1962 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1962 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Mallala circuit in South Australia on 28 December 1962.^[1] It was the sixth annual Australian Tourist Trophy race, and was recognized by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian championship for sports cars.^[2] The race was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Cooper Monaco.^[1]

Results

Bib Stillwell won the 1962 Australian Tourist Trophy driving a Cooper Monaco, similar to that pictured above

John Newmarch placed third driving the Ricardian. The car is pictured above at Mallala in 2012

Position [1]	Driver [1]	No.	Car [1]	Entrant [1]	Laps [1]
1	Bib Stillwell		Cooper Monaco Coventry Climax [3]		40
2	Bob Jane		Maserati 300S
3	John Newmarch		Ricardian Holden [3]
4	Geoff Vercoe		Cicada
?	Josephine Heysen		Lotus 7
?			Studebaker	Jo Steele & John Allison
?	Graham West [3]		Austin-Healey Sprite [3]
Disq	David McKay		Elfin Mallala Cosworth [3]	Scuderia Veloce [3]

Note:

• McKay finished the race in second place, but was subsequently disqualified from the results for receiving outside assistance to restart his car after a spin during the race.^[1]

Race Statistics:

• Number of starters: not yet ascertained
• Number of finishers: not yet ascertained
• Race distance: 40 laps – 84 miles ^[1]
• Weather: Drizzling rain ^[1]
• Start: Le Mans type ^[1]
• Winner's race time: 80 minutes 59.7 seconds ^[1]
• Fastest lap: Bib Stillwell ^[4]

References

1. Stillwell wins top sports car race, The Advertiser, Saturday, 29 December 1962, page 19
2. Australian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Racing and Sporting Guide - Motor Manual's Year Book for 1967, page 85
3. John Blanden & Barry Catford, Doing what the cutomer wanted, Australia's Elfin Sports & Racing Cars, page 17
4. Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, page 167