1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy

The 1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for Sports Cars staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 17 March 1957.^[1] The race was contested over 32 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.^[1] It was the main event at the 17 March race meeting organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and promoted by the Albert Park Motor Race Committee.^[1]

The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Maserati 300S.^[2]

Results

Doug Whiteford won the race driving a Maserati 300S similar to the example pictured

Position[2]	Drivers[2][1]	No.[1]	Car[2][1]	Entrant[1]	Class[1]	Class pos.[2]	Laps[2]
1	Doug Whiteford	6	Maserati 300S	D Whiteford	Open Class	1	32
2	Bill Pitt	1	Jaguar D-Type	WL Pitt	Open Class	2	32
3	Bill Patterson	18	Cooper Coventry Climax	Bill Patterson Motors Pty Ltd	1101-1500 cc	1	32
4	Paul England	15	Ausca	P England	1501-2750 cc	1
5	Derek Jolly	22	Decca Special	DE Jolly	Up to 1100 cc	1
6	A Mackay	20	Cooper Coventry Climax	A Mackay	Up to 1100 cc	2
?	E Tadgell		Porsche Spyder		1101-1500 cc
?	WF Coad	14	Vauxhall Special	WF Coad	1501-2750 cc
?	Harry Firth	55	Triumph Special	GW Baillieu	1501-2750 cc
?	John Bryson	3	Jaguar XK140	JNB Bryson	Open Class
?	GR Swanson	27	Austin-Healey	GR Swanson	1501-2750 cc
?	AL Jack	16	Triumph TR3	Brifield Service Station	1501-2750 cc
?	GE Lawson	36	MG	GE Lawson	1101-1500 cc
DNF	CW Miller	24	Austin-Healey	CW Miller	1501-2750 cc
DNF	Ron Phillips	9	Austin-Healey 100S	J and R Phillips	1501-2750 cc
DNF	Tom Sulman	8	Aston Martin DB3S	T Sulman	Open Class		16

Notes

• Entries: 20^[1]
• Starters: 16^[2]
• Finishers: Unknown
• Winner's race time: 66 minutes 45 seconds^[2]
• Fastest Lap: Doug Whiteford (Maserati 300S), 2 minutes 1.5 seconds (92.5 mph)^[2]
• Attendance: 15,000^[2]

References

1. Programme, Victorian Tourist Trophy, 17 March 1957
2. HAC Russell, Albert Park - Victorian Tourist Trophy Meeting, Australian Motor Sports, April 1957, pages 131-133

External links

• 1957, www.austinhealey100s.com.au via web.archive.org (includes two images from the 1957 Victorian Tourist Trophy