1958 Australian Drivers' Championship

The 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Formula Libre cars. The title was contested over a nine race series with the winner awarded the 1958 CAMS Gold Star.

• Race 1, South Pacific Championship for Racing Cars, Gnoo Blas Circuit, Orange, New South Wales, 27 January
• Race 2, Victorian Trophy Race, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, 23 February
• Race 3, Longford Trophy, Longford, Tasmania, 3 March
• Race 4, South Australian Trophy Race, Port Wakefield, South Australia, 5 April
• Race 5, Queensland Road Racing Championship, Lowood, Queensland, 15 June
• Race 6, Lowood Trophy, Lowood, Queensland, 31 August
• Race 7, Australian Grand Prix, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, 23 October
• Race 8, Melbourne Grand Prix, Albert Park, Victoria, 30 November
• Race 9, Phillip Island Trophy Race, Phillip Island, Victoria, 26 December

Championship points were awarded on an 8-5-3-2-1 basis to the top five finishers in each race. However, as overseas drivers were ineligible to qualify for championship points, no points were awarded for placings scored by these drivers.

Results

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Position	Driver	Car	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total
1	Stan Jones	Maserati 250F	S.J. Jones	5	8	5	-	-	5	-	-	8	31
2	Alec Mildren	Cooper Climax	A.G. Mildren	1	1	-	-	8	8	-	-	5	23
3	Len Lukey	Cooper Bristol & Lukey Bristol	Lukey Mufflers	3	2	1	8	3	3	-	1	-	21
4	Ted Gray	Tornado Corvette	E. Gray	-	-	8	-	5	-	-	-	-	13
5	Arnold Glass	Ferrari Super Squalo	A. Glass	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Doug Whiteford	Maserati 300S	D. Whiteford	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	8
	Lex Davison	Ferrari 625	A.N. Davison	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
8	Austin Miller	Miller Special	A. Miller	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	7
9	Ern Seeliger	Maybach Corvette	E. Seeliger	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5
10	Tom Hawkes	Repco Cooper	T. Hawkes	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	4
11	Keith Rilstone	Zephyr Special	K.W. Rilstone	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	John Roxburgh	Cooper Climax	J. Roxburgh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
13	Greg McEwin	MacHealey	G. McEwin	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Bib Stillwell	Maserati 250F	B.S. Stillwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
15	Glyn Scott	Repco Holden	G. Scott	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
	Arthur Griffiths	Cooper Climax	A. Griffith	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Curly Brydon	Ferrari Corvette	A.H. Brydon	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Ray Gibbs	Cooper Repco-Holden	R. Gibbs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Championship points were not awarded for the following:

• Jack Brabham (Cooper Climax) : First place in Race 1
• Bill Pitt (Jaguar D Type) : Fourth place in Race 1
• Bill Pitt (Jaguar D Type) : Fourth place in Race 5
• Bill Pitt (Jaguar D Type) : Fourth place in Race 6
• Merv Neil (Cooper Climax) : Fourth place place in Race 7
• Stirling Moss (Cooper Climax) : First place in Race 8
• Jack Brabham (Cooper Climax) : Second place in Race 8

References

Further reading

• Australian Grand Prix - The 50-race history, 1986, pages 236 to 246
• The Advertiser, Monday 7 April 1958, Page 19

External links

• CAMS Online Manual of Motor Sport
• 1958 Australian racing car images from Autopics.com.au