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Motor race in Victoria, Australia

The 1935 Winter 100 was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit, near Cowes on Phillip Island, in Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1935. The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was staged over 16 laps, a total distance of 100 miles. It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car scheduled to start 21 minutes before the Scratch car.

The race was won by A Barrett driving a Morris Cowley from a handicap of 20 minutes 30 seconds. JW Williamson (Riley Imp), who started from Scratch, set the fastest race time and the fastest race lap and was placed second on handicap.

Results

Pos. Driver No. Car Entrant Handicap Race time Laps
1 A Barrett Morris Cowley A Barrett 20m 30s 1h 39m 43s 16
2 JW Williamson Riley Imp HL Cohen Motors Pty Ltd Scratch 16
3 VA Maloney MG Magna VA Maloney 11m 10s 16
4 Les Jennings MG Magnette L Jennings 4m 30s 16
5 Les Murphy 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
  • Starters: Unknown
  • Finishers (within time limit): 5
  • Winner's average speed: 62 mph
  • Fastest time: JW Williamson, 1h 22m 48s, 76.01 mph
  • Fastest lap: JW Williamson, 5m 1s, 78 mph

Race name

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

References

  1. ^ Light Car Club - Handicaps for King's Birthday Racing, Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wednesday 29 May 1935, page 12, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
  2. ^ Home-built car wins at Cowes, Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 9, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
  3. ^ Cowes 100-Mile Race, Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), Tuesday 9 July 1935, page 7, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
  4. ^ Light car winter handicap, Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 14, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
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