1947 Championship of New South Wales

The 1947 Championship of New South Wales was a motor race held at Nowra in New South Wales, Australia on 16 June 1947.[1] It was staged over 25 laps of a circuit, 4 mile and 670 yards in length, laid out on the runways and connecting taxiways of the RAAF aerodrome.[1] The total race distance was approximately 110 miles.[1] The race, which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club, was contested on a handicap basis with the three "limit men" starting off a handicap of 24 minutes.[1]

The contest was originally to have been titled the New South Wales Grand Prix however advice was received from the AAA one week before the event informing the organisers that they would not be permitted to use that name.[1]

The race was won by Tom Lancey driving an MG TC.[1]

Results
Pos.[2] Driver [2] No.[2] Car [2] Handicap [2] Time / laps [2] Comment [2]
1 Tom Lancey 34 MG TC 21:30 1:32:20  
2 Bill MacLachlan 22 MG TA Monoposto 14:30 1:27:18  
3 Curley Brydon 30 MG TC 21:30 1:34:26  
4 Dick Bland 10 Ford V8 Special 11:00 1:24:23  
5 Bruce Myers 36 Riley Imp 24:00 1:38:19  
6 Ron Ward 26 MG TB 19:30 1:34:35  
7 Norman Andrews 7 Austin Special 5:00 1:20:41  
8 John Crouch 3 Delahaye 135 3:00 1:20:18  
9 Alf Barrett 1 Alfa Romeo Monza s/c Scratch 1:17:41  
10 Jack Murray 5 Mackellar Ford s/c 3:00 1:20:42  
11 Alf Najar 9 MG TB s/c 10:00 1:30:34  
12 Bib Stillwell 38 MG L-type Magna 24:00 1:47:23  
NC Jack Johnson 33 MG TC 21:30 24 Time limit [1]
NC Gordon Stewart 37 MG L-type Magna 24:00 24 Time limit [1]
NC Jack Nind 23 MG TB Special 14:30 22 Time limit [1]
DNF Bill Nunn 25 MG TB 19:30 20 Ignition
DNF Alby Johnson 32 MG TC 21:30 19 Tyre
DNF John Snow 2 Dixon Riley 2:00 18 Magnetto
DNF Bill Patterson 35 MG TC 21:30 16 Big-end
DNF Alec Mildren 14 Ford V8 Special 12:00 14 Overheating
DNF Bill Murray 12 Hudson 12:30 12 Big-end
DNF Hope Bartlett 11 MG TA s/c 12:00 10 Rocker
DNF John Read 15 Alta Ford 12:30 9 Overheating
DNF Ted Gray 6 Alfa Romeo Mercury s/c 4:00 7 Overheating
DNF Ray Mitchell 19 Jeep Ford Special 13:00 7 Blown gasket
DNF Ced James 29 MG NE Magnette 20:30 4 Brakes
DNF Tom Sulman 24 Sulman Singer 15:30 3 Spark plug
DNF Peter Brown 16 Terraplane Special 13:00 2 Safety belt
DNF Ron Ewing 8 Buick Special 5:00 2 Hit barrier
DNS Frank Kleinig 4 Hudson Special 3:00 - Piston
DNS Lex Davison 13 Mercedes-Benz 38/250 s/c 12:30 - Pinion
DNS Max Jones 17 Ford Special 13:00 -  
DNS Walter Mathieson 18 Jaguar SS100 13:00 -  
DNS Peter Vennermark 20 MG Q-type s/c 13:00 -  
DNS John Barraclough 21 MG NE Magnette 14:00 - Distributor
DNS LJ Duff 27 MG Magnette 20:30 - Valve seat
DNS Wally Feltham 28 MG N-type 20:30 -  
DNS Ron Edgerton 31 MG TC 21:30 -  

Notes
  • Attendance: 15,000 (organising club's estimate) [1]
  • Fastest lap: Alf Barrett (Alfa Romeo Monza s/c) 2:52 (92.9 mph) [2]
  • Fastest time: Alf Barrett (Alfa Romeo Monza s/c) 1:17:41 [2]
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References
  1. Nowra Car Races, Australian Motor Sports, 15 July 1947, pages 26-31
  2. Australian Motor Racing Archive 1947, www.myautosite.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Retrieved 7 August 2017
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