1959 Australian Tourist Trophy
# 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959. It was the third in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of these being recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.

The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.

## Results

| Position | Driver | No. | Car | Entrant | Class pos. | Class | Time / laps |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ron Phillips | 42 | Cooper T38 Jaguar | JK & RK Phillips | 1 | Over 3000 cc | 73:28 |
| 2 | Bill Pitt | 1 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs DI Anderson | | | 73:49 |
| 3 | Bob Jane | 56 | Maserati 300S | R Jane | 1 | 2001 to 3000 cc | 35 |
| 4 | John Ampt | 58 | Decca Special MK II | JE Ampt | 1 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 |
| 5 | Allan Jack | 45 | Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax | Brifield Motors | 2 | 1101 to 1500 cc | 34 |
| 6 | Les Agnew | 10 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax | Rockhampton Car Sales | 1 | Up to 1100cc | 34 |
| 7 | T Basile | 31 | Porsche Carrera | S Sakzewski | | | |
| 8 | Tom Ross | 18 | Triumph TR2 | TW Ross | 1 | 1501 to 2000 cc | |
| 9 | B Coventry | 28 | MGA | B Coventry | | | |
| 10 | E Laker | 101 | Triumph TR3 | EF Laker | | | |
| 11 | J Ausina | | MGA | J Ausina | | | |
| 12 | P Samuels | 63 | Berkeley | P Samuels | | | |
| ? | John Cleary | 36 | Austin-Healey 100S | J Cleary | | | |
| DNF | Chas Whatmore | 4 | Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax | Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre | | | 16 |
| DNF | Frank Matich | 87 | Jaguar C-Type | Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd | | | 13 |
| DNF | David Finch | 92 | Jaguar D-Type | DN Finch | | | 13 |
| DNF | J Bonenti | 6 | MG TF 1500 | JA Bonenti | | | ? |
| DNF | I Adams | 57 | Morris Minor 1000 | | | | ? |
