1956 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas) Explained

1956 Round Australia Trial
Native Name:	Mobilgas Trial
Previous Round:	1956 Round Australia Trial (Ampol)
Next Round:	1957 Round Australia Trial (Ampol)
Startdate:	4
Enddate:	19 August 1956
Stages:	17
Overallkm:	13680
Surface:	Tarmac and Gravel
Driver1:	Eddie Perkins Lance Perkins
Teamsstart:	83
Teamsfinish:	27

The 1956 Round Australia Trial, officially the Mobilgas Trial was the fifth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 4 and 19 August 1956. The event covered 13,680 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Eddie Perkins and Lance Perkins, driving a Volkswagen 1200.

Results

		Entrant	Drivers	Car	Penalties (Points)
1	16	E.B. Perkins	Eddie Perkins Lance Perkins	Volkswagen 1200	48
2	11	Country Holden Dealers	Jack Masling Ken Miller Harry Cape	Holden FE	62
3	14	R.L. Foreman	Bob Foreman Geoff Easton	Volkswagen 1200	80
4	85	A.A. Griffiths	Arthur Griffiths Maxwell Galt	Volkswagen 1200	101
5	21	G.N. Horner	George Horner Bill Price Alwyn Kurtz		216
6	27	J.R. Hall	John Hall James Alward	Volkswagen 1200	225
7	68	Regal Motors	Malcolm Brooks Frank Tate	Standard Vanguard Phase III	241
8	38	Mrs M.B. Blakeway	Maude Blakeway Norman Bolton William Hubbard		243
9	59	J.K. Gamble	Keith Gamble Lorna Gamble Geoff Ackerman	Volkswagen 1200	249
10	63	P.J. Sullivan	Patrick O'Sullivan Les Innes	Volkswagen 1200	253
11	88	A.H. Smith	Arthur Smith Archer Smith	Volkswagen 1200	305
12	36	Ron Leech	Ron Leech Valerie Leech Leslie Lee	Holden FJ	320
13	57	Parkers	Arthur Packer Bill Parker John Parker	Holden FE	348
14	89	Greg Cusack	Greg Cusack Leigh Moore	Volkswagen 1200	385
15	47		Doug Whiteford Jim Hawker	Peugeot 403	388
16	89	Alma Braddock	Alma Braddock Gerald McMillan	Volkswagen 1200	846
17	49	Jack Vaughan	Jack Vaughan Bob Lancet	Volkswagen 1200	984
18	4	D.M. Calvert	Dave Calvert Arthur Smith	Bristol 401	1,096
19	35	N.L. Crowfoot	Norman Crowfoot Clarrie Newey	Simca Aronde	1,219
20	82	D.K. Hose	David Hose H. Symons James Gainger	Austin A70	1,545
21	51		Jeff Brotherton Patrick Case Geoff Smith	Austin A90	1,724
22	90	L.J. Spies	Leo Spies Michael Pines Leslie Lee	Holden FJ	1,977
23	94	Major Warwick	Major Warwick Allan Zimmerer	Škoda 440	2,235
24	72	J.D. Fagan Pty Ltd	John Fagan Ken Limbrick Bill Ellis	DeSoto 1955 Firedome	2,388
25	3	Jack Hay	Jack Hay Jack Gore	Standard Vanguard Phase I	2,392
26	74	Reg Lenaghan	Reg Lenaghan Len Lenaghan	Volkswagen 1200	2,438
27	23	Richardson and Kurwan Pty Ltd	Val Richardson Max Kirwan	Humber Super Snipe Mark IV	2,717
Source:^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Notes and References

1. Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 84-86
2. News: Mobilgas Trial Draw . The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 1956.
3. News: Too Easy Finish to Trial . The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 August 1956.
4. Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 194-196