1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship

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The 1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship took place at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 2 January 1939.[1] The race, which covered a total of 50 miles over six laps of the 8.6-mile course,[2] was conducted under a handicap format where the slowest cars began the race first, while the fastest started last.[3]

Layout of the Lobethal Circuit (1937–1948)

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

Tom Brady won the championship driving a Singer Bantam
Jack McKinnon placed second driving a Ford V8
G.Brownsworth placed fourth, set the fastest race time and set the fastest lap driving an SS Jaguar 100
More information Position, Driver ...
Position[5] Driver[5] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant[3] Finishing time[1] Handicap[6] Actual racing time[1] Laps[5]
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 18/80 "Tiger" [15] S. R. Haig 4 mins 2
DNS[16] J. McGowan[16] 9 Ford V8 J. McGowan 3 mins -
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Race notes

Notes & references

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