1958 Round Australia Trial (Mobilgas)

The 1958 Round Australia Trial, officially the Mobilgas Trial was the ninth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 20 August and 7 September 1958. The event covered 16,250 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Eddie Perkins and Arthur Smith, driving a Volkswagen 1200.

1958 Round Australia Trial
Mobilgas Trial
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Host country Australia
Rally baseSydney
Melbourne
Dates run20 August – 7 September 1958
Stages31
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance16,250 km (10,100 miles)
Results
Overall winner Eddie Perkins
Arthur Smith
Crews67 at start, 34 at finish

Results
Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 2 E.B. Perkins Eddie Perkins
Arthur Smith		 Volkswagen 1200 11
2 48 Greg Cusack Greg Cusack
Pat Lawless		 Volkswagen 1200 55
3 23 G.J. Coles and Company Dave Anderson
Laurie McAlister		 Holden FE 58
4 68 S.G. McGlashan Stan McGlashan
W. Leabeater		 Volkswagen 1200 68
5 53 H.R. Smith Harry Smith
David Orr		 Volkswagen 1200 117
6 8 L.L. Fiebig Lance Fiebig
Jim Claridge		 Holden FE 125
7 72 Regal Motors Malcolm Brooks
Frank Tate		 Standard Vanguard Phase III 154
8 21 Team Firth and Young Harry Firth
Kevin Young		 Volkswagen 1200 155
9 31 Leith Car Sales Harvey Gunn
Desmond Smith		 Volkswagen 1200 158
10 3 Team Murray and Murison Bill Murray
Bill Murison		 Chrysler Royal V8 AP1 194
11 25 Team James, Williams and Calnan Clarrie James
Jack Williams
Albert Calnan		 Holden FE 394
12 71 Motokov Ken Tubman
David Berman		 Škoda 440 429
13 69 Nalder's Garage Wes Nalder
Jack Nalder		 Ford Zephyr Mark II 480
14 63 Elaine Lenaghan Elaine Lenaghan
Len Lenaghan
Reg Lenaghan		 Holden FE 520
15 41 J.N. Mather Joseph Mather
Ron Jones
H. McKinnon		 Volkswagen 1200 658
16 57 Parkers' Colac Arthur Parker
W. Stacey
John Parker		 Holden FC 695
17 29 Lorna and Keith Gamble Keith Gamble
Lorna Gamble
John Hayward		 Rover 90 786
18 59 R.J Holden Bob Holden
Matt Walton		 Peugeot 403 794
19 62 O.G. Roberts Tom Quill
Sidney Chapman
Owen Roberts		 Holden FC 820
20 42 C.R. Turner Motors Claude Turner
Laurie Turner		 Hillman Minx Mark II 904
21 58 John and Peter Perkins John Perkins
Peter Perkins		 Peugeot 403 911
22 49 Team Cullen and Garard Pat Cullen
John Garard		 Holden FE 939
23 60 Wally Eremin Wally Eremin
J. Alexander		 Hillman Minx Mark II 1,012
24 37 Motokov Vince Brown
Norm Saville		 Škoda 440 1,018
25 19 Nissan Motor Company Yasuhara Nanba
Bruce Wilkinson
Kazuaki Okuyama		 Datsun 1000 1,129
26 22 C.G. Chappell Chester Chappell
Rob Mills		 Holden FE 1,157
27 65 H.E. and F.N. Pitts Motors Frank Pitts
Kevin Higgs		 Hillman Minx Mark II 1,183
28 55 Victorian Police Motor Sports Club Alan Sharpley
Kevin O'Neill
Jerry Merrett		 Ford Zephyr Mark II 1,227
29 5 Aubrey Melrose Aubrey Melrose
John Cummins		 Austin Westminster A90 1,255
30 54 Jack Murray Jack 'Milko' Murray
John Pomroy
Bert Madden		 Chrysler Royal V8 AP1 1,295
31 44 Motokov Major Warwick
Max Watson		 Škoda 440 1,486
32 36 Team Hose and Hillman David Hose
John Hillman		 Morris Minor 1000 1,545
33 27 Leslie Young Leslie Young
Harry Harris		 Morris Minor 1000 1,780
34 14 Nissan Motor Company Yoshitane Oya
Allan Gibbons
Yonekichi Minawa		 Datsun 1000 2,003
Source:[1] [2] [3]

References
  1. Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 93-94 & 99
  2. "Draw for Car Trial Announced". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1958.
  3. Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 204-206
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