Alt-1958: Season finished!

[kevinbotz]

B.C.M.A. will loan C-01 chassis 4, and Bentley 84-1 engine 2, to Alec Mildren for the 1958 Australian Grand Prix.

[V8fan12]

To save finances, BRM will not be entering Australia.

[Bandon23]

Norfolk Engineering is ruling out an entry for Australian GP

Alec Mildren from Australia will enter the Australian GP as a privateer team name for "AG Mildren Pty Ltd".

The deal has been made with B.C.M.A. as Alec Mildren will participate for Australian GP.

[Peteroli34]

Cooper Will enter the Australian GP with the following

Bruce Mclaren - Cooper T41 Chassis 6 - Climax FPF IV engine 3

ART will enter the Georges Burgraff in our OSCA F158 and 1558 Engine combination which ever one that maybe as it seems that several teams own the same Engine/Chassis combination

ART also have cars to rent for the Australian GP and Beyond

[kevinbotz]

B.C.M.A. Australian Grand Prix Entries - 1958

Jack Brabham - RP.1001 Mk. II chassis 1, Wyvern B engine 1

Stirling Moss - RP.1001 Mk II chassis 2, Wyvern B engine 2

[pi314159]

O.S.C.A. entries for the Australian Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 1
Jo Bonnier - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 2, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 2

O.S.C.A. also confirms leasing F158 chassis 10 and 1558 engine 14 to Ramos.

[pasta_maldonado]

Scuderia Centro Sud will sell DB 01 chassis 3 and DB 84-1 engine 3 to the DB Owners' Club for the combined sum of £1. Bentley Speed 4 chassis 11 will be sold to collectors.

Scuderia Ugolini sends £2, along with a free copy of the Netherlands Road Atlas, to Loonmotor in order to cultivate Italo-Dutch relations.

[Normal32]

DB will make notice that the Leader LF153 chassis 3 and Ferrari 555 engine 10 are available for loan for any Australian privateer.

[DemocalypseNow]

Last hurrah for Just-Émile Vernet with Formula 1 venture

Long time racer Just-Émile Vernet is making one last throw of the dice at 64 years of age, entering into Formula 1 with a self-run team.

Vernet has agreed a deal with Dutch nobleman Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon to run a customer Guidobaldi-Loonmotor package at five Grands Prix this season. His season begins at his home race, the French GP at Reims, moving on to Zandvoort, Spa-Francorchamps and the Nürburgring, before finishing his campaign at Silverstone.

Vernet has set-up a small office in the border down of Roubaix to manage his F1 attempt from, as close to Loonmotor's headquarters in Amsterdam as possible whilst still being located in France.

OOC: Just to be clear, this is a budgetless privateer and more a self-reminder I can look at later to sort this out when the time comes!

[TomWazzleshaw]

Team Lotus will enter the following cars for Australia:

Troy Ruttman - Lotus 12 1 - OSCA 1558 10
TBA - Lotus 12 2 - OSCA 1558 11

We'd like to request the services of either Maston Gregory or Phil Hill in the second car. Failing that, we will accept Rob Walker's offer for Harry Schell

We'd also like to offer our two spare Lotus 12 chassis for lease for any privateers that want to run in Australia

[DemocalypseNow]

We'd like to request the services of either Maston Gregory or Phil Hill in the second car. Failing that, we will accept Rob Walker's offer for Harry Schell.

We're contractually bound to offer you a driver, and Ferrari shall follow through on that deal. Phil Hill is at the disposal of Lotus for the Australian GP.

[TomWazzleshaw]

We'd like to request the services of either Maston Gregory or Phil Hill in the second car. Failing that, we will accept Rob Walker's offer for Harry Schell.

We're contractually bound to offer you a driver, and Ferrari shall follow through on that deal. Phil Hill is at the disposal of Lotus for the Australian GP.

Lotus will accept, and run Phil Hill in the second car

[kevinbotz]

B.C.M.A. shall extend an emergency £6,000 loan to Guillon Bachot, due to mature immediately following the Australian Grand Prix. Should repayment not be completed at that time, a compound interest rate of 15% shall be applied to the principal and any accumulated interest following each subsequent race weekend.

Guillon Bachot shall be considered to be in default, should it fail to repay the totality of the original principal borrowed and all accumulated interest by November 9, 1958, marking the end of the 1958 season, or should it become insolvent prior to that date, wherein B.C.M.A. shall seek financial redress through the lawful appropriation of Guillon Bachot's remaining assets.

[Salamander]

And a reminder to all that if you don't want to get loan sharked by Kevin, buy a Loonmotor instead! Still available for that amazingly low price of £10,000! Don't delay, get yours today!

