1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship
Appearance
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The 1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 2 January 1939.[1] It was contested on a handicap basis over six laps of the 8.6 mile course, a total distance of 50 miles.[2] The handicap format saw the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars starting last.[3]
The race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel.[4] The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the compression ratio and alterations to the suspension.[4]
The race was won by Tom Brady driving a Singer Bantam.
Results
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Position[5] | Driver[5] | No.[3] | Car[3] | Entrant[3] | Finishing time[1] | Handicap[6] | Actual racing time[1] | Laps[5] |
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1 | Tom Brady[7] | 45 | Singer Bantam | T. M. Brady | 55:08 | 11 mins | 54:08 | 6 |
2 | Jack McKinnon[8] | 7 | Ford V8 | J. McKinnon | 55:46 | 3 mins | 46:46 | 6 |
3 | Ted Parsons[9][10] | 5 | Ford V8 | J. K. Phillips | 56:07 | 3 mins | 47:07 | 6 |
4 | G. Brownsworth | 1 | SS Jaguar 100 | G. Brownsworth | 57:27 | Scratch | 45:27 | 6 |
5 | D. E. Hutton | 15 | Morris 8/40 | D. E. Hutton | 59:15 | 12 mins | 59:15 | 6 |
Ret. | R. Uffindell | 14 | Austin 8 | R. Uffindell | 12 mins | 5 | ||
Ret. | Frank Kleinig[11] | 3 | Hudson | W. A. McIntyre | Scratch | 5 | ||
Ret. | John Snow[12] | 2 | Hudson | J. F. Snow | Scratch | 5 | ||
Ret. | S. A. Osborne | 29 | MG T-type | S. A. Osborne | 5 mins | 2 | ||
Ret. | Owen Dibbs[13] | 12 | MG T-type | Mrs C. Jacques | 5 mins | 2 | ||
Ret. | K. N. Brooks | 13 | Wolseley | K. N. Brooks | 5 mins | 2 | ||
Ret. | Selwyn Haig[14] | 10 | MG "Tiger" | S. R. Haig | 4 mins | 2 | ||
DNS[15] | J. McGowan[15] | 9 | Ford V8 | J. McGowan | 3 mins | - |
Race notes
[edit]- Race distance: 50 miles[2]
- Number of entries: 18[3]
- Number of starters: 12[5]
- Number of finishers: 5[5]
- Fastest time: G Brownsworth, SS Jaguar 100, 45:27[1]
- Fastest race lap: G Brownsworth, SS Jaguar 100, 7:27,[5] 71 mph[1]
Notes & references
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Thrills at corners in Lobethal car races, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tuesday, 3 January 1939, page 4, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
- ^ a b Lobethal race history, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, via web.archive.org
- ^ a b c d e Programme, Australian Grand Prix Meeting, Lobethal, South Australia, Monday, 2 January 1939
- ^ a b Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years, 1989, pages 9 and 10
- ^ a b c d e f Australian Stock Car Road Championship - Timekeeper's Records, The Car, March 1939, pages Twelve & Thirteen
- ^ Car races at Lobethal today, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Monday, 2 January 1939, page 10, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
- ^ The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list TM Brady as the driver, however www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Tom Bradey
- ^ The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list J McKinnon as the driver and www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Jack McKinnon
- ^ Legend of Lobethal (book), page 22
- ^ Sensational Smash at Lobethal, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Tuesday 3 January 1939, page 15
- ^ The Advertiser article of 2 January lists WA McIntyre as the driver, however The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years states that McIntyre’s car was driven by Frank Kleinig
- ^ The Advertiser article of 2 January lists J Snow as the driver and The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years confirms that John Snow contested the race.
- ^ Timekeeper's Records as published in The Car show O. Dibbs. The Official Programme shows Owen Dibbs
- ^ Pre-war MG archives register, prewar.mgcc.info, as archived at web.archive.org
- ^ a b McGowan is listed as one of thirteen competitors in the race preview in The Advertiser, 2 January 1939 but is not listed in the Timekeepers Records published in The Car, March 1939