Stan Jones, well aloft over the railway crossing at Longford aboard his Maserati 250F, leads Len Lukey, Cooper T45 Climax 2-litre, during their epic battle for honours in the 1959 Australian Grand Prix.
The battle was resolved in Stan’s favour, here Alan Jones and blonde haired John Sawyer enjoy the moment with Stan. Jones had just enough power to offset the handling and roadholding advantage of Lukey’s new fangled mid-engined Cooper. Armed with a 2.5-litre FPF – not readily available to customers at that time – the result wouldn’t have been the same, but karma looked after Stan that day, he had well-and-truly paid his AGP dues after all! More about Stan here: https://primotipo.com/2014/12/26/stan-jones-australian-and-new-zealand-grand-prix-and-gold-star-winner/
Credits…
Both shots above have been lifted from Neal Kearney’s fabulous ‘Longford:The Legend of a Little Town with a Big Motor’. The much used and abused money-Longford-shot was taken by Charles Rice, here courtesy of Paul Cross’ collection, while the colour shot above is from the Dunstan Family Collection. The Pub Hotel shot below is via Lindsay Ross’ oldracephotos.com
Tailpiece…
“Don’t even think about it Stanley!” muses Len Lukey as Jones shoves his nose into a rapidly diminishing gap. What a shot! The money-shot used on the cover of Neil Kearney’s book actually…
Finito…
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Thanks for this email Mark. As I had heard nothing about the book for ages, I foolishly assumed it had been delayed.
Googled and found most booksellers had sold out - good for Neil but not for me . . . however it turns out that his own site still has copies, so I get the book and he gets all the profit. Winners all round, just like Stan!