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.
Results 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 Source: Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 68-80 Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 187-191
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