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Bib Stillwell (born Bermar Sellars Stillwell 〔 on 31 July 1927 in Melbourne, Australia) was a racing driver who was active in Australian motor racing from 1947 to 1965. He won the Australian Drivers' Championship in each of the four years from 1962 to 1965. ==Racing career== Stillwell competed in his first race in 1947 at the Ballarat Airstrip circuit, driving an MG TC.〔Bib Stillwell, Australian Motor Manual, May 1964, page 37〕 He won the Victorian Trials Championship with the MG in the following year and competed in his first Australian Grand Prix in 1953 at the wheel of an Austin-Healey 100.〔 Stillwell imported a new Jaguar D-Type for 1956 〔Historic Racing cars in Australia, page 177〕 and won the Argus Cup, the SA Trophy and the News South Wales Sports Car Championship in that year.〔 He also placed fifth in the 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy against international opposition.〔Moss in Walkover Win, Behra Second, Wheels (magazine), January 1957, pages 60-61〕 He subsequently raced Maserati, Aston Martin, Cooper and Repco Brabham cars.〔 Stillwell drove an Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato in the 1961 Le Mans 24 Hour Race with fellow Australian Lex Davison but the car did not finish.〔(1961 24 Hours of Le Mans Results and Competitors, www.experiencelemans.com ) Retrieved on 22 October 2013〕 Stillwell won the 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship with a Cooper and the 1963, 1964 and 1965 Australian Drivers' Championships driving Repco Brabhams. He was also victorious in the Australian Tourist Trophy in 1961 and 1962 in a Cooper Monaco and the 1965 Australian One and a Half Litre Championship with a Repco Brabham. Although he never won an Australian Grand Prix, he placed second in 1961 and 1964 driving a Cooper and a Repco-Brabham respectively, and third in 1960 and 1962 in Coopers. Stillwell retired from motor racing at the end of the 1965 season.〔Max Stahl, Stillwell’s Swansong, Racing Car News, January 1966, page 24〕 He later participated in historic races in Australia and the United States.〔(About us, bibstillwell.com.au ) Retrieved on 22 October 2013〕
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