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1956 Moomba TT

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70: 1400: 43:. 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 1390: 1395: 293: 329: 1198: 775: 124: 77: 55: 1299:
Michael Armit, Gaze won but oil had him worried, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 14, trove.nla.gov.au
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on 11 March 1956. It was the second Moomba TT, with a similar race having been run at Albert Park in
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It is not known why Hay, on 34 laps, was classified ahead of Lanyon, on 36 laps and Gibbs, on 35 laps
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David McKay, Moomba Races at Albert Park, Modern Motor, May 1956, pages 35-37 & pages 63-64
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Official Programme, First Day, The Argus Moomba Motor Races, Albert Park Circuit, 11 March 1956
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Speed thrilled 100,000, The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 5, trove.nla.gov.au
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Car Racing (results), The Argus, Monday, 12 March 1956, page 13, trove.nla.gov.au
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John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 55
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John B Blanden, Cooper T33 Jaguar, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 128
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John B Blanden, Austin Healey 100S, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 54
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JR Horman, Albert Park, Australian Motor Sports, April 1956, pages 136-143
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John B Blanden, Ausca Sports, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 43
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John B Blanden, Lotus MK.6, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 192
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John B Blanden, MM Holden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, page 259
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It is possible that the "Javelin Jupiter" of E. Pearce was in fact a
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Phillips 1206:Notes & references 1201:: 2:10 (86.5 mph) 81: 72: 50:The race was won by 1180:Start: Le Mans type 1177:Attendance: 100,000 389:S. & N. Charge 335:S. & N. Charge 29:Albert Park Circuit 930:Austin-Healey 100S 186:Austin-Healey 100S 82: 1169: 1168: 218:N. McK. Hamilton 1408: 1358: 1352: 1346: 1343: 1337: 1334: 1328: 1325: 1319: 1316: 1310: 1307: 1301: 1296: 1290: 1287: 1281: 1278: 1272: 1269: 1258: 1255: 1228: 1225: 1153:Javelin Jupiter 923:Jeff Brotherton 698:Aston Martin DB2 84: 27:, staged at the 1416: 1415: 1411: 1410: 1409: 1407: 1406: 1405: 1381: 1380: 1367: 1362: 1361: 1353: 1349: 1344: 1340: 1335: 1331: 1326: 1322: 1317: 1313: 1308: 1304: 1297: 1293: 1288: 1284: 1279: 1275: 1270: 1261: 1256: 1231: 1226: 1213: 1208: 1019:E. Davey-Milne 1007:E. Davey-Milne 557:Coventry Climax 498:Sunbeam 3-litre 474:M.R. Bottomley 462:M.R. Bottomley 306:Bill Patterson 162:B.S. Stillwell 67: 45:Moomba Festival 17: 12: 11: 5: 1414: 1412: 1404: 1403: 1398: 1393: 1383: 1382: 1379: 1378: 1373: 1366: 1365:External links 1363: 1360: 1359: 1356:Jowett Jupiter 1347: 1338: 1329: 1320: 1311: 1302: 1291: 1282: 1273: 1259: 1229: 