Loonmotor: It's a guaranteed winner!

[takagi_for_the_win]

B.C.M.A. shall extend an emergency £6,000 loan to Guillon Bachot, due to mature immediately following the Australian Grand Prix. Should repayment not be completed at that time, a compound interest rate of 15% shall be applied to the principal and any accumulated interest following each subsequent race weekend.

Guillon Bachot shall be considered to be in default, should it fail to repay the totality of the original principal borrowed and all accumulated interest by November 9, 1958, marking the end of the 1958 season, or should it become insolvent prior to that date, wherein B.C.M.A. shall seek financial redress through the lawful appropriation of Guillon Bachot's remaining assets.

And this, kids, is how Wonga came into being.

[tommykl]

In the news

January 18th - Lumbee natives break up KKK rally in Hayes Pond, North Carolina

January 18th - First of Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts airs

January 19th - Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes wins plurality in Guatemalan election, forcing congressional vote

January 23rd - Prominent socialist Norman Thomas ceases support of South Vietnam

January 23rd - Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Caracas as coup d'état hits Venezuela

January 24th - Wolfgang Larrazábal confirmed President of Venezuela following coup

January 26th - 167 as ferry capsizes in Japan

January 27th - US and USSR agree to cultural and scientific exchange programme

January 27th - British troops open fire on Cypriot demonstrators

January 28th - Ferenc Münnich appointed Hungarian Prime Minister

January 28th - Roy Campanella's baseball career ended in car accident

January 28th - Work begins on first private nuclear reactor

January 28th - Lego brick patented

January 29th - Spree killer Charles Starkweather arrested by police

January 30th - House of Lords passes bill allowing female members

January 31st - America launches first satellite, Explorer 1

February 1st - Syria and Egypt announce plans to form United Arab Republic

February 2nd - Mario Echandi Jiménez wins Costa Rican presidential election

February 3rd - Benelux Economic Union established by treaty of The Hague

February 5th - Gamal Abdel Nasser nominated president of the UAR

February 5th - Mid-air collision off Georgian coast results in loss of a nuclear bomb

February 6th - 21 killed in Munich air crash, including 7 Manchester United players

February 8th - 75 killed in French bombing raid on Tunisia

February 9th - Alfredo Stroessner re-elected Paraguayan president unopposed

February 10th - Egyptian Constitution superseded by United Arab Republic

February 10th - Ifni War: Spain drives Moroccan forces out of Edchera

February 11th - Zhou Enlai replaced by Chen Yi as Chinese foreign minister

February 11th - First black flight attendant hired in the United States

February 12th - South Vietnamese army truck ambushed by insurgents

February 12th - Guatemalan Congress elects Fuentes as President

February 14th - Iraq and Jordan united in Hashemite Arab Federation, led by Iraq

[tommykl]

Currently winning elsewhere

Levin International - Jack Brabham

Lady Wigram Trophy - Archie Scott Brown

1000km of Buenos Aires (World Sportscar Championship) - Peter Collins/Phil Hill (Overall/S3.0) - Stirling Moss/Jean Behra (S2.0) - Edgar Barth/Roberto Mières/Anton von Döry (S1.5)

South Pacific Championship @ Gnoo Blas - David McKay

Dunedin Road Race - Ross Jensen

Buenos Aires Grand Prix - Juan Manuel Fangio

Teretonga International - Archie Scott Brown (Sports) - Ross Jensen (Main)

CSCC Pacific Coast Championship @ Pomona - Robert Sohus (CM) - Frank Cairns (CP) - Bob Oker (DM) - Tony Settember (DP) - Richie Ginther (EM) - Ronnie Bucknum (EP) - Jack McAfee (FM) - D.D. Michelmore (FP) - Jack Nethercutt (GM) - Jim Parkinson (HM) - Elliott Forbes-Robinson (MG) - Betty Shutes (Ladies) - Jean Geslin (F3)

ACVG @ Guadalajara - Ricardo Rodríguez (Main) - Joaquin Camerena (S1.5)

[tommykl]

February 15th 1958, Australian Grand Prix qualifying

The Argentine Grand Prix may have been an O.S.C.A. cakewalk in the race, but looking into the results more closely would reveal the basis for an exciting season ahead. The new O.S.C.A. is just as good as the old, the B.C.M.A. was a contender even in inexperienced hands, and the Ferrari will also challenge for wins in expert hands. With Lotus and Cooper both waiting in the wings and ready to pounce, the championship opener, held for the first time in Melbourne following Jack Brabham's success as that of the 1956 Olympics, promises to be a cracker.

