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
Notes
- Meeting organiser: QRDC (Queensland Racing Drivers Club)
- Attendance: 20,000 (record crowd)
- Race distance: 36 laps, 102 miles
- Number of starters: 19
- Number of finishers: 12
- First Queensland competitor: Bill Pitt (Jaguar D-Type)
- Fastest Lap: Phillips and Pitt, 1:59
- New GT lap record: T Basile (Porsche Carrera), 2:13
- Handicap results (over first 20 laps): 1st - B Coventry (MGA), 2nd - Tom Ross (Triumph TR2), 3rd - T Basile (Porsche Carrera)
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