1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship Explained

The 1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship was a motor race held at the Southport circuit in Queensland, Australia[1] on 6 November 1955.[2] The race was held over 20 laps of the 5.7 mile (9.17 kilometre) circuit, a total distance of 114 miles (247.6 km).[1] The meeting was conducted by the Queensland Motor Sporting Club in association with the Pacific Car Club.[2]

The race was won by Steve Ames driving an Alfa Romeo.[1]

Classification

Position DriverNo.Car Laps Time / remarks
1Steve Ames8Alfa Romeo P3[3] 85m 27.3s
2Ken RichardsonTalbot-Lago T26C
3Rex Taylor25Jaguar XK120
4Barry Griffiths28Triumph TR2
5Beau MossetterMG TC s/c
6N. BarnesMG Special s/c
???
???
???
DNFLex DavisonHWM Jaguar6Broken steering arm
DNFJack Brabham6 Cooper T40 Bristol5Bent valves

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Ames and Alfa are Queensland champs, Wheels (magazine), January 1956, pages 46 & 47
  2. Alf Cummings, Grand Prix win at 22, Modern Motor (magazine), January 1956, pages 22, 23 & 84
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329122318/https://primotipo.com/tag/1955-queensland-road-racing-championship/ Mark Bisset, Count Stephen Ouvaroff’s Southport. Queensland, November 1955…, primotipo.com, as archived at web.archive.org