1959 Miscellaneous Rallies
Monte Carlo Rally
19th-24th January 1959
1 176 Paul Coltelloni/Pierre Alexandre Citroen ID19 308 pts Paris
2 A.Thomas/J.Delliere Simca P60 330
3 Pierre Surles/J.Piniers DB-Panhard 478
4 H.Marang/J.Badoche Citroen ID19 489
5 R.J.Adams/E.McMillen Sunbeam Rapier 502 Stockholm
6 G.Bengtsson/C.Lohmander Volvo 537
7 S.Eikelmann/H.Wencher DKW 573
8 G.Parkes/Howarth Jaguar 599
9 P.Walton/Martin Jaguar 601
10 208 Pat Moss/Ann Wisdom Austin A40 XOE 778 Paris Won Ladies Cup
11 M.Grosgogeat/P.Biagini DKW 620
12 J.Uren/I.Walker Ford 668
14 J.Sprinzel/W.Cave Austin Healey 687
16 Ivor Bueb/F.Scott Sunbeam Rapier 695
20 G.Kolwes/R.Lautmann Volvo 760
25 I.Lewis/H.Nash Standard 828
34 T.C.Harrison/J.Harrison Ford 1080
35 A.Meredith-Owens/A.Pitts Riley 1105
37 E.Brinkman/J.Cuff Jaguar 1110
41 E.Harrison/R.Habershon Ford 1218
42 B.Waddilove/A.Wood Jaguar 1250
43 L.Handley/D.Harvey Ford 1311
51 J.W.E.Banks/C.Dunham Vauxhall 1364
52 G.Faulkner/J.Boardman Ford 1388
54 W.Shepherd/J.Milne Austin 1405
55 D.Scott/K.Armstrong Ford 1431
57 V.Cooper/G.Barker Jaguar 1447
58 P.Bolton/G.Shanley Ford Zephyr 1527 Glasgow
61 I.Sutherland/W.Sutherland Riley 1608
63 T.H.Wisdom/D.Johns Austin Healey Sprite 1476
64 M.Davies/N.Taylor Triumph 1642
65 G.Burgess/S.Croft-Pearson Ford 1663
66 G.King/Colonel Sproxton Ford 1679
68 Maurice Gatsonides/M.Becquart Triumph TR3 Athens
73 J.Wallwork/W.Bleakley Triumph 1858
78 Ann Hall/Nancy Mitchell/Mrs L.Grounds Ford Zephyr 1989
82 Les Leston Riley 2256 Glasgow
84 M.Richardson/Mrs Richardson Ford 2320
91 E.Jackson/N.Baguley Vauxhall 2564
93 F.Ward/D.Gartside Jaguar 2647
102 R.Gouldbourn/S.Turner Standard 3572
104 D.Bennet/Mrs Bennet Fairthorpe 3641
110 F.Bigger/J.M.Bennet Jaguar 4316
115 G.Grant/B.McCaldin Sunbeam Rapier 4860 Warsaw
118 Count de Salis/P.Bridgeman Aston Martin 6099
119 Keith Ballisat/A.Bertault Triumph 7774
S.Coldham AC
R Alfa Romeo Lisbon
R Alfa Romeo Rome
R Alfa Romeo Rome
104 Taylor/Tracey Austin A40 Glasgow
Raymond Baxter Austin Lisbon
D.Margulies Austin Lisbon
Louis Chiron Citroen Athens
R Citroen accident Lisbon
P.Vanson/P.Jacob DKW Lisbon
Luigi Villoresi Fiat Athens
R Fiat Stockholm
Sidney H.Allard Ford Glasgow
R J.Kat/P.Kat Ford The Hague
R Humber Warsaw
R Lord Boyne/S.Kenyon Jaguar Paris
R.W.Merrick Jaguar Lisbon
R Jaguar Paris
J.Gott MG
R MG Paris
R Dr I.Cameron/C.Lewis MG Glasgow
R H.Harper Morris hit tree
S.Mather/I.Hall Morris Minor
R Panhard mechanical Athens
R Panhard Lisbon
R Peugeot Paris
R G.Storr Renault accident
R Renault Lisbon
R Renault Paris
R Renault Paris
R Saab Lisbon
R Simca Lisbon
R Alec Cleghorn/Alec Newsham Singer accident
R Skoda Stockholm
C.Corbishley Standard
91 Standard 152 RMT
R A.B.Fraser Sunbeam Rapier Warsaw
R E.Evans/E.Stephens Sunbeam Rapier Paris
P.Harper Sunbeam Athens
R Miss M.Handley-Page/Daphne Freeman/Joyce Howard Sunbeam Rapier accident
R R.T.Haddow/N.L.Paterson Sunbeam accident
Mlle A.Soisbault/Mme N.Ferrier Triumph TR3
R J.Walker/L.Needham Vauxhall Paris
R Vespa Stockholm
G.P.Jopp Wolseley Warsaw
R S.Pudsey/J.Collins accident The Hague
R John Young/Graham Hill Austin A40
Notes: 350 entries, 321 starters, 119 finishers
Start cities were Glasgow, The Hague, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw and Athens.