1. Alan Stacey (Owen Racing Organisation) - B.C.M.A. RP.1001 chassis 1, B.C.M.A. A/AS Wyvern engine 2
2. Ken Kavanagh (Ken Kavanagh) - Ferrari 801 chassis 1, Ferrari DS50 engine 2
3. Stan Jones (S.J. Jones) - Ferrari 246 chassis 3, Ferrari 143 engine 2
4. Peter Collins (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 246 chassis 1, Ferrari 143 engine 1
5. Umberto Maglioli (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 246 chassis 2, Ferrari 143 engine 4
6. José Froilán González (Rob Walker Racing) - Lotus 12 chassis 6, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 8
7. Hernando da Silva Ramos (Hernando da Silva Ramos) - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 10, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 14
8. Len Lukey (Len Lukey) - O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 5, O.S.C.A. 1557 engine 2
9. Ern Seeliger (Loonmotor van Australië) - Guidobaldi FG01 chassis 3, Loonmotor SAMC-1A engine 1
10. Lex Davison (L. Davison) - Lotus 10 chassis 7, Ferrari DS50 engine 1
11. Alec Mildren (AG Mildren Pty Ltd.) - B.C.M.A. C-01 chassis 4, Bentley 84-1 engine 2
12. Bruce McLaren (Cooper Car Company) - Cooper T41 chassis 6, Climax FPF IV engine 3
14. Georges Burggraf (Alexander Racing Team) - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 9, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 13
15. Jack Brabham (B.C.M.A.) - B.C.M.A. RP.1001 Mk. II chassis 1, B.C.M.A. A/AS Wyvern B engine 1
16. Stirling Moss (B.C.M.A.) - B.C.M.A. RP.1001 Mk. II chassis 2, B.C.M.A. A/AS Wyvern B engine 2
17. Juan Manuel Fangio (O.S.C.A.) - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 1
18. Jo Bonnier (O.S.C.A.) - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 2, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 2
19. Troy Ruttman (Team Lotus) - Lotus 12 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 10
20. Phil Hill (Team Lotus) - Lotus 12 chassis 2, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 11

-The manufacturer teams have limited their entries to two cars due to the prohibitive costs of traveling to the Antipodes. Ferrari have sent lead drivers Collins and Maglioli, B.C.M.A. have done the same with Brabham and Moss, O.S.C.A. with Fangio and Bonnier, and Lotus with Troy Ruttman and guest driver Phil Hill. Only Cooper have decided to bring just the one car, for young Kiwi racer Bruce McLaren.
-Usual European privateers have also decided to brave the conditions, also bringing other cars for local privateers to drive. Alan Stacey, José Froilán González and Georges Burggraf will be alone in representing Owen, Walker and Alexander respectively.
-Local drivers have turned out with the best machinery they could find. Experienced hands Lex Davison and Stan Jones will be driving a Lotus-Ferrari and complete Ferrari respectively, joined by Thai Grand Prix point-scorer Ken Kavanagh. The list also includes Australian Drivers' Championship regulars Len Lukey (in an O.S.C.A.), Alec Mildren (in a B.C.M.A.-Bentley) and, most amusingly, Ern Seeliger in a Guidobaldi-Loonmotor thanks to an agreement with a local club.

I may have forgotten to do this, but please submit race strategies for your drivers. Again, you may select between a fast start, fast finish, or leaving it random. Please do this as quickly as possible. If you have not done so by the time I begin the race, it will be left random.

[pasta_maldonado]

Ramos and Seeliger will utilise fast start strategies. Lukey will opt for a fast finish.

[kevinbotz]

B.C.M.A. Race Strategies - Albert Park, 1958

Jack Brabham: Fast Start
Stirling Moss: Fast Start

[Dom_Wings]

Stacey - Fast finish
Jones - Random
González - Fast start

[Aislabie]

Ken Kavanagh will go for a fast start please

[DemocalypseNow]

Race strategies;

Peter Collins - Fast start
Umberto Maglioli - Fast finish
Stan Jones - Fast start
Lex Davison - Fast start

[TomWazzleshaw]

Troy Ruttman - Fast Start
Phil Hill - Fast Finish

[tommykl]

Here is qualifying performance!

