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[David Shaw]

While do a bit of a hunt around, I found this photo as part of a series which was captioned as being Southport in 1954. It is obviousley the Brabham Cooper Bristol Bobtail, so could it be any meeting other than the Queensland Trophy meeting from November 6th 1955?
https://gcccopac.sir...D978-IMG0011-MR

[john medley]

What events did JB run in Australia 1955? Bathurst/ Orange ? in Oct, 55 AGP Pt Wakefield Oct, Southport Nov, Fishermans Bend....?... then Orange Jan 1956... Doesnt look like Bathurst/ Orange/ Pt Wakefield/F Bend . Where indeed on any of those circuits is there a left hand bend like that -- or a signposted road perhaps off to the right To some extent we need to see the other photos in the set, for clues over and above the " Southport 1954" caption. What do the (backwards) signs say?

On the face of it, looks like you are probably right-- but the caption isnt

[David Shaw]

What events did JB run in Australia 1955? Bathurst/ Orange ? in Oct, 55 AGP Pt Wakefield Oct, Southport Nov, Fishermans Bend....?... then Orange Jan 1956... Doesnt look like Bathurst/ Orange/ Pt Wakefield/F Bend . Where indeed on any of those circuits is there a left hand bend like that -- or a signposted road perhaps off to the right To some extent we need to see the other photos in the set, for clues over and above the " Southport 1954" caption. What do the (backwards) signs say?

On the face of it, looks like you are probably right-- but the caption isnt

Here is the link to the series:
http://trove.nla.gov...9...t&c=picture

The signpost points to S'port Bundall to the left so this is obviously Olympic Corner as advertising confirms.

He didn't run at Fishermens Bend as that was also Bathurst weekend in October, but also ran at Mt. Druitt on October 23, but didn't appear there at the November 6th meeting, which would be because he was at Southport.

[john medley]

I dont have access to the appropriate records at the moment, but after viewing the other photos, it certainly looks like Southport to me

[cooper997]

David,

Some confusion probably arises with the photo caption because at the November 6th, 1955 Southport meeting, one of the events was the "Queensland Grand Prix". It was won by Steve Ames in the ex Davison Alfa Romeo P3.

Brabham carried #6 on his rear-engined Cooper-Bristol at this meeting, but retired in the Qld GP. It looks like '6' on the car in the photo.

Stephen

[john medley]

Steve Ames = Count Stephen Ouvaroff, who later raced Ausper/Cooper etc in Europe

[Ray Bell]

There is no question that these Box Brownie shots are from Southport...

Nowhere else looks like that, except maybe one corner at Gnoo Blas and even that is doubtful. I have some similar ones, which I have posted over the years.

[David Shaw]

And where else would have a signpost pointing toward S'port and Bundall ?

[KarlLeFong]

Steve Ames = Count Stephen Ouvaroff, who later raced Ausper/Cooper etc in Europe

Was that who the eulusive nobelman really was?

I never knew

Karl

[David McKinney]

Other way around actually

Steve Ames was the name adopted by young Count Ouvaroff when he was a young Australian