1935 Winter 100

The 1935 Winter 100

The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was staged over 16 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.[1] It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car scheduled to start 19 minutes 45 seconds before the Scratch car.^[1]

The race was won by A Barrett driving a

Results

Pos.	Driver[1]	No.	Car[1]	Entrant[1]	Handicap[1]	Race time	Laps
1[2]	A Barrett		Morris Cowley	A Barrett	20m 30s	1h 39m 43s [4]	16
2[2]	JW Williamson		Riley Imp	HL Cohen Motors Pty Ltd	Scratch		16
3 [2]	VA Maloney		MG Magna	VA Maloney	11m 10s		16
4 [2]	Les Jennings [3]		MG Magnette	L Jennings	4m 30s		16
5 [3]	Les Murphy[3]		MG P Type	L Murphy	11m 10s		16
?	AJ Terdich		Bugatti	AJ Terdich	1m 0s
?	A Smith		Bugatti	A Smith	5m 50s
?	H Drake Richmond		Bugatti	H Drake Richmond	7m 10s
?	P Nichols		Bugatti	P Nichols	7m 10s
?	AJ Wylie		Bugatti	AJ Wylie	7m 10s
?	HR Symes		MG J3	HR Symes	7m 45s
?	LG Jackson		Riley Imp	LG Jackson	9m 5s
?	E McKay		Lombard	E McKay	11m 45s
?	AC Finlay		Bugatti	AC Finlay	19m 45s
?	J Sidebottom		Singer	J Sidebottom	21m 0s

The above table lists the fifteen entries for which handicaps were published. It is not known if any of the entries failed to start the race.

Notes

• Entries: 15[1]
• Starters: Unknown
• Finishers (within time limit): 5^[3]
• Winner's average speed: 62 mph^[2]
• Fastest time: JW Williamson, 1h 22m 48s, 76.01 mph^[2]
• Fastest lap: JW Williamson, 5m 1s, 78 mph^[4]

Race name

Sources vary as to the actual race name with "Winter 100",^[1] "winter 100 miles race"^[2] and "100-miles Winter Handicap"^[4] all being used in contemporary sources.

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