Hankiralli
13th-15th February 1959
R 33 Alrik Stenström/Henrik Lundsten Volkswagen 1200
7th Acropolis Rally
25th-31st May 1959
1 Wolfgang Levy/H.Wenscher Auto Union 1000
3 Nicos Filinis/Stelios Mourtzopoulos DKW
4 Alkis Michos/C.Theodoracopoulos Alfa Romeo
Pat Moss/Ann Wisdom Austin Healey hit lorry
Österreichische Alpenfahrt
11-14 June 1959
Baron Alex von Falkenhausen BMW 600 Won Touring car class
Walter Huber Porsche 1300 Won GT car class
Dr Arnulf Pilhatsch VW-Denzel Won Sports car class
63 starters, 46 classified finishers
RAC Rally
16-21 November 1959
1 66 Gerald Burgess/Sam Croft-Pearson Ford Zephyr 32 pts 155 LVX
2 T.Gold/M.Hughes Austin Healey Sprite 42
3 M.Sutcliffe/D.Astle Riley 1.5 43
4 Donald Morley/Erle Morley Austin Healey 3000
6 16 Peter Morgan/D.E.J.Thompson Morgan Plus 4
38 19 Brian Harper/Ron Crellin Morgan
45 26 Mrs Pauline Mayman/Daphne Freeman Morgan Plus 4 EPM 324
61 Milton/Milton Ford Zephyr
Piper
L.O.Sims Aston Martin DB2/4
Jack Sears Austin Healey 3000
1 J.R.Williamson Austin Healey
R.M.Wall Austin Sprite
H.A.Appleby Austin Sprite
C.Molyneaux Austin Sprite
J.Casewall Austin A99
73 "Alec" Citroen DS19
C.Bobrowski Citroen ID19
R G.Houel Citroen DS19 Accident
V.Levy DKW
W.Schluter DKW
Bennett Fairthorpe-Climax
R Aldridge Ford Anglia Gearbox cross-member
K.C.Chambers Ford Anglia
Mrs Anne Hall Ford Anglia
P.J.C.Hughes Ford Anglia
63 Graham Hill Ford Zephyr
R Sidney Allard Ford Zephyr Accident
R Quick Ford Zephyr Accident damage
Ian Walker Ford Zephyr
P.G.Walton Jaguar
Viscount Boyne Jaguar
F.J.Powell MG A Twin-Cam
Miss Pat Moss Morris 1000
Christie Morris 1000
R Langley Morris Mini-Minor Missed 3 controls
R Miss P.A.Ozanne/N.Gilmoure Morris Mini-Minor TMO 559
R 135 A.Pitts/A.Ambrose Mini TMO 560
R 126 K.James/I.Hall Mini TMO 561
R.W.Richards Riley 1.5
B.Phipps Riley 1.5
38 Erik Carlsson/John Sprinzel Saab 93B
Steiner Simca
Dr J.T.Spare Singer Gazelle
Pearson Singer Gazelle
Paddy Hopkirk Sunbeam Rapier
R.MacIver Sunbeam Rapier
D.J.F.Stammer Sunbeam Rapier
79 Peter Harper Sunbeam Rapier WHP 998
Les Leston Sunbeam Rapier
A.Fraser Sunbeam Alpine
J.H.Ray Sunbeam Alpine
C.Corbishley Triumph Herald
P.Bolton Triumph Herald
Lewis Triumph Herald
Keith Ballisat Triumph Herald
18 Mlle A.Soisbault/Val Domleo Triumph TR3A
Hodson Triumph TR3A
Cawsey Triumph TR3A
Grimshaw Triumph TR3A
I.B.McLaughlin Triumph TR3
K.W.Barrow Volvo
La Trobe Volvo
J.C.Wallwork Volvo 122S
Johns Wolseley 1500
NS Mrs Ewy Rosquist Ill
Notes: 139 entries, 131 starters, 53 finishers
German Rally
? 1959
1 Erik Carlsson Saab
2 Pat Moss Austin Healey 3000
4 William Dodd/D.Delling Volvo
7 Roland Ott/Wolfram Schmitz Mercedes
