1955 Round Australia Trial

The 1955 Round Australia Trial, officially the Redex Trial, was the third running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 21 August and 11 September 1955. The event covered 16,900 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Laurie Whitehead and Bob Foreman, driving a Volkswagen 1200.

1955 Round Australia Trial
Redex Trial
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Host countryAustralia Australia
Rally baseSydney
Dates run21 August – 11 September 1955
Stages17
Stage surfaceTarmac and Gravel
Overall distance16,900 km (10,500 miles)
Statistics
Crews176 at start, 54 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerAustralia Laurie Whitehead
Australia Bob Foreman
Australia Regent Motors Pty Ltd

Results

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Pos No Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points)
1 90   Regent Motors Pty Ltd   Laurie Whitehead
  Bob Foreman
Volkswagen 1200 21
2 2   E.B. Perkins   Eddie Perkins
  Lance Perkins
Volkswagen 1200 27
3 60   Regal Motors Pty Ltd   Malcolm Brooks
  Frank Tate
Standard Vanguard Phase II 45
4 133   W.H. Hayes   William Hayes
  Tom Quill
Ford 1954 Customline 161
5 83   Carl Kennedy   Carl Kennedy
  Bill Turner
Peugeot 203 236
6 38   Greig and Lloyd Kook   Greig Kook
  Sidney Braithwaite
  Lloyd Kook
Standard Vanguard Phase II 399
7 89   D.A. McLachlan   Bill McLachlan
  Marie McLachlan
Ford 1954 Customline 506
8 101   Bill Edmonds   Bill Edmonds
  Eric Keft
Standard Vanguard Phase II 591
9 152   Advanx (Gosford) Motor Service Pty Ltd   Robert Burgin
  Sam Griffiths
Peugeot 203 622
10 164   F.E. McMahon   Francis McMahon
  Bruce Creber
  Pat Joyce
Mercury 1948 Eight 656
11 169   Team Hines and Eastlake   Bert Hines
  Frank Eastlake
  Glen Tippett
Holden FJ 699
12 72   W.L. Pitt   Bill Pitt
  Walter Anderson
  Richard Howard
Morris Oxford Series II 725
13 55   Manly Pacific Garage   Ronald Green
  Jack Scharkie
Peugeot 203 740
14 154   Robert Sears   Robert Sears
  Unknown
Peugeot 203 750
15 99   Team Fraser and McLoughlin   Rod Fraser
  Colin McLoughlin
Volkswagen 1200 773
16 136   F.W. Hecker   Sam Hecker
  Arthur Griffiths
  Norwood Warry
Holden FJ 795
17 174   Team Watt and Peniston   Neil Watt
  Arthur Peniston
Peugeot 203 847
18 74   NSW Country Holden Dealers   Ken Miller
  Terry Wheatley
  Harry Cape
Holden FJ 965
19 59   W.A. Rudder   W. Rudder
  Raymond Pickett
  M. Somerville
Humber Super Snipe Mark IV 1,020
20 76   Christey's Motor Auctions Pty Ltd   Tom Mills
  Jack O'Hara
  Bert Easterbrook
Ford 1954 Customline 1,114
21 125   D.A. Pollack   Kevin Pollack
  Donald Pollack
  John Sample
Ford Zephyr Six 1,132
22 167   J. Lefoe and R.S. Upton Pty Ltd   John Lefoe
  Evan Green
Standard Vanguard Phase II 1,245
23 140   Richardson and Kirwan Pty Ltd   Val Richardson
  Max Kirwan
  Bob Crewdson
Humber Super Snipe Mark IV 1,249
24 12   A.A. Johns   Tony Johns
  Patrick O'Conner
Peugeot 203 1,281
25 67   'Possum' Kipling   'Possum' Kipling
  Leigh Stevens
  Les March
Holden FJ 1,299
26 107   Koroit Motors   Eric Richardson
  Gordon McDowell
  Ian Crockford
Holden FJ 1,359
27 134   Team Belling, Cumming and Peake   John Belling
  Forbes Cumming
  Robert Peake
Ford Zephyr Six 1,363
28 31   Gordon Bray   Gordon Bray
  Sandy Raywood
Peugeot 203 1,422
29 62   Team Smith and McCrohon   Ross Smith
  Keith McCrohon
  Chris Higgins
Standard Vanguard Phase II 1,499
30 48   J.R. Hall   John Hall
  George Reynolds
Volkswagen 1200 1,516
31 58   Mrs C. Hayes   'Granny' Hayes
  George Ross
  Jack Ricardi
Volkswagen 1200 1,653
32 54   Young's Car Sales   Robert Young
  Jack Vaughan
Volkswagen 1200 1,678
33 102   Jack Hay   Jack Hay
  Arch Heyward
Standard Vanguard Phase II 1,702
34 173   Major Warwick   Major Warwick
  Joseph Little
Škoda 1101 1,837
35 1   A.W. Standfield   Wes Standfield
  Ron Standfield
Standard Vanguard Phase II 1,882
36 158   D.H. Antill   Peter Antill
  George Reed
  Max Winkless
Plymouth 1955 Savoy 1,926
37 108   Goodfellow Brothers   Horace Goodfellow
  Leo Goodfellow
Standard Vanguard Phase II 1,973
38 168   K.F. Thallon   Keith Thallon
  Ike Stubbin
  Graham Richter
Standard Vanguard Phase II 2,054
39 141   E.A. Gibson   Eric Gibson
  Leonard McGill
  James Whelan
  Arch Nicholson
Chevrolet 1951 Deluxe 2,222
40 170   Team Allen and McComb   James Allen
  Raymond Allen
  Gordon McComb
Standard Vanguard Phase II 2,266
41 118   Stewart Alexander   Stewart Alexander
  John Hillman
  Selwyn Murphy
Dodge 1948 Deluxe 2,292
42 39   Jim Hirst   Jim Hirst
  Geoff Chew
Standard Vanguard Phase II 2,358
43 6   Rex Parkinson   Rex Parkinson
  John Hope
  Tony Lucas
Holden FJ 2,508
44 94   Tom Farrell   Tom Farrell
  Frank Denlay
  John Jones
Ford 1954 Customline 2,689
45 111   R.J. Williams   Robert Williams
  Milford Johnson
  Ian Robertson
Holden FJ 2,709
46 25   J.E. Pedley   Joe Pedley
  Maxwell Oliver
Austin A50 2,745
47 50   J.F. McCafferty   John McCafferty
  Peter Richardson
  John McKinney
Holden FJ 3,310
48 20   K.V. Tubman   Ken Tubman
  Ken Pleasant
Standard Vanguard Phase II 3,327
49 44   Ride-Esi Shock Absorbers   Harry Walker
  George Walsh
  Arthur Green
Ford Zephyr Six 3,472
50 115   D.T. Murray   Des Murray
  Unknown
Holden FJ 3,894
51 126   C.A. Fulton   Cecil Fulton
  Neil Stewart
  Thomas Cawdroy
Austin A70 Hereford 4,068
52 137   'Pop' Morgan   'Pop' Morgan
  Neville Bird
Standard Vanguard Phase II 4,691
53 36   Lenaghan's Belmont Taxis   Elaine Lenaghan
  Reg Lenaghan
Holden FJ 5,127
54 113   W.J. Robinson   Bill Robinson
  Barry Bolton
Holden 48-215 6,483
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References

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  1. ^ Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 68-80
  2. ^ "182 Cars Entered in Round Australia Trial". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 1955.
  3. ^ Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 187-191