1955 Queensland Road Racing Championship

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
The winning Alfa Romeo P3 pictured in 1949 being driven by Lex Davison at the Nuriootpa circuit
The Cooper T40, driven by Jack Brabham in the race, pictured in 2011
Position [1] Driver No.[1] Car Laps [1] Time / remarks [1]
1 Steve Ames 8 Alfa Romeo P3[3] 85m 27.3s [2]
2 Ken Richardson Talbot-Lago T26C[3]
3 Rex Taylor 25 Jaguar XK120
4 Barry Griffiths 28 Triumph TR2
5 Beau Mossetter MG TC s/c
6 N. Barnes MG Special s/c
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DNF Lex Davison HWM Jaguar 6 Broken steering arm [2]
DNF Jack Brabham[2] 6 [2] Cooper T40 Bristol 5 Bent valves

Notes
  • Attendance: nearly 15,000 [2]
  • Starters: 11 [1]
  • Finishers: 6 [1]
  • Winning margin: 27 seconds [2]
  • Fastest lap: Jack Brabham, 3m 53s (88 mph) [1]
  • Handicap placings (over the first twelve laps): Griffiths, Taylor and Mossetter [2]

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. Mark Bisset, Count Stephen Ouvaroff’s Southport. Queensland, November 1955…, primotipo.com, as archived at web.archive.org
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