Bermar Sellars "Bib" Stillwell was a racing driver who was active in Australian motor racing from 1947 to 1965.
15 Facts About Bib Stillwell
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Bib Stillwell won the Australian Drivers' Championship in each of the four years from 1962 to 1965.
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Bib Stillwell 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.
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Bib Stillwell imported a new Jaguar D-Type for 1956 and won the Argus Cup, the SA Trophy and the News South Wales Sports Car Championship in that year.
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Bib Stillwell placed fifth in the 1956 Australian Tourist Trophy against international opposition.
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Bib Stillwell subsequently raced Maserati, Aston Martin, Cooper and Repco Brabham cars.
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Bib 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.
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Bib Stillwell won the 1962 Australian Drivers' Championship with a Cooper and the 1963,1964 and 1965 Australian Drivers' Championships driving Repco Brabhams.
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Bib Stillwell was 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.
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Bib Stillwell retired from motor racing at the end of the 1965 season.
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Bib Stillwell later participated in historic races in Australia and the United States.
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Bib Stillwell opened an automotive dealership selling MGs in 1949 and subsequently obtained a Jaguar franchise.
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Bib Stillwell moved to the United States in 1979 to take on the role of vice-president of the Gates Learjet Corporation and went on to become president of the company.
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Bib Stillwell later established luxury car dealerships including a BMW franchise and a Jaguar franchise at Doncaster.
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Bib Stillwell was awarded an Order of Australia Medal posthumously, in January 2001.