Brabham - 121
Seeliger - 114
Burggraf - 114
Bonnier - 113
Lukey - 112
González - 112
Kavanagh - 112
Jones - 111
Collins - 111
Stacey - 110
Ruttman - 109
Hill - 109
Fangio - 109
Davison - 109
Mildren - 109
McLaren - 109
Moss - 107
Maglioli - 107
Ramos - 104

[Peteroli34]

Burgraff - Fast Start
Mclaren - Random

[tommykl]

Qualifying results
1. Stirling Moss (B.C.M.A.) - 1:49.69
2. Peter Collins (Ferrari) - 1:50.73
3. Jack Brabham (B.C.M.A.) - 1:52.13
4. Umberto Maglioli (Ferrari) - 1:52.95
5. Jo Bonnier (O.S.C.A.) - 1:53.19
6. José Froilán González (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 1:53.37
7. Alan Stacey (B.C.M.A.) - 1:54.60
8. Juan Manuel Fangio (O.S.C.A.) - 1:55.24
9. Georges Burggraf (O.S.C.A.) - 1:55.79
10. Troy Ruttman (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 1:58.32
11. Hernando da Silva Ramos (O.S.C.A.) - 1:59.61
12. Phil Hill (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 2:00.63
13. Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax) - 2:02.12
14. Stan Jones (Ferrari) - 2:02.72
15. Ken Kavanagh (Ferrari) - 2:03.35
16. Len Lukey (O.S.C.A.) - 2:04.01
17. Lex Davison (Lotus-Ferrari) - 2:05.14
18. Alec Mildren (B.C.M.A.-Bentley) - 2:14.77
19. Ern Seeliger (Guidobaldi-Loonmotor) - 2:20.69

Stirling Moss opens the 1958 season with his fourth career pole position, as teammate Brabham can't get a clean enough lap. Ferrari establish themselves as clear contenders as Collins and Maglioli take second and fourth places, followed by a fleet of O.S.C.A.s, Lotuses and Coopers. B.C.M.A. seem to retain the upper hand, but how close can Ferrari or O.S.C.A. run them?

[tommykl]

Race performance figures.

Hill 38
Mildren 19
Seeliger 18
Burggraf 17
Collins 17
Lukey 16
Davison 15
Stacey 12
González 8
Bonnier 6
Moss 3
Brabham -3
Kavanagh -5
Maglioli -9
Ruttman -9
Fangio -10
Ramos -11
Jones -21
McLaren -53

The race will have a very high attrition rate. Only five cars will finish, though of the 14 retirements there will only be one C1 accident and one engine failure.

[tommykl]

February 16th 1958, Australian Grand Prix

The front row all had brilliant starts, and Brabham led the first lap, just ahead of Collins and Moss, with González, Burggraf and Ruttman close behind. Brabham kept the lead for a while, but a spirited offense from Moss gave the Australian's teammate the lead on lap 4. Moss pulled away momentarily to take the fastest lap, while Burggraf, confirming his promise, passed González to take fourth place. Shortly afterward, the first driver retired as Alec Mildren's B.C.M.A. began leaking oil. Phil Hill's gearbox, which had been experiencing trouble from the start, packed up soon after as the American was in second-last place.

Burggraf had soon caught Brabham and Collins, and joined the battle for second place on lap 13. As Collins began to defend from the sensational Frenchman, his teammate Maglioli retired after suffering recurring suspension issues. By this point, Moss' lead was stationary, and not large enough to be safe. By lap 17, Brabham, Collins and Burggraf were reeling him in, just as Bruce McLaren's unimpressive début ended through premature gearbox failure. It took until lap 22 for Burggraf to find his way past Collins and establish himself in third position. The top four were close at this point, but remained in stasis until another couple of retirements. Troy Ruttman stalled in the first corner escape road after a spin, and Ramos followed him to a spot in the grandstands as his clutch failed. Brabham began to catch Moss at a quicker rate, and had caught up by the 30th lap of the race.

It took a few laps of trying, but on lap 34 Brabham placed a clinical dive around the outside of Moss on Lakeside Drive to take the lead once more...only to retire just two laps later with acute failure of the gearbox. Jo Bonnier did so at the same time with electrical issues. A few laps later, Ken Kavanagh also suffered a gearbox failure, having been running in a sensational fifth position. His compatriots Len Lukey and Stan Jones soon joined him with steering and clutch failures respectively. Stirling Moss began to lose pace, and Burggraf and Collins had caught him shortly after lap 50. As Alan Stacey's engine failed, Burggraf attempted to pass Moss, but despite initial contact, the Brit retained the lead.

That is, until lap 55, when the Frenchman sold the dummy into Jaguar. Collins was also knocking on Stirling's door, but Moss refused to let Peter through without a fight! It took Collins until lap 66 to make his way through, but Burggraf was just ahead and immediately had to defend. Further back, Fangio's scrappy race had led him to run out of fuel, leaving only six drivers running. Stirling Moss' spirited defense also led him to run out with just three laps to go. Peter Collins would feel hard-done-by, as Moss' defense cost him a few extra laps to attempt to pass Burggraf.

