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.[1] 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.[2] The meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia for the Argus Moomba Motor Races Committee.[3]

The race was won by Tony Gaze driving a HWM Jaguar.

Results

Tony Gaze won the 1956 Moomba TT driving a HWM, similar to that pictured above
Position[2] Driver[2] No.[2] Car[2] Entrant[3] Class[2][3] Class pos.[2] Laps[2]
1 Tony Gaze 40 HWM Jaguar F.A.O. Gaze Open 1 48
2 Bib Stillwell 44 Jaguar D-Type B.S. Stillwell Open 2 48
3 Ron Phillips[4] 56 Austin-Healey 100S J.K. & R.K. Phillips 2001-3000cc 1 47
4 Otto Stone 70 Porsche Spyder N. McK. Hamilton 1101-1500cc 1 47
5 Doug Whiteford 69 Triumph TR2 D. Whiteford 1501-2000cc 1 46
6 C.W. Miller 55 Austin-Healey C.W. Miller 2001-3000cc 2 44
7 Bill Patterson 73 MGA Bill Patterson 1101-1500cc 2 44
8 Stuart Charge 51 Healey Special S. & N. Charge 2001-3000cc 3 43
9 Paul England[5] 62 Ausca P.T. England 2001-3000cc 4 43
10 Neil Charge 71 MGTC S. & N. Charge 1101-1500cc 3 41
11 C. Porter 84 Austin-Healey C. Porter 2001-3000cc 5 41
12 L. Murphy 74 Porsche Super L. Murphy 1101-1500cc 4 41
13 M.R. Bottomley 79 MGTC s/c M.R. Bottomley 1101-1500cc 5 38
14 C. Martyr 99 Sunbeam 3-litre[6] C. Martyr Open 3 37
15 L. Marsh 54 Austin-Healey L. Marsh 2001-3000cc 6 37
16 Alex Strachan[7] 80 Lotus Mark VI Coventry Climax[1] A.W. Strachan Up to 1100cc 1 37
17 G.A. Hay 67 Triumph TR2 G.A. Hay 1501-2000cc 2 34[8]
18 J.R. Lanyon 78 MGTC special J.R. Lanyon 1101-1500cc   36
19 R.G. Gibbs 52 Austin-Healey R.G. Gibbs 2001-3000cc   35
20 Frank Porter 57 Austin-Healey F.R. Porter 2001-3000cc   34
21 A. Maxwell 60 Aston Martin DB2 A. Maxwell 2001-3000cc   26
22 Alan Gray[1] 46 Jaguar XK140 A.R. Gray Open   26
23 J. Haimson 66 Triumph TR2 J. Haimson 1501-2000cc   25
24 Stan Jones 41 Cooper T33 Jaguar [9] S.J. Jones Open   24
25 O. Bailey 61 Holden Special O. Bailey 2001-3000cc   24
26 C. Oliver 43 Jaguar XK120 s/c C. Oliver Open   23
27 Bill Leech[10] 64 MM Holden W. Leech 2001-3000cc   17
28 Kevin Stuart 48 Austin-Healey K.P. Stuart 2001-3000cc   16
29 Jeff Brotherton[11] 50 Austin-Healey 100S J. Brotherton 2001-3000cc   14
30 A.C. Newman 76 MGTF A.C. Newman 1101-1500cc   14
31 G. Baillieu 65 Triumph TR2 G. Baillieu 1501-2000cc   12
32 E. Davey-Milne 88 Frazer Nash s/c E. Davey-Milne 1101-1500cc   11
33 N.F. Lewin 53 Austin-Healey N.F. Lewin 2001-3000cc   11
34 L.J. Taylor 59 Austin-Healey L.J. Taylor 2001-3000cc   8
35 K. Hahn 82 Austin-Healey Grosvenor Motor Auctions 2001-3000cc   4
36 W.F. Coad 63 Vauxhall Special W.F. Coad 2001-3000cc   4
37 E. Pearce 75 Javelin Jupiter[12] E. Pearce 1101-1500cc   3

Notes

Notes & references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 David McKay, Moomba Races at Albert Park, Modern Motor, May 1956, pages 35-37 & pages 63-64
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 JR Horman, Albert Park, Australian Motor Sports, April 1956, pages 136-143
  3. 1 2 3 Official Programme, First Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 11 March 1956
  4. ↑ John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 54
  5. ↑ John B Blanden, Ausca Sports, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 43
  6. ↑ Michael Armit, Gaze won but oil had him worried, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 14, trove.nla.gov.au
  7. ↑ John B Blanden, Lotus MK.6, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 192
  8. ↑ It is not known why Hay, on 34 laps, was classified ahead of Lanyon, on 36 laps and Gibbs, on 35 laps
  9. ↑ John B Blanden, Cooper T33 Jaguar, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 128
  10. ↑ John B Blanden, MM Holden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 259
  11. ↑ John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 55
  12. ↑ It is possible that the "Javelin Jupiter" of E. Pearce was in fact a Jowett Jupiter
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