS = Did Not Start

References

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  1. ^ a b Official Programme, 1960 Bathurst 100
  2. ^ a b John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, pages 251 to 260
  3. ^ Brown, Allen. "Bathurst, 18 Apr 1960 « Australian Gold Star (Formula Libre) « OldRacingCars.com". OldRacingCars.com.
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