Indeed, in only his second race start, Georges Burggraf held back Peter Collins to win the Australian Grand Prix for Alexander Racing Team. José Froilán González took home his eleventh podium by giving the Lotus 12 a podium in its first championship race, while Moss was classified fourth. Lex Davison was fifth, seven laps down, while the valiant final finish Ern Seeliger... did not score a point. 11 laps behind in the Guidobaldi-Loonmotor, he completed fewer laps than Fangio, who was classified in sixth place.

1. Georges Burggraf (O.S.C.A.) 2:13:36.49
2. Peter Collins (Ferrari) +0.85
3. José Froilán González (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) +1 lap
4. Stirling Moss (B.C.M.A.) +3 laps/Out of fuel
5. Lex Davison (Lotus-Ferrari) +7 laps
6. Juan Manuel Fangio (O.S.C.A.) +8 laps/Out of fuel
7. Ern Seeliger (Guidobaldi-Loonmotor) +11 laps
Ret. Alan Stacey (B.C.M.A.) +26 laps/Engine
Ret. Ken Kavanagh (Ferrari) +30 laps/Gearbox
Ret. Stan Jones (Ferrari) +31 laps/Clutch
Ret. Jack Brabham (B.C.M.A.) +34 laps/Gearbox
Ret. Len Lukey (O.S.C.A.) +34 laps/Steering
Ret. Jo Bonnier (O.S.C.A.) +38 laps/Electrical
Ret. Hernando da Silva Ramos (O.S.C.A.) +43 laps/Clutch
Ret. Troy Ruttman (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) +46 laps/Spin
Ret. Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax) +54 laps/Gearbox
Ret. Umberto Maglioli (Ferrari) +58 laps/Suspension
Ret. Phil Hill (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) +60 laps/Gearbox
Ret. Alec Mildren (B.C.M.A.-Bentley) +61 laps/Oil leak

Fastest lap: Stirling Moss (B.C.M.A.) - 1:50.14

Championship standings
Drivers
1. Georges Burggraf - 9
2. Peter Collins - 6
3. José Froilán González - 4
4. Stirling Moss - 3
5. Lex Davison - 2
6. Juan Manuel Fangio - 1

Constructors
1. O.S.C.A. - 9
2. Ferrari - 6
3. Lotus-O.S.C.A. - 4
4. B.C.M.A. - 3
5. Lotus-Ferrari - 2

Entrants
1. Alexander Racing Team - 9
2. Scuderia Ferrari - 6
3. Rob Walker Racing - 4
4. British Commonwealth Motorsport Association - 3
5. L. Davison - 2
6. Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili - 1

[pasta_maldonado]

Australian Grand Prix Organisers Forced To Clarify Results After Official Protest
Chaos has erupted following the first world championship Australian Grand Prix after privateer Ern Seeliger, representing the Loonmotor club of Australia, has lodged an official protest at the official race results. Despite finishing 6th on the road, Australian Grand Prix organisers classified Ern Seeliger's Guidobaldi-Loonmotor in 7th position as Juan Manuel Fangio's O.S.C.A. had completed more laps before retirement.

"I finished in 6th position on the road, therefore I and Loonmotor are deserving of a world championship point" said Seeliger shortly after the race. "The organisation of the Grand Prix has been farcical, and the circuit ought to be ashamed of their conduction of proceedings."

If Seeliger's protest is accepted, then it will mark the first point for the revolutionary Guidobaldi-Loonmotor chassis after 4 years.

Et tu, brute?

[Salamander]

A FLAWLESS MORAL VICTORY FOR THE INDOMITABLE GUIDOBALDI-LOONMOTOR

[tommykl]

Australian Grand Prix Organisers Forced To Clarify Results After Official Protest
Chaos has erupted following the first world championship Australian Grand Prix after privateer Ern Seeliger, representing the Loonmotor club of Australia, has lodged an official protest at the official race results. Despite finishing 6th on the road, Australian Grand Prix organisers classified Ern Seeliger's Guidobaldi-Loonmotor in 7th position as Juan Manuel Fangio's O.S.C.A. had completed more laps before retirement.

"I finished in 6th position on the road, therefore I and Loonmotor are deserving of a world championship point" said Seeliger shortly after the race. "The organisation of the Grand Prix has been farcical, and the circuit ought to be ashamed of their conduction of proceedings."

If Seeliger's protest is accepted, then it will mark the first point for the revolutionary Guidobaldi-Loonmotor chassis after 4 years.

Yeah, nah

[tommykl]

Post-race report
Injuries
Nope.

