RAC Tourist Trophy 1958

Goodwood Circuit

The 23rd RAC Tourist Trophy , also News of The World sponsor the 23rd RAC Tourist Trophy Race, Goodwood , took place on September 13, 1958 at the Goodwood Circuit and was the sixth round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

The race

Before the RAC Tourist Trophy, the last race of the sports car world championship in 1958 , the world championship had long been decided in favor of Ferrari . After the victory of Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill in the plant - Ferrari 250 TR 58 , the Italian manufacturer was in the rating unassailable lead and decided not to compete at Goodwood.

Due to the absence of Ferrari, the three Aston Martin at the start were in the competition for the overall victory without opponents. There was an extremely close finish between the three works cars. After four hours of driving, Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks won the DBR1 / 300 with a lead of only 0.4 seconds over teammates Roy Salvadori and Jack Brabham . Another 0.4 seconds behind, Carroll Shelby and Stuart Lewis-Evans crossed the finish line in the third Aston Martin.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	7th	David Brown Ltd.	Stirling Moss Tony Brooks	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	148
2	S 3.0	9	David Brown Ltd.	Roy Salvadori Jack Brabham	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	148
3	S 3.0	8th	David Brown Ltd.	Carroll Shelby Stuart Lewis-Evans	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	148
4th	S 2.0	21st	Dr. Porsche	Jean Behra Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK 1500	144
5	S 3.0	4th	Ecurie Ecosse	Masts Gregory Innes Ireland	Jaguar D-Type	143
6th	S 3.0	6th	Duncan Hamilton	Duncan Hamilton Peter Blond	Jaguar D-Type	142
7th	S 1.1	7th	Team Lotus	Peter Ashdown Gordon Jones	Lotus Eleven	138
8th	S 2.0	22nd	Dr. Porsche	Carel Godin de Beaufort Christian Heins	Porsche 550A RS 1500	135
9	S 3.0	12	Jonathan Sieff	Jonathan Sieff Maurice Charles	Jaguar D-Type	135
10	S 1.1	46	Gilby Engineering Co.	Michael Taylor Keith Greene	Lotus Eleven	134
11	S 1.1	50	JV Green	Henry Taylor Nicholas Green	Lotus Eleven	131
12	S 1.1	43	Elva Racing Team	Carl Haas John Brown	Elva Mk.III	131
13	S 1.1	27	Car Exchange Racing Team	Bill Frost Dickie Stoop	Lotus Eleven	128
14th	S 2.0	28	Richard W. Jacobs	Tommy Bridger Alan Foster	MGA	127
15th	S 1.1	47	Innes Ireland Ltd.	Jack Wescott Peter Arundell	Lotus Eleven	125
16	S 1.1	49	EH Broadley	Eric Broadley Peter Gammon	Lola MK1	124
17th	S 1.1	41	Team Lotus	Alan Stacey Keith Hall	Lotus Eleven	121
18th	S 1.1	48	Innes Ireland Ltd.	Douglas Graham Christopher Martyn	Lotus Eleven	110
19th	S 2.0	28	Rudd Racing Team	Mike Anthony Ted Whiteaway	AC Ace	105
20th	S 1.1	45	Elva Racing Team	Ian Burgess Robbie MacKenzie-Low	Elva Mk.IV	102
21st	S 1.1	52	Jimmy Blumer	Jimmy Blumer Colin Stuart Dodd	Lotus Eleven	99
Failed
22nd	S 2.0	24	John Coombs Racing Organization	Bruce McLaren Syd Jensen	Lotus 15	53
23	S 3.0	11	B. Lister Lt Engineering	Ross Jensen Ivor Bueb Bruce Halford	Lister	51
24	S 2.0	30th	Team Lotus	Cliff Allison Graham Hill	Lotus 15	39
25th	S 2.0	26th	M. Trimble	David Shale John Dalton	Lotus Eleven	24
26th	S 1.1	53	M. Trimble	John Fisher Les Leston	Lotus Eleven	20th
27	S 1.1	44	Elva Racing Team	Ian Raby Eugene Hall	Elva Mk.III	15th
28	S 3.0	10	B. Lister Lt Engineering	Ivor Bueb Bruce Halford	Lister	10
29	S 2.0	25th	J. King	Edward Greenall John Campbell-Jones	Lotus 15	9
Not started
30th	S 3.0	3	Equipe Nationale Belge	Claude Dubois Yves Tassin	Lister	1

¹ engine failure during training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
31	S 3.0	1	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 250TR
32	S 3.0	2	Equipe Nationale Belge	Freddy Rousselle Lucien Bianchi	Ferrari 250TR
33	S 3.0	4th	Ecurie Ecosse	Masts Gregory Innes Ireland	Ferrari 250TR
34	S 3.0	5	Ecurie Ecosse		Ferrari 250TR
35	S 2.0	23	Fernand Tavano	Fernand Tavano Georges Delaroche	Ferrari 500TRC
36	S 1.1	51	I. de Tomaso	Alejandro de Tomaso Colin Davis	Osca 1100S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Stirling Moss	Tony Brooks	Aston Martin DBR1 / 300	Overall victory
S 2.0	Jean Behra	Edgar Barth	Porsche 718 RSK 1500	Rank 4
S 1.1	Peter Ashdown	Gordon Jones	Lotus Eleven	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 36
• Started: 29
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3.862 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:01:17,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 148
• Total distance of the winning team: 571.639 km
• Winner's average: 142.150 km / h
• Fastest training time: Stirling Moss - Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 (# 7) - 1: 32,000 = 151.138 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Stirling Moss - Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 (# 7) - 1: 32.600 = 150.600 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1958 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Previous race of the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1958

Sports car world championship

Successor to the Sebring 12-hour race in 1959