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. 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. Lobethal race history, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, via web.archive.org
  3. Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years, 1989, pages 9 and 10
  4. 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. Programme, Australian Grand Prix Meeting, Lobethal, South Australia, Monday, 2 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. The Advertiser race report of 3 January 1939 states that Brooks, Dibbs and Osborne each retired "after about three laps"
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