Damages
Ruttman's chassis (12 chassis 1) - £4 565
Stacey's engine (A/AS Wyvern engine 2) - £40

Prize money (distance)
Georges Burggraf - £2 000
Peter Collins - £2 000
José Froilán González - £1 986
Stirling Moss - £1 957
Lex Davison - £1 900
Juan Manuel Fangio - £1 886
Ern Seeliger - £1 843
Alan Stacey - £1 629
Ken Kavanagh - £1 571
Stan Jones - £1 557
Jack Brabham - £1 514
Len Lukey - £1 514
Jo Bonnier - £1 457
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £1 386
Troy Ruttman - £1 343
Bruce McLaren - £1 229
Umberto Maglioli - £1 171
Phil Hill - £1 143
Alec Mildren - £1 129

Prize money (position)
Georges Burggraf - £26 000
Peter Collins - £21 250
José Froilán González - £16 500
Stirling Moss - £14 750
Lex Davison - £9 000
Juan Manuel Fangio - £6 250
Ern Seeliger - £5 500
Alan Stacey - £4 750
Ken Kavanagh - £4 000
Stan Jones - £3 250
Jack Brabham - £2 500
Len Lukey - £2 250
Jo Bonnier - £2 000
Hernando da Silva Ramos - £1 750
Troy Ruttman - £1 500
Bruce McLaren - £1 250
Umberto Maglioli - £1 000
Phil Hill - £750
Alec Mildren - £500

[Dom_Wings]

Owen will use 40 of its finest British pounds on the engine repairs.

[tommykl]

In the news

February 17th - Saint Clare named patron saint of television by Pius XII

February 20th - Test rocket explodes at Cape Canaveral

February 21st - Anti-nuclear peace symbol introduced by Gerald Holtom

February 21st - Simultaneous referenda in Syria and Egypt cement creation of United Arab Republic

February 21st - French and Spanish forces clear Moroccan insurgents from Western Sahara

February 22nd - Indonesian government bombs rebel bases on Sumatra and Sulawesi

February 22nd - Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of the UAR

February 22nd - French Togoland renamed to Togo

February 23rd - Arturo Frondizi wins Argentine presidential election with backing from Perón

February 23rd - Juan Manuel Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels

February 24th - Fidel Castro begins to air pirate Cuban radio messages

February 25th - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament launched by Bertrand Russell

February 27th - Abdallah Khalil's Umma Party wins plurality in Sudanese election

February 28th - Kentucky school bus accident kills 27

February 28th - Saigon rubber plantation attacked by Bình Xuyên insurgents

March 1st - 300 die in Turkish ferry capsize

March 2nd - Yemen annonces plans to join United Arab Republic

March 2nd - Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes takes office as Guatemalan president

March 2nd - British team completes first overland crossing of Antarctica

March 3rd - Nuri al-Said appointed Iraqi prime minister for the eighth time

March 5th - Konstantinos Georgakopoulos head of Greek caretaker government awaiting elections

March 6th - Emilio Núñez Portuondo appointed interim Cuban prime minister

March 7th - Carlos Fischer appointed President of Uruguay by Council

March 7th - North Vietnam sends trade offer to Ngo Dinh Diem

March 8th - America decommissions last active battleship

March 8th - Pakistani PM expresses fear over US influence swinging to India

March 8th - UAR and North Yemen join to form United Arab States

March 11th - Charles Van Doren loses on '21' game show

March 11th - Several injured as unarmed nuclear bomb accidentally strikes South Carolina

March 12th - 'British Empire Day' officially renamed to 'Commonwealth Day'

March 12th - Gonzalo Güell takes Cuban prime minister office

March 13th - Indonesia lands troops on Sumatra

March 14th - Recording Industry Association of America created; Perry Cuomo awarded first gold record

March 14th - USA imposes arms embargo on Cuba

March 14th - African National Congress outlawed by South African government

March 16th - Liberal Party wins most votes in Colombia parliamentary election

March 16th - Soviet Union re-elects Supreme Soviet

March 17th - Vanguard 1 satellite launched by USA

March 19th - 24 die in Monarch Underwear Company fire in New York

March 20th - Greek communist pirate radio launched

March 23rd - Sihanouk's Sangkum party wins Cambodian election

March 23rd - Salvadoran opposition boycotts contested election

March 23rd - Liechtenstein coalition takes all parliamentary seats

March 24th - Elvis Presley drafted into US Army

March 25th - New Canadian fighter jet Avro Arrow makes first flight

March 25th - Federal Labour Party wins West Indies election

March 25th - Sugar Ray Robinson wins fifth boxing world title

March 25th - West German parliament initiates plans for nuclear weapons

March 26th - The Bridge on the River Kwai wins seven Oscars

March 26th - USA launches Explorer 3 satellite

March 27th - Nikita Khrushchev consolidates power by becoming Premier

March 27th - CBS announced invention of stereo recording

March 29th - Joseph Bech resigns as Luxembourgish PM, replaced by Pierre Frieden

March 31st - Progressive Conservatives win landslide in Canadian federal election

