1955 Bathurst 100
The 1955 Bathurst 100 was a motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on Monday, 11 April 1955.[1] It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG TC Special of Jack Carter starting 13 minutes before the last car, the Maserati of Reg Hunt.[2]
The race was won on handicap by Curly Brydon driving an MG Special.[3] Reg Hunt driving a Maserati set the fastest race time, thus winning the Scratch section.[3]
Race classification
[edit]| Position [3] | Driver [3] | No.[2] | Car [3] | Entrant [1] | Handicap [2] | Handicap race time [3] | Laps [3] | Scratch Pos.[3] | Scratch race time [3] |
| 1 | Curly Brydon | 9 | MG Special | A. Brydon | 5m 12s | 88m 12s | 4 | 83m 00s | |
| 2 | Lex Davison | 77 | HWM Jaguar | Ecurie Australie | 10m 24s | 89m 43s | 3 | 79m 19s | |
| 3 | Ern Seeliger | 2 | Cooper Bristol | S. Jones | 10m 50s | 89m 43s | 2 | 78m 53s | |
| 4 | Ray Fowler | 16 | MG Special | R. Fowler | 5m 12s | 90m 22s | 6 | 85m 10s | |
| 5 | Reg Hunt | 3 | Maserati | R. Hunt [2] | 13m 00s | 90m 55s | 1 | 77m 55s | |
| 6 | Frank Walters | 41 | So-Cal V8 Special [2] | F. Walters | 4m 20s | 91m 00s | |||
| ? | Jack Masling | 5 | Jaguar XK120 Special | J. Masling | 9m 32s | 5 | 84m 43s | ||
| ? | Jack Carter | 34 | MG TC Special | J. Carter | 0m 00s | ||||
| ? | Col James | 44 | MG Special [1] | Barclay Motors | 5m 12s | ||||
| ? | Don Wright | 20 | Citroen Special [2] | D. Wright [2] | ? | ||||
| ? | John Ralston | 23 | MG Special [2] | J. Ralston | 0m 52s | ||||
| ? | John Boorman | 6 | Jaguar C-Type[1] | J. Boorman | 9m 32s | ||||
| ? | Bill Ford | 22 | RVM Riley[2] | R. Evans | 3m 02s | ||||
| ? | C. Dean [2] | 11 | Cooper 1100 | S. Jones | 6m 30s | ||||
| DNF | Gordon Greig, Tony Burke | 7 | Alfa Romeo Alvis | G. Grieg | 9m 32s | ||||
| DNF | Les Murphy | 18 | MG Q s/c [2] | L. Murphy [2] | ? | ||||
| DNF | Frank Tobin | 12 | Rizzo Riley[2] | F. Tobin | 1m 18s | 15 | |||
| DNF | Holt Binnie | 15 | MG Special s/c [2] | H. Binnie | 5m 12s | 15 | |||
| DNF | Austen Tauranac | 48 | Ralt[2] | A. Tauranac [2] | ? | 11 | |||
| DNF | Bill Binning | 49 | MG Special [2] | Dulwich Auto Sales | 0m 52s | 4 | |||
| DNS | Stan Jones | 1 | Maybach | S. Jones | 13m 00s |
As there are known to have been 25 starters,[3] the above listing is incomplete.
Notes
[edit]- Promoter: Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd.[1]
- Attendance: 35,000 [3]
- Number of starters: 25 [3]
- Number of finishers: Unknown
- Winner's average speed: 72.7 mph [3]
- Fastest time: Reg Hunt, 77 minutes 55 seconds [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Official Programme, Bathurst '100', Easter Race Meeting, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst - Monday April 11, 1955
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, pages 157 to 159
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bathurst '100', Australian Motor Sports, May 1955, pages 185 to 187 plus page 192