1961 Victorian Trophy

The 1961 Victorian Trophy was an International motor race staged at the Ballarat Air Strip circuit in Victoria, Australia on 12 February 1961.[1] Open to Formula Libre cars, it was contested over 33 laps, a distance of approximately 100 miles (161 km).[1] The race meeting was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia.[1]

The race was won by American driver Dan Gurney in a BRM P48.[2]

Results
Position[2] Driver[2] No.[1] Car[2] Entrant[1] Laps[2]
1 Dan Gurney 6 BRM P48 Owen Racing Organisation 33
2 Graham Hill 5 BRM P48 Owen Racing Organisation 33
3 Ron Flockhart 11 Cooper T53 Coventry Climax Border Reivers 33
4 Stan Jones 24 Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Stan Jones Motors 33
5 Bib Stillwell 16 Cooper T51 Coventry Climax B. S. Stillwell 32
6 Alec Mildren 1 Cooper T51 Maserati A. G. Mildren Pty. Ltd. 32
7 Arnold Glass 7 Cooper T51 Maserati Capitol Motors  
8 Austin Miller 60 Cooper T51 Coventry Climax A. Miller  
9 John Roxburgh 19 Cooper T45 Coventry Climax J. Roxburgh  
DNF Jon Leighton 70 Cooper T45 Coventry Climax Scuderia Birchwood 29
DNF Lex Davison 4 Aston Martin DBR4/250 A. N. Davison 9
DNF Innes Ireland 8 Lotus 18 Coventry Climax Team Lotus 9
DNS Bill Patterson 9 Cooper T51 Coventry Climax Bill Patterson Motors Pty. Ltd. -

References
  1. Official Programme, International Motor Race Meeting, Ballarat Air Strip, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 1961
  2. Victorian Trophy, Ballarat, 12 Feb 1961, www.oldracingcars.com, as archived at web.archive.org
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