Tom Hawkes, Cooper T23 Holden Repco, AGP Bathurst 1958 (unattributed)
Tom Hawkes racing his way up Mount Panorma towards a giant killing 3rd place during the 1958 Australian Grand Prix at Bathurst…
He finished behind Lex Davison’s winning Ferrari 500/625 and Ern Seeliger’s 4.6 litre fuel injected Chev V8 engined Maybach. Hawkes’ Cooper T23 is the ex-Brabham car chassis # CB/1/53 i wrote about not so long ago. Click here to read the article;
https://primotipo.com/2016/06/24/jacks-altona-grand-prix-and-cooper-t23-bristol/
Tom replaced the cars Bristol engine and fitted a Repco Hi-Power, Phil Irving designed head breathing much life into the standard 6 cylinder, OHV, inline Holden 6 cylinder ‘Grey Motor’. The engine raced at 2.3 litres in capacity.
The interesting thing is exactly where on Mount Panorama the shot is taken. The right hander at the top of Mountain Straight perhaps, ‘Quarry Corner’? All suggestions taken. Its a quintessential Australian country scene, in the absence of a crowd it could be anywhere!
Photo Credit…
Unsure, intrigued to know who took the wonderful shot
primotipo... 
I think it’s just before the Reid Park gates and a bit further on from where Dick Johnson had his encounter with the rock. I think it used to be called Griffins Mount.
Hi Alan,
Thanks for that, I’ve been to Bathurst twice but my local geography isn’t great- magic shot isn’t it. He did so well in the car, he deserved a Gold Star round win in it somewhere!
Mark