1958 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 7 of 9 in 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship | |||
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| Date | 6 October 1958 | ||
| Location | Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales | ||
| Course | Temporary road circuit | ||
| Course length | 6.12 km (3.84 mi) | ||
| Distance | 30 laps, 183.6 km (115.1 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
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Tornado-Chevrolet | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ted Gray |
Tornado-Chevrolet | |
| Time | 2'25.5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second |
|
Maybach-Chevrolet | |
| Third |
|
Cooper-Holden | |
The 1958 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race for Formula Libre racing cars, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1958. The race had 26 starters. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to specifically exclude sports cars from the entry.
The race was the twenty third Australian Grand Prix and the seventh race of the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship.
Lex Davison won his third AGP, equalling records set by Bill Thompson and Doug Whiteford.
Results as follows.
'# New Zealander Merv Neal was not eligible to score points in the Australian Drivers Championship
The top five standings in the 1958 Australian Drivers' Championship after the Australian Grand Prix were:
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