1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship

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 race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel.[3] The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the compression ratio and alterations to the suspension.[3]

The race was won by Tom Brady driving a Singer Bantam.[1]

Results

Tom Brady won the championship driving a Singer Bantam
Jock McKinnon placed second driving a Ford V8
Position Driver[1] No.[4] Car[4] Entrant[4] Actual race time[1] Handicap[4] Finishing time [1] Laps
1 [1] Tom Brady [5] 45 Singer Bantam TM Brady 54:08 11 mins 55:08 6
2 [1] Jock McKinnon [6] 7 Ford V8 J McKinnon 55:46 3 mins 46:46 6
3 [1] Ted Parsons [7] [8] 5 Ford V8 JK Phillips 56:07 3 mins 47:07 6
4 [1] G Brownsworth 1 SS Jaguar 100 G Brownsworth 57:27 Scratch 45:27 6
5 [1] D Hutton 15 Morris 8/40 DE Hutton 59:15 12 mins 59:15 6
? [1] R Uffindell 14 Austin 8 R Uffindell 12 mins
? John Snow [9] 2 Hudson JF Snow Scratch
? Selwyn Haig [10] 10 MG "Tiger" [11] SR Haig 4 mins
? Frank Kleinig [12] 3 Hudson WA McIntyre Scratch
? [13] J McGowan 9 Ford V8 J McGowan 3 mins
DNF [1] K Brooks 13 Wolseley KN Brooks 5 mins 3 [14]
DNF [1] Owen Dibbs 14 MG T-type Mrs C Jacques [4] 5 mins 3 [14]
DNF [1] S Osborne 20 MG T-type SA Osborne 5 mins 3 [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Thrills at corners in Lobethal car races, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tuesday, 3 January 1939, page 4, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
  2. 1 2 Lobethal race history, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, via web.archive.org
  3. 1 2 Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years, 1989, pages 9 and 10
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Car races at Lobethal today, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Monday, 2 January 1939, page 10, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
  5. ↑ The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list TM Brady as the driver, however www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Tom Bradey
  6. ↑ The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list J McKinnon as the driver and www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Jock McKinnon
  7. ↑ Legend of Lobethal (book), page 22
  8. ↑ Sensational Smash at Lobethal, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Tuesday 3 January 1939, page 15
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Pre-war MG archives register, prewar.mgcc.info, as archived at web.archive.org
  11. 1 2 Programme, Australian Grand Prix Meeting, Lobethal, South Australia, Monday, 2nd January 1939
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ No reference has been found to confirm that McGowan actually contested the race
  14. 1 2 3 The Advertiser race report of 3 January 1939 states that Brooks, Dibbs and Osborne each retired "after about three laps"
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