Claim: Peter Whitehead, driving a Ferrari 500, was the champion of the 1955 South Pacific Championship (a motor race staged at the Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit at Orange in New South Wales, Australia, on January 31, 1955), followed by runner-up Jack Brabham, driving a Cooper Bristol.
Evidence: Peter Whitehead (racing driver) (1914–1958), British racing driver 1 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 500 2 Jack Brabham Cooper Bristol The 1955 South Pacific Championship for racing cars was a motor race staged at the Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit at Orange in New South Wales, Australia on 31 January 1955.