The 1956 Round Australia Trial, officially the Mobilgas Trial was the fifth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 4 and 19 August 1956. The event covered 13,680 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Eddie Perkins and Lance Perkins, driving a Volkswagen 1200.
Results Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points) 1 16 E.B. Perkins Eddie Perkins Lance Perkins Volkswagen 1200 48 2 11 Country Holden Dealers Jack Masling Ken Miller Harry Cape Holden FE 62 3 14 R.L. Foreman Bob Foreman Geoff Easton Volkswagen 1200 80 4 85 A.A. Griffiths Arthur Griffiths Maxwell Galt Volkswagen 1200 101 5 21 G.N. Horner George Horner Bill Price Alwyn Kurtz Ford 1956 Customline 216 6 27 J.R. Hall John Hall James Alward Volkswagen 1200 225 7 68 Regal Motors Malcolm Brooks Frank Tate Standard Vanguard Phase III 241 8 38 Mrs M.B. Blakeway Maude Blakeway Norman Bolton William Hubbard Ford 1955 Customline 243 9 59 J.K. Gamble Keith Gamble Lorna Gamble Geoff Ackerman Volkswagen 1200 249 10 63 P.J. Sullivan Patrick O'Sullivan Les Innes Volkswagen 1200 253 11 88 A.H. Smith Arthur Smith Archer Smith Volkswagen 1200 305 12 36 Ron Leech Ron Leech Valerie Leech Leslie Lee Holden FJ 320 13 57 Parkers Arthur Packer Bill Parker John Parker Holden FE 348 14 89 Greg Cusack Greg Cusack Leigh Moore Volkswagen 1200 385 15 47 Doug Whiteford Doug Whiteford Jim Hawker Peugeot 403 388 16 89 Alma Braddock Alma Braddock Gerald McMillan Volkswagen 1200 846 17 49 Jack Vaughan Jack Vaughan Bob Lancet Volkswagen 1200 984 18 4 D.M. Calvert Dave Calvert Arthur Smith Bristol 401 1,096 19 35 N.L. Crowfoot Norman Crowfoot Clarrie Newey Simca Aronde 1,219 20 82 D.K. Hose David Hose H. Symons James Gainger Austin A70 1,545 21 51 Austin Distributors Pty Ltd Jeff Brotherton Patrick Case Geoff Smith Austin A90 1,724 22 90 L.J. Spies Leo Spies Michael Pines Leslie Lee Holden FJ 1,977 23 94 Major Warwick Major Warwick Allan Zimmerer Škoda 440 2,235 24 72 J.D. Fagan Pty Ltd John Fagan Ken Limbrick Bill Ellis DeSoto 1955 Firedome 2,388 25 3 Jack Hay Jack Hay Jack Gore Standard Vanguard Phase I 2,392 26 74 Reg Lenaghan Reg Lenaghan Len Lenaghan Volkswagen 1200 2,438 27 23 Richardson and Kurwan Pty Ltd Val Richardson Max Kirwan Humber Super Snipe Mark IV 2,717 Source: Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 84-86 Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 194-196
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