1950 New South Wales 100

The 1950 New South Wales 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 10 April 1950.[1] It was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club [2] and was contested over 25 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles.[1] The race was staged on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG J2/P of RW Fowler, scheduled to start 25 minutes before the last car, the Alta of Tony Gaze.[3]

The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Ford V8 Special.[3] Whiteford also achieved the fastest race time, for which he was awarded the New South Wales Road Racing Championship title.[4]

Results

The winning Ford V8 Special of Doug Whiteford at the 1950 New South Wales 100
Position [3] Driver [3] [2] [4] No [3] Car [1] [3] Entrant [3] Handicap [3] Race time [3]
1 Doug Whiteford 14 Ford V8 Special D Whiteford 6:00 1:21:32
2 John Nind 30 MG Special JP Nind 11:40 1:28:32
3 Stan Jones 24 HRG S Jones 11:00 1:28:35
4 Jack Murray 9 Bugatti Ford s/c JE Murray 6:00 1:23:19
5 George Pearse 33 MG TC GW Pearse 12:30 1:30:12
6 George Reed 11 G Reed Special GR Reed 6:00 1:24:08
7 Warwick Pratley 10 Ford Special FW Pratley 6:00 1:24:31
8 Ron Edgerton 37 MG TC RM Edgerton 13:20 1:33:06
9 Harry Monday 15 Mercury Special HS Monday 7:00  
10 Tom Sulman 47 Sulman Singer TN Sulman 13:20  
SR David Chambers 2 Maserati 4C s/c D Chambers 1:40  
SR Curly Brydon 31 MG TC AH Brydon 12:30  
SR Ron Ward 48 MG TC RS Ward 13:20  
SR Phil Harrison 49 MG Vauxhall P Harrison 17:30  
SR D McDonald 43 MG TC D McDonald 13:20  
SR WH Wilcox 54 Dodge Special W Wilcox 7:00  
SR JF Crouch 27 MG Special R Cobdon 11:40  
SR DJ Landrigan 40 MG TC DJ Landrigan 13:20  
SR B Riddell 45 MG TC B Riddell 13:20  
DNF Keith Martin 3 Cooper Mk IV JAP Cooper Racing Car Distributors 1:40  
DNF Jack Saywell 4 Cooper Mk IV JAP J Saywell 1:40  
DNF Dick Bland 5 Ford Special R Bland 6:00  
DNF Bill MacLachlan 8 Bugatti Ford s/c DA MacLachlan 6:00  
DNF CE Adams 17 Prad CE Adams 10:00  
DNF Garry Coglan 19 MG Special s/c G Coglan 10:00  
DNF Paddy Gordon 21 MG Special RS Gordon 10:00  
DNF GW Patterson 22 MG Special s/c GW Patterson 10:00  
DNF Ken Tubman 26 MG K3 s/c KV Tubman 11:00  
DNF Lex Davison 29 MG Special Mrs AN Davison 11:40  
DNF Irwin Luke 32 Bugatti Type 37 IC Luke 12:30  
DNF WI Burrows 35 MG TC WI Burrows 13:20  
DNF Tony Douglas 36 MG TC AP Douglas 13:20  
DNF Allan Ferguson 38 MG TC AG Ferguson 13:20  
DNF AG Mildren 41 MG TB AG Mildren 13:20  
DNF JS Moody 42 MG TC JS Moody 13:20  
DNF GT Stewart 46 MG Magna GT Stewart 13:20  
DNF Tom Geoghegan 52 Ford 10 T Geoghegan 23:00  
DNS Tony Gaze 1 Alta FAO Gaze 0:00  
DNS RW Fowler 53 MG J2/P RW Fowler 25:00  

Notes:

  • Organiser: Australian Sporting Car Club [2]
  • Attendance: 30,000 (estimated) [4]
  • Entries: 48 [3]
  • Starters: 37 [3]
  • Non Starters: 11 [3]
  • Finishers: 10 [3]
  • Still running (at finish): 9 [3]
  • Fastest lap: Jack Murray (Bugatti Ford): 3:08 [3]
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References

  1. Souvenir Programme, Car Racing, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Easter Monday, 10 April 1950
  2. Motor races at Bathurst, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday, 7 April 1950, page 2
  3. John Medley, Easter 1950, Bathurst - The Cradle of Australian Motor Racing, pages 87, 92 & 94
  4. Victorian first in big car race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 11 April 1950, page 9
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