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. 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.
The race was won by Bib Stillwell driving a Cooper Monaco.

Results

PositionDriverNo.CarEntrantClass pos.ClassLapsTime
1Bib Stillwell6Cooper Monaco Coventry ClimaxB. Stillwell12001 - 3000cc4080:59.7
2Bob Jane68Maserati 300SR. Jane22001 - 3000cc3982:53.7
3John Newmarch5Ricardian HoldenJ.C. Bruggeman32001 - 3000cc3882:28.3
4Geoff Vercoe34CicadaD. Trengove & G. Vercoe1Up to 1100cc3781:00.8
5B. Morrell49Elfin ConsulB. Morrell11501 - 2000cc3781:29.0
6John Edwards37Morgan Plus 6Team Cerberus21501 - 2000cc3783:12.4
7Alan Jack10Cooper Coventry ClimaxA. Jack11101 - 1500cc3681:03.4
8R. Morphett41MGAR. Morphett31501 - 2000cc3682:32.4
9M. Lewis51ElfinM.A. Lewis21101 - 1500cc3581:31.3
10John Allison48StudebakerJ. Allison & J. Steele1Over 3000cc3581:32.0
11Josephine Heysen72Lotus 7Miss J. Heysen2Up to 1100cc3581:52.8
12A. Alcock28ElfinA.J. Alcock31101 - 1500cc3481:16.0
13I. Alexander11BillancourtI.W. Alexander3Up to 1100cc2781:46.3
DNFG. Edgerton12Cooper JaguarG. Edgerton-?34-
DNFA. Williams52JaguarA.E. Williams-Over 3000cc33-
DNFGraham West38Austin-Healey SpriteJ.W. Taylor & Sons Ltd.-Up to 1100cc22-
DNFPeter Wilkinson20Elfin SkodaAssociated Designers-Up to 1100cc5-
ExcDavid McKay7Elfin Mallala CosworthScuderia Veloce-Up to 1100cc3982:36.5

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.

Race statistics