March 31st - USSR suspends nuclear testing, invites Western powers to do the same

April 2nd - Spain cedes Cape Juby to Morocco in the Treaty of Agra de Cintra

April 3rd - Fidel Castro begins assault on Havana

April 4th - Nuclear Disarmament march held between London and Berkshire

[tommykl]

Currently winning elsewhere

NASCAR Grand National @ Daytona Beach - Paul Goldsmith

Victorian Trophy Race @ Fisherman's Bend - Stan Jones

Gran Premio de Cuba @ Havana - Stirling Moss

Grand Central race - Ernie Pieterse

Ardmore 50 - Ross Jensen

CSCC Pacific Coast Championship @ Phoenix - Max Balchowsky (BM) - Bill McKechneay (BP) - Hap Sharp (BP) - Dick Morgensen (CM) - Jim Connor (CM) - Dick Wells (CP) - Bob Winkelmann (CP) - Ray Jones (DM) - Richie Ginther (EM) - Lew Spencer (EP) - Jack McAfee (FM) - Jimmy Moore (FP) - Frank Monise (GM) - Frank Tracey (GP) - Jim Parkinson (HM) - Bill Beck (HM)

Longford Trophy - Ted Gray

NASCAR Grand National @ Concord - Lee Petty

NASCAR Grand National @ Fayetteville - Curtis Turner

NASCAR Grand National @ Wilson - Lee Petty

Gran Premio di Modena - Roberto Bussinello (Overall/S1.1) - Gaetano Starrabba (S+1.1) - Erasmo Crivellari (GT+1.3/GT750) - Sergio Bettoja (GT1.3)

12 Hours of Sebring (World Sportscar Championship) - Phil Hill/Peter Collins (Overall/S3.0) - Harry Schell/Wolfgang Seidel (S2.0) - Hal Stetson/Harry Beck/Otto Linton (S1.5) - Sam Weiss/Dave Tallaksen (S1.1) - Alejandro de Tomaso/Robert Ferguson/Isabelle Haskell (S750) - Jim Rathmann/Dick Doane (GT5.0) - Paul O'Shea/David Cunningham/Bruce Kessler (GT3.5) - Richard Milo/Duncan Forlong/George McClure (GT2.0) - Huschke von Hanstein/John Cuevas/Herbert Linge (GT1.6) - Chuck Kessinger/Alfonso Thiele/Willie West (GT750)

CSCC Pacific Coast Championship @ Stockton - Jimmy Williams (BM) - Cloyd Gray (BP) - John Armanino (CM) - George Heaney (CP) - Mick Marston (DM) - Ronnie Berryman (DP) - Chuck Tannlund (EM) - Bob Winkelmann (EP) - Eldon Beagle (FM) - Don Dickey (FP) - Paul Nau (GM) - Ted Conrad (GP) - Larry Albedi (HM) - Morton Gray (Sedans) - Bob Korst (F3) - Barbara Windhorst (Ladies)

NASCAR Grand National @ Hillsboro - Buck Baker

BARC National @ Mallory Park - Tom Dickson (Unlimited A) - Peter Arundell (Unlimited B/S1.1B) - M.G. Dickens (S+1.1) - Jimmy Blumer (S1.1A) - Ken Mackenzie (Handicap A) - Dick Prior (Handicap B) - J.M. Dunlop (Closed Handicap) - John Ewer (Marque) - Donald Wagner (Formula 3)

Gran Premio di Pergusa - Adolfo Tedeschi (Main) - Giulio Cabianca (S1.5)

British Formula 3 Championship @ Snetterton - Don Parker

Trenton 100 (USAC National Championship) - Len Sutton

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April 6th 1958, Glover Trophy qualifying
The championship may have started with an exciting race in Australia, capped with an unexpected result, but before the title race develops, there is another non-championship race to unfold around the Goodwood circuit. The Glover Trophy has attracted a chiefly local grid, as only four of the 17 entered drivers are not British. Still, there is a significant amount of attention placed onto this event.