1210: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1203: 1202: 1187: 1184: 1181: 1178: 1167: 1166: 1163: 1160: 1157: 1154: 1151: 1148: 1145: 1141: 1140: 1137: 1134: 1131: 1128: 1122: 1119: 1116: 1112: 1111: 1108: 1105: 1102: 1099: 1094: 1091: 1088: 1084: 1083: 1080: 1077: 1074: 1071: 1066: 1063: 1060: 1056: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1046: 1043: 1042:Austin-Healey 1040: 1037: 1034: 1030: 1029: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1017: 1011: 1008: 1005: 1001: 1000: 997: 994: 991: 988: 983: 980: 977: 973: 972: 969: 966: 963: 960: 955: 952: 949: 945: 944: 941: 938: 935: 934:J. 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Strachan 559: 551: 548: 547:Alex Strachan 545: 541: 540: 537: 534: 531: 528: 523: 520: 517: 513: 512: 509: 506: 503: 500: 495: 492: 489: 485: 484: 481: 478: 475: 472: 466: 463: 460: 456: 455: 452: 449: 446: 443: 438: 435: 432: 428: 427: 424: 421: 418: 415: 410: 407: 404: 400: 399: 396: 393: 390: 387: 382: 379: 376: 372: 371: 368: 365: 362: 359: 356: 353: 350: 346: 345: 342: 339: 336: 333: 327: 324: 323:Stuart Charge 321: 317: 316: 313: 310: 307: 304: 299: 296: 294:Bill Patterson 291: 287: 286: 283: 280: 277: 274: 269: 266: 263: 259: 258: 255: 252: 249: 246: 241: 238: 236:Doug Whiteford 233: 229: 228: 225: 222: 219: 216: 214:Porsche Spyder 211: 208: 205: 201: 200: 197: 194: 191: 188: 183: 180: 177: 173: 172: 169: 166: 163: 160: 155: 152: 147: 143: 142: 139: 136: 133: 130: 122: 119: 114: 110: 109: 106: 103: 100: 97: 94: 91: 88: 66: 63: 21:1956 Moomba TT 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1413: 1402: 1399: 1397: 1394: 1392: 1389: 1388: 1386: 1377: 1374: 1372: 1369: 1368: 1364: 1357: 1351: 1348: 1342: 1339: 1333: 1330: 1324: 1321: 1315: 1312: 1306: 1303: 1300: 1295: 1292: 1286: 1283: 1277: 1274: 1268: 1266: 1264: 1260: 1254: 1252: 1250: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1242: 1240: 1238: 1236: 1234: 1230: 1224: 1222: 1220: 1218: 1216: 1212: 1205: 1200: 1196: 1195:Bib Stillwell 1192: 1189:Fastest lap: 1188: 1185: 1182: 1179: 1176: 1175: 1174: 1173: 1158: 1155: 1152: 1146: 1142: 1132: 1129: 1126: 1123: 1117: 1113: 1103: 1100: 1098: 1097:Austin-Healey 1095: 1089: 1085: 1075: 1072: 1070: 1069:Austin-Healey 1067: 1061: 1057: 1047: 1044: 1041: 1035: 1031: 1021: 1018: 1015: 1012: 1006: 1002: 992: 989: 987: 984: 978: 974: 964: 961: 959: 956: 950: 946: 936: 933: 931: 928: 922: 918: 908: 905: 903: 902:Austin-Healey 900: 895:Kevin Stuart 894: 890: 880: 877: 875: 871: 865: 861: 851: 848: 845: 842: 836: 832: 822: 819: 816: 813: 807: 803: 793: 790: 788: 785: 782: 777: 774: 770: 760: 757: 755: 752: 746: 742: 732: 729: 727: 724: 718: 714: 704: 701: 699: 696: 690: 686: 676: 673: 671: 670:Austin-Healey 668: 663:Frank Porter 662: 658: 648: 645: 643: 642:Austin-Healey 640: 634: 630: 620: 617: 614: 611: 605: 601: 591: 588: 586: 583: 577: 573: 564:Up to 1100cc 563: 560: 558: 555: 554:Lotus Mark VI 552: 546: 542: 532: 529: 527: 526:Austin-Healey 524: 518: 514: 504: 501: 499: 496: 490: 486: 476: 473: 470: 467: 461: 457: 447: 444: 442: 441:Porsche Super 439: 433: 429: 419: 416: 414: 413:Austin-Healey 411: 405: 401: 391: 388: 386: 383: 377: 373: 363: 361:P.T. England 360: 357: 352:Paul England 351: 347: 337: 334: 331: 328: 322: 318: 308: 305: 303: 300: 295: 292: 288: 278: 275: 273: 272:Austin-Healey 270: 264: 260: 250: 248:D. Whiteford 247: 245: 242: 237: 234: 230: 220: 217: 215: 212: 206: 202: 192: 189: 187: 184: 179:Ron Phillips 178: 174: 164: 161: 159: 158:Jaguar D-Type 156: 151: 150:Bib Stillwell 148: 144: 134: 131: 129: 126: 