1955 Moomba TT


The 1955 Moomba TT was a motor race staged at the Albert Park Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 26 March 1955.
The race, which featured a Le Mans start, was open to 'Sports Cars Open and Closed', competing with restricted fuel.
It was staged as part of the Argus Moomba Motor Car Races, the meeting being sponsored by the Argus newspaper and organised by the Light Car Club of Australia in collaboration with the Albert Park Trust and the Moomba Festival Committee.
The race was won by Doug Whiteford from Haig Hurst and EJ Brotherton.

Race results

PositionDriverNoCarEntrantLapsClassClass Pos
1Doug Whiteford50Triumph TR2D Whiteford321501-3000cc1
2Haig Hurst55Austin-HealeyHW Hurst321501-3000cc2
3EJ Brotherton27Austin-HealeyCR Dickason321501-3000cc3
4RK Phillips24Allard K2RK Phillips323001cc and Over1
5WH Hayes54Triumph TR2WH Hayes311501-3000cc4
6WJ Craig51Triumph TR2WJ Craig311501-3000cc5
7Stuart Charge59Austin-HealeyS Charge311501-3000cc6
8GV Bateman52Austin-HealeyGV Bateman301501-3000cc7
9GW Baillieu56Triumph TR2GW Baillieu291501-3000cc8
10Brian Sampson60Austin-Healey 100/4B Sampson291501-3000cc9
11RS Andrews66MG TFRS Andrews281101-1500cc1
12CW Carter68MG TFCW Carter281101-1500cc2
?IA Martin63MG TCIA Martin 1101-1500cc3
?R Lesock74MG TCR Lesock 1101-1500cc4
?Rod Jackson79Fiat 1100 TVRG Jackson Up to 1100cc1
?J Old78Fiat 1100 TVJ Old Up to 1100cc2
?C Martyn58Sunbeam 3 LitreC Martyn 1501-3000cc
?EJ Davey-Milne64Frazer-NashEJ Davey-Milne 1101-1500cc
?WH Egan35MG TC specialWH Egan 1101-1500cc
?DB Young89SingerDB Young Up to 1100cc
?AJ Johnston75HRGAJ Johnston 1101-1500cc
?Neil Charge73MG TC specialNK Charge 1101-1500cc
?JH Haisley47Jaguar XK120JH Haisley 3001cc and Over
DNFHarry Firth61MG TC specialHL Firth 1501-3000cc
DNFAllan Gray44Jaguar XK120 CoupeAR Gray 3001cc and Over
DNFR Page46Jaguar XK120R Page 3001cc and Over
DNFL Molina25MM HoldenL Molina 1501-3000cc