10 Falk/Rolf Knoll DKW
Midnattsolsrallyt (Swedish Rally)
9th-13th June 1959
1 Erik Carlsson/Mario Pavoni Saab 93B
2 Carl Magnus Skogh/Rolf Skogh Saab 93B
3 John Kvarnström/Andersson Ferrari 250 GT
7 Carl Carlsson/Sigvard Pettersson Alfa Romeo
10 Gunnar Bengtsson/Carl Lohmander Mercedes Benz 220SE 240 pts
11 Olle Bromark/Lars Höglund SAAB 93B 257
12 Hans Lannsjö/Ingo Evertsson Volvo P544 259
13 C.G.Hammarlund/Erik Pettersson Porsche Carrera 262
14 Henry Karlsson/Siegfried Eikelmann DKW AU 1000SP 264
15 Rune Bäcklund/Helmer Broberg Volvo 267
11th Tulip Rally
27th April-2nd May 1959
1 Donald Morley/Erle Morley Jaguar 3.4L F
2 Keith Ballisat/E.Marvin Triumph TR3A H
3 Peter Riley Ford Zephyr E
4 Rob Gorris/R.S.Wiedouw Porsche
Erik Carlsson Saab G
Mrs G.Molander Saab A Won Ladies Cup
S.Eikelmann DKW B
F.Karrer Alfa-Romeo C
G.Andersson Volvo D
Jack Sears Austin Healey J
R Pat Moss/Ann Wisdom Austin Healey accident
Class A: up to 750cc
Class B: 1000cc
Class C: 1300cc
Class D: 1600cc
Class E: 2600cc
Class F: over 2600cc
Class G: Special touring cars, normal and improve grand touring cars up to 1600cc
Class H: Special touring cars, normal and improve grand touring cars up to 2000cc
Class J: Special touring cars, normal and improve grand touring cars over 2000cc
7th Coronation Safari
27th-30th March 1959
Class A - up to £675
1 11 J.J.Feeney/R.C.G.Fisher Peugeot 203 1750 pts
2 57 Raman M.Patel/Joginder Singh Volkswagen Beetle 2599 (9th O/A)
3 38 D.G.C.King/J.Butcher Fiat 1100 3051
Class B - up to £825
1 70 F.Ryce/A.R.Vickers DKW 1600
2 58 E.M.Temple-Boreham/D.Bohmer DKW 1750
3 43 N.March/B.Younghusband DKW 2664
Class C - over £825
1 23 W.A.Fritschy/J.L.Ellis Mercedes 219 150
2 41 Dennis G.Scott/Peter R.Davies Ford Zephyr 950
3 20 Edward Harrison/David L.Markham Ford Zephyr 1500
? 46 W.F.C.Young/L.Baillon Ford Zephyr 3278
Overall Winner
1 23 W.A.Fritschy/J.L.Ellis Mercedes 219
Manufacturers' team prize
1 Ford Zephyr
IX Jyväskylän Suurajot (1000 Lakes Rally)
14th-16th August 1959
1 59 Gunnar Callbo/Väinö Nurmimaa Volvo PV544 5245.5 pts F48400
2 Hans Ingier/Thorbjörn Berntsen Volvo 5287.6
3 45 Harry Bengtsson/Åke Righard Volkswagen 1200 5297.8 B29999
4 4 Erik Carlsson/Mario Pavoni Saab GT 5326.0 P14811
5 60 Esko Keinänen/Kai Nuortila Peugeot 403 5361.2
6 Matti Salminen/Yrjö Salminen Peugeot 403 5361.4
7 22 Carl-Magnus Skogh/Åke Kristiansen Saab 93 B 5370.9 P9293
8 53 Gunnar Carlsson/Rune Stoltz Volvo 544 5377.3 Y49694
9 Pauli Toivonen/Heikki Ketola Simca Montlhery 5407.6
10 15 Arne Wernersson/Åke Gustavsson Saab 93 B 5415.8 P74800
13 31 Per Benemar/Evert Lundin Volkswagen
15 Raimo Lampela/Aarne Suomela Ford
