1938 South Australian Grand Prix
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The 1938 South Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia, Australia on 3 January 1938.[1] It was held over 12 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.[2] The race, which was the second South Australian Grand Prix,[1] was contested on a handicap basis with the first car starting 30 minutes before the "Scratch" car.[3]
The race was won by South Australian Noel Campbell driving a Singer Bantam.[1]
Race results
File:Singer Bantam of Noel Campbell.JPG
The race winning Singer Bantam of Noel Campbell
File:Day Special of Reg Nutt and MG K3 Magnette of Colin Dunne.jpg
Reg Nutt's No 2 Day Special and Colin Dunne's No 3 MG K3 Magnette prior to the start. Nutt established the fastest race time and Dunne set the fastest lap of the race
| Position [2] | Driver [4] | No.[2] | Car [2] | Entrant [2] | Handicap [2] | Time [2] |
| 1 | Noel Campbell [1] | 34 | Singer Bantam | Noel Campbell | 27:30 | 97:37 |
| 2 | Colin Dunne [1] | 3 | MG K3 Magnette [5] | Colin Dunne | 4:00 | 77:39 |
| 3 | Tony Ohlmeyer | 24 | MG T-type | Tony Ohlmeyer | 17:00 | 90:55 |
| 4 | Ron Uffindell | 33 | Austin 7 | Ron Uffindell | 24:00 | 98.33 |
| 5 | Jim Boughton | 27 | Morgan 4/4 [6] | Jim Boughton | 18:00 | 92:54 |
| 6 | Reg Nutt [2] | 2 | Day Special | JA Day | 1:30 | 77:33 |
| 7 | Les Murphy [7] | 20 | MG P-type | Les Murphy | 14:00 | 90:31 |
| 8 [1] | Fred Thwaites [8] | 14 | Ford V8 | FJ Thwaites | 9:30 | 89:20 [1] |
| ? | Arthur Beasley [7] | 21 | MG P-type | D Sowter | 16:00 | |
| ? | GA Cowper | 35 | Morris 8/40 [6] | GA Cowper | 30:00 | |
| ? | A Aitken | 22 | Riley 9 | A Aitken | 17:00 | |
| DNF [1] | RA Lea-Wright | 10 | Terraplane | RA Lea-Wright | 09:00 | |
| ? | Lyster Jackson [8] | 4 | MG K3 Magnette [5] | LJ Jackson | 05:00 | |
| ? | Alf Barrett [8] | 30 | Morris Cowley | A Barrett | 19:00 | |
| ? | AV McDonough | 13 | Ford V8 | AV McDonough | 12:00 | |
| DNF [1] | Ash Moulden [8] | 17 | Sunbeam GP | MA Moulden | 13:00 | |
| ? | G Joshua | 5 | Frazer Nash | G Joshua | 05:00 | |
| ? | JA Day | 23 | Bugatti | JA Day | 17:00 | |
| DNF [1] | JK Phillips | 7 | Ford V8 | JK Phillips | 08:00 | |
| ? | H Beith | 9 | Terraplane | H Beith | 09:00 | |
| DNF [1] | Allan Sinclair [1] | 1 | Alta | A Sinclair | Scratch | |
| ? | LE Vinall | 18 | Vauxhall 30/98 | LE Vinall | 13:00 | |
| ? | T Dowe | 12 | Fronty Ford | T Dowe | 09:00 | |
| ? | AE Powell | 31 | Alvis 12/50 [5] | AE Powell | 21:30 |
Notes:
- Race distance: 100 miles [1]
- Starters: 24 [1]
- Finishers: 8 [1]
- Fastest Time: Reg Nutt, Day Special, 77 min 33 sec [1]
- Fastest Lap: Colin Dunne, MG K3 Magnette, 6 min 17 sec, 83 mph [2]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 South Australian wins Grand Prix at Lobethal, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tuesday, 4 January 1938, page 18, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Lobethal Race History, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org
- ↑ Grand Prix at Lobethal today, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Monday, 3 January 1938, page 12, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
- ↑ It has been assumed that the Entrant (as per lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au) was also the driver unless otherwise known
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sinclair on Scratch, The West Australian, Thursday, 23 December 1937, page 7, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Official Programme, South Australian Grand Prix for Motor Cars, Lobethal, Sunday, 3 January 1938
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pre-war MG Archives Register, prewar.mgcc.info Retrieved 10 August 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Tony Parkinson, Legend of Lobethal, pages 10 to 15