123: 118: 115: 111: 101: 98: 95: 89: 85: 79: 75: 71: 64: 62: 60: 57: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 26: 22: 1350: 1341: 1332: 1323: 1314: 1305: 1294: 1285: 1276: 1183:Starters: 37 1171: 1170: 1159:1101-1500cc 1133:2001-3000cc 1104:2001-3000cc 1076:2001-3000cc 1073:L.J. Taylor 1062:L.J. Taylor 1048:2001-3000cc 1022:1101-1500cc 993:1501-2000cc 990:G. Baillieu 979:G. Baillieu 965:1101-1500cc 962:A.C. Newman 951:A.C. Newman 937:2001-3000cc 909:2001-3000cc 906:K.P. Stuart 881:2001-3000cc 844:Jaguar XK120 823:2001-3000cc 761:1501-2000cc 726:Jaguar XK140 705:2001-3000cc 677:2001-3000cc 674:F.R. Porter 649:2001-3000cc 621:1101-1500cc 618:J.R. Lanyon 606:J.R. Lanyon 592:1501-2000cc 533:2001-3000cc 477:1101-1500cc 448:1101-1500cc 420:2001-3000cc 392:1101-1500cc 378:Neil Charge 364:2001-3000cc 338:2001-3000cc 309:1101-1500cc 279:2001-3000cc 276:C.W. Miller 265:C.W. Miller 251:1501-2000cc 221:1101-1500cc 193:2001-3000cc 132:F.A.O. Gaze 49: 20: 18: 1045:N.F. Lewin 1036:N.F. Lewin 1014:Frazer Nash 986:Triumph TR2 866:Bill Leech 791:S.J. Jones 758:J. Haimson 754:Triumph TR2 747:J. Haimson 702:A. Maxwell 691:A. Maxwell 646:R.G. Gibbs 635:R.G. Gibbs 585:Triumph TR2 244:Triumph TR2 207:Otto Stone 105:Class pos. 25:sports cars 1385:Categories 1199:Stan Jones 1156:E. Pearce 1147:E. Pearce 1130:W.F. Coad 1118:W.F. Coad 849:C. Oliver 837:C. Oliver 820:O. Bailey 808:O. Bailey 784:Cooper T33 776:Stan Jones 730:A.R. Gray 719:Alan Gray 502:C. Martyr 491:C. Martyr 445:L. Murphy 434:L. Murphy 417:C. Porter 406:C. Porter 54:driving a 1191:Tony Gaze 878:W. Leech 589:G.A. Hay 578:G.A. Hay 530:L. Marsh 519:L. Marsh 117:Tony Gaze 87:Position 74:Tony Gaze 52:Tony Gaze 37:Australia 1127:Special 1125:Vauxhall 1090:K. Hahn 817:Special 615:special 332:Special 99:Entrant 33:Victoria 1162:  1136:  1107:  1079:  1051:  1025:  996:  968:  940:  912:  884:  855:  826:  797:  764:  736:  708:  680:  652:  624:  90:Driver 65:Results 1197:& 874:Holden 815:Holden 787:Jaguar 358:Ausca 330:Healey 128:Jaguar 102:Class 59:Jaguar 1172:Notes 852:Open 794:Open 733:Open 505:Open 165:Open 135:Open 108:Laps 1016:s/c 958:MGTF 846:s/c 613:MGTC 471:s/c 469:MGTC 385:MGTC 96:Car 93:No. 41:1955 19:The 1150:75 1144:37 1121:63 1115:36 1093:82 1087:35 1065:59 1059:34 1054:11 1039:53 1033:33 1028:11 1010:88 1004:32 999:12 982:65 976:31 971:14 954:76 948:30 943:14 926:50 920:29 915:16 898:48 892:28 887:17 872:MM 869:64 863:27 858:23 840:43 834:26 829:24 811:61 805:25 800:24 780:41 772:24 767:25 750:66 744:23 739:26 722:46 716:22 711:26 694:60 688:21 683:34 666:57 660:20 655:35 638:52 632:19 627:36 609:78 603:18 598:34 581:67 575:17 570:37 550:80 544:16 539:37 522:54 516:15 511:37 494:99 488:14 483:38 465:79 459:13 454:41 437:74 431:12 426:41 409:84 403:11 398:41 381:71 375:10 370:43 355:62 344:43 326:51 315:44 302:MGA 298:73 285:44 268:55 257:46 240:69 227:47 210:70 199:47 182:56 171:48 154:44 141:48 125:HWM 121:40 78:HWM 56:HWM 31:in 1387:: 1262:^ 1232:^ 1214:^ 1193:, 1165:3 1139:4 1110:4 1082:8 595:2 567:1 536:6 508:3 480:5 451:4 423:5 395:3 367:4 349:9 341:3 320:8 312:2 290:7 282:2 262:6 254:1 232:5 224:1 204:4 196:1 176:3 168:2 146:2 138:1 113:1 61:. 35:,

Index

sports cars
Albert Park Circuit
Victoria
Australia
1955
Moomba Festival
Tony Gaze
HWM
Jaguar

Tony Gaze
HWM
Tony Gaze
HWM
Jaguar
Bib Stillwell
Jaguar D-Type
Austin-Healey 100S
Porsche Spyder
Doug Whiteford
Triumph TR2
Austin-Healey
Bill Patterson
MGA
Healey
MGTC
Austin-Healey
Porsche Super
MGTC
Sunbeam 3-litre

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