17 Rauno Aaltonen Saab GT
23 54 Gunnar Åström/David Bärgman Volvo 544
29 18 Hans Sellberg/Gösta Idh Saab 93 B B83162
38 Timo Mäkinen Triumph TR3
R Carl-Otto Bremer/Juhani Lampi Saab GT SS8
R Osmo Kalpala/Eino Kalpala Citroën ID 19 SS2
R 42 Bernt Goetze/Henrik Lundsten Volkswagen 1200 A29431
XIX Polish Rally
? 1959
1 Kurt Rüdiger Wartburg (Gp IV)
Krzysztof Komornicki Simca Aronde (Gp V)
Henryk Rucinski Ford Zephyr (Gp VIII)
Stanislaw Wierzba FSO Syrena (Gp III)
Andrzej Zymirski Opel Olympia (Gp VII)
20th Criterium International des Alpes (Alpine Rally)
23rd-29th June 1959
1 94 Paul Condrillier/Georges Robin Renault Dauphine
2 Hermann Kühne/Hans Wenscher DKW
3 Paddy Hopkirk/Jack Scott Sunbeam Rapier
4 Jacques Rey/André Guilhaudin DB-Panhard
5 Peter Riley/Alec Pitts Ford Zephyr
6 Peter Jopp/Les Leston Sunbeam Rapier
7 T.Cuth Harrison/John Harrison Ford Zephyr
8 Edward Harrison/J.William Fleetwood Ford Zephyr
9 I."Tiny" Lewis/Tony Nash Triumph Herald
10 Maurice Gatsonides/H.Steunebrink Jaguar
Cunane AC
W.Shepherd Austin Healey
Jack Sears Austin Healey
J.Gott Austin Healey
Tommy H.Wisdom/J.Hay Austin Healey Sprite
G.Burgess/S.Croft-Pearson Ford
V.Preston/F.Grounds Ford
Walter Schock/Tal Mercedes 300 SL
Jacques Feret/Guy Monraisse Renault Dauphine
Bennett Triumph
Keith Ballisat Triumph
R Henri Oreiller/Fernand Masoero Alfa Romeo Giulietta gearbox
R Count de Salis Aston Martin
R John Sprinzel/W.Cave Austin A35 half-shaft
R Pat Moss/Ann Wisdom Austin A40 gearbox
R I.Walker/J.Patton Ford spring bolt
R Nancy Mitchell/Ann Hall Ford Zephyr propeller shaft
R D.Margulies Lotus
R J.Milne MG accident
R Guy Clarou Renault Dauphine clutch
R C.Corbishley Standard Ten accident
R Mlle A.Soisbault Triumph
R G.Andersson Volvo
Rali Vinho da Madeira
1959
1 José Bernardino Lampreia MG A
2 José Manuel Mendes Pereira Triumph TR3
Portuguese Rally
? December 1959
54 59 Nancy Mitchell/P.Allison Mini TJB 199
64 P.Riley/A.Ambrose Mini 618 AOG
X Sestrieres Rally
? 1959
4 Renato Canaparo/Marsoglio Fiat
5 Hans Bauer/Ferrero Alfa Romeo
6 Arturo Bertoglio/Alex Soler Roig Alfa Romeo
8 Giancarlo Sala/Ubaldi Fiat
10 Luciano Fontana/Angela Zuppini Fontana
8th Adriatic Rally
22nd-26th July 1959
1 Paul Coltelloni/Claude Desrosiers Citröen ID19
2 Erik Carlsson/Karl Erik Svensson Saab 93 B
3 Hans Wencher/Hermann Kühne Auto Union
4 Robert Gentelini/Gentilini Alfa Romeo GTI
5 Milvoje Vukovic/Picek Auto Union
6 Wolfgang Levy/Otto Linzenburg Auto Union
7 Schramm/Maurer Volvo
8 Arnulf Pilhatsch/Hans Hartinger BMW 600
9 Horst Frischkorn/Günter Pause NSU Prinz
10 Carl Syberg/Nielsen Volvo
German Rally Championship
1 Hermann Kühnke Mercedes