1958 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas) Explained

1958 Round Australia Trial
Native Name:Mobilgas Trial
Previous Round:1958 Round Australia Trial (Ampol)
Next Round:1964 Round Australia Trial
Rallybase:Sydney
Melbourne
Startdate:20 August
Enddate:7 September 1958
Stages:31
Overallkm:16250
Surface:Tarmac and Gravel
Driver1: Eddie Perkins
Arthur Smith
Teamsstart:67
Teamsfinish:34

The 1958 Round Australia Trial, officially the Mobilgas Trial was the ninth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 20 August and 7 September 1958. The event covered 16,250 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Eddie Perkins and Arthur Smith, driving a Volkswagen 1200.

Results

EntrantDriversCarPenalties (Points)
12 E.B. Perkins Eddie Perkins
Arthur Smith
Volkswagen 120011
248 Greg Cusack Greg Cusack
Pat Lawless
Volkswagen 120055
323 G.J. Coles and Company Dave Anderson
Laurie McAlister
Holden FE58
468 S.G. McGlashan Stan McGlashan
W. Leabeater
Volkswagen 120068
553 H.R. Smith Harry Smith
David Orr
117
68 L.L. Fiebig Lance Fiebig
Jim Claridge
125
772 Regal Motors Malcolm Brooks
Frank Tate
Standard Vanguard Phase III154
821 Team Firth and Young Harry Firth
Kevin Young
Volkswagen 1200155
931 Leith Car Sales Harvey Gunn
Desmond Smith
Volkswagen 1200158
103 Team Murray and Murison Bill Murray
Bill Murison
Chrysler Royal V8 AP1194
1125 Team James, Williams and Calnan Clarrie James
Jack Williams
Albert Calnan
Holden FE394
1271 Ken Tubman
David Berman
Škoda 440429
1369 Nalder's Garage Wes Nalder
Jack Nalder
Ford Zephyr Mark II480
1463 Elaine Lenaghan Elaine Lenaghan
Len Lenaghan
Reg Lenaghan
Holden FE520
1541 J.N. Mather Joseph Mather
Ron Jones
H. McKinnon
Volkswagen 1200658
1657 Parkers' Colac Arthur Parker
W. Stacey
John Parker
Holden FC695
1729 Lorna and Keith Gamble Keith Gamble
Lorna Gamble
John Hayward
Rover 90786
1859 R.J Holden Bob Holden
Matt Walton
Peugeot 403794
1962 O.G. Roberts Tom Quill
Sidney Chapman
Owen Roberts
Holden FC820
2042 C.R. Turner Motors Claude Turner
Laurie Turner
Hillman Minx Mark II904
2158 John and Peter Perkins John Perkins
Peter Perkins
Peugeot 403911
2249 Team Cullen and Garard Pat Cullen
John Garard
Holden FE939
2360 Wally Eremin Wally Eremin
J. Alexander
Hillman Minx Mark II1,012
2437 Vince Brown
Norm Saville
Škoda 4401,018
2519 Yasuhara Nanba
Bruce Wilkinson
Kazuaki Okuyama
Datsun 10001,129
2622 C.G. Chappell Chester Chappell
Rob Mills
Holden FE1,157
2765 H.E. and F.N. Pitts Motors Frank Pitts
Kevin Higgs
Hillman Minx Mark II1,183
2855 Victorian Police Motor Sports Club Alan Sharpley
Kevin O'Neill
Jerry Merrett
Ford Zephyr Mark II1,227
295 Aubrey Melrose Aubrey Melrose
John Cummins
Austin Westminster A901,255
3054 Jack Murray Jack 'Milko' Murray
John Pomroy
Bert Madden
Chrysler Royal V8 AP11,295
3144 Major Warwick
Max Watson
Škoda 4401,486
3236 Team Hose and Hillman David Hose
John Hillman
Morris Minor 10001,545
3327 Leslie Young Leslie Young
Harry Harris
Morris Minor 10001,780
3414 Yoshitane Oya
Allan Gibbons
Yonekichi Minawa
Datsun 10002,003
Source:[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 93-94 & 99
  2. News: Draw for Car Trial Announced . The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1958.
  3. Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 204-206