1. Dan Gurney (Rob Walker Racing) - Lotus 12 chassis 6, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 8
2. Alan Stacey (Owen Racing Organisation) - B.C.M.A. RP.1001 chassis 1, B.C.M.A. A/AS Wyvern engine 2
3. Henry Taylor (Hampshire Racing Alliance) - Vanwall VW58 chassis 2, Vanwall VE2 engine 6
4. Brian Naylor (John Brian Naylor) - Lotus 10 chassis 6, OSCA 1557 engine 9
5. Peter Collins (Scuderia Ferrari) - Ferrari 246 chassis 1, Ferrari 143 engine 1
6. Ron Flockhart (Ecurie Ecosse) - RP.1001 chassis 3, A/AS Wyvern engine 5
7. André Guelfi (Scuderia Ugolini) - O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 1, Ugolini 1-58 engine 1
8. Consalvo Sanesi (Scuderia Centro Sud) - O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 12, O.S.C.A 1557 engine 3
9. Graham Hill (B.C.M.A.) - B.C.M.A. RP.1001 chassis 2, A/AS Wyvern engine 4
10. Reg Parnell (Reg Parnell Racing) - O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 17, Maserati 56A engine 1
11. Jim Russell (British Racing Partnership) - Cooper T45 chassis 3, BRM P26 engine 5
12. Troy Ruttman (Team Lotus) - Lotus 12 chassis 1, O.S.C.A. 1558 engine 10
14. Mike Hawthorn (Cooper Car Company) - Cooper T45 chassis 1, Climax FPF V engine 1
15. Bruce Halford (Norfolk Engineering) - Vanwall VW56 chassis 6, Vanwall VE2 engine 4
16. Ivor Bueb (British Racing Motors) - BRM P25 chassis 2, BRM P26 engine 2
17. Stuart Lewis-Evans (Connaught Engineering) - O.S.C.A. F158 chassis 7, O.S.C.A. 1557 engine 10
18. Archie Scott Brown (Connaught Engineering) - O.S.C.A. F156A chassis 6, O.S.C.A. 1557 engine 6

-Dan Gurney, Henry Taylor and Brian Naylor will be making their first appearances in F1 machinery, each with different levels of expectations. Gurney wants to establish himself in Europe, Taylor would like to make an impression as he leaves F3, and Naylor is taking his chance on a private entry to begin his season.
-Notably, the race will mark the first appearances of the Cooper T45 and Vanwall VW58, both of which are expected to be frontrunning cars, although the favourite this weekend has to be Peter Collins in the Ferrari. After almost winning in Albert Park, the absence of established frontrunning drivers in established teams seems the perfect opportunity.

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Qualifying performance!

Sanesi - 117
Hawthorn - 116
Naylor - 115
Collins - 115
Gurney - 114
Stacey - 114
Taylor - 114
Ruttman - 113
Flockhart - 113
Guelfi - 108
Halford - 108
Scott Brown - 108
Russell - 107
Bueb - 106
Lewis-Evans - 106
G. Hill - 106
Parnell - 103

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Qualifying standings
1. Peter Collins (Ferrari) - 1:27.27
2. Mike Hawthorn (Cooper-Climax) - 1:29.60
3. Alan Stacey (B.C.M.A.) - 1:30.07
4. Dan Gurney (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 1:31.12
5. Troy Ruttman (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 1:31.60
6. Graham Hill (B.C.M.A.) - 1:32.84
7. Stuart Lewis-Evans (O.S.C.A.) - 1:33.54
8. Archie Scott Brown (O.S.C.A.) - 1:33.87
9. Henry Taylor (Vanwall) - 1:34.24
10. Consalvo Sanesi (O.S.C.A.) - 1:34.48
11. Jim Russell (Cooper-BRM) - 1:36.79
12. Ron Flockhart (B.C.M.A.) - 1:36.99
13. Brian Naylor (Lotus-O.S.C.A.) - 1:37.93
14. Bruce Halford (Vanwall) - 1:38.86
15. Ivor Bueb (BRM) - 1:40.43
16. Reg Parnell (O.S.C.A.-Maserati) - 1:40.59
17. André Guelfi (O.S.C.A.-Ugolini) - 1:41.29

Ferrari take a second pole position (albeit non-championship) since the heady days of 1953, while the Cooper and Vanwall prove their worth. Henry Taylor's début is more than decent, but is overshadowed by a tremendous performance by Dan Gurney, who qualifies in fourth place for Rob Walker. This aside, there are few surprises on the grid.

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Some pretty interesting race performance figures...

Guelfi 42
Flockhart 42
Sanesi 20
Parnell 16
Gurney 16
Halford 15
Russell 9
Taylor 5
Naylor 0
G. Hill 0
Ruttman -2
Scott Brown -2
Stacey -3
Hawthorn -12
Bueb -14
Collins -23
Lewis-Evans -32

Only six drivers will finish, but there will be no accidents or engine failures.