AMPOL TRIAL
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1956 AMPOL TRIAL
The first Ampol Trial was held in 1956 over a distance of 6500 miles, The event was won by Wilfred Murrell and Allan Taylor in a Peugeot 403.
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Wilfred Murrell and Allan Taylor the winners. Photo: unknown.
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West Coast Speedway News feature
1957 AMPOL TRIAL
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The 1957 event was held over a distance of 7000 miles, The Trial was won by Eddie Perkins and Lance Perkins in a 1200 Volkswagon.
The map.
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Gelignite Jack Murray with his gear ready for the trial.
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1958 AMPOL TRIAL
The 1958 event was held over a distance of 7500 miles, The trial was won by Don Garard and Jim Roberts in the AC McGrath & Co FE Holden.
1958 - Shallards Customline. Photo: unknown.
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1958 - The winning FE Holden. Photo: unknown.
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Deaths During the Ampol Trial
Detective Sargeant Charles Edward Paulin 46 of Hutton street Thornbury Victoria an Mike Dillon 35 of Dolphin street Googee both died in hospital as the result of accidents while competing in the Ampol Trial.
Sgt Paulin died in Maryborough Hospital of a fractured pelvis and internal injuries sustained when a Holden driven by Len Aylward from Victoria skidded in road side gravel and overturned.
Dillon died in Taree Hospital of a fracture at the base of the scull, received when a Holden driven by Len Ellick of Maroubra overturned 6 miles from Wingham.
Both men were navigators and both were thrown from the cars they were in.
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1964 AMPOL TRIAL
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The 1964 event saw the Ford Motor Company of Australia enter a Ford Cortina GT with Harry Firth at the wheel and Graham Hoinville navigating, they won the 7000 mile event.
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Harry Firth at the wheel of the Ford Cortina GT. Photo: unknown.
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1970 AMPOL TRIAL
The 1970 event, unlike the previous that ran up and down the east coast, started in Alice Springs NT and traveled a distance of 10,200 kilometres finishing in Sydney.
The records show that two teams were awarded the win of the trial, Jean-Claude Ogler and Lucette Ogler in a Citroen DS21, also Edgar Herrmann and Hans Schuller in a Datsun 1600 SSS.
1970 - right The winning Ogler team in the Citroen. Photo: unknown.
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1970 - Colin Bond in the Holden Dealer Team Holden Monaro. Photo: unknown.
