The 1948 New South Wales Hundred was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit [1] near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 29 March 1948. [2] The race, which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club, [3] was contested on a handicap basis over 25 laps, a distance of 100 miles. [1]
The race was won by John Barraclough driving an MG NE Magnette. [1] A protest against Barraclough by the second placed driver, alleging inaccuracies in the entrance certificate, was dismissed. [4]
Alf Barrett (Alfa Romeo) registered the fastest time for the 100 miles, setting a new record for this distance. [3] Barrett also set a new lap record. [3] Lex Davison (Alfa Romeo) attained a speed of 144 mph during the race. [3] This was believed to be the fastest speed ever recorded on an Australian racing circuit [3] to this time.
Pos. [5] | Driver [1] | No. [1] | Car [1] | Handicap [5] | Race time [1] | Laps [5] |
1 | John Barraclough | 11 | MG NE Magnette s/c | 18:30 | 90:18 | 25 |
2 | Harry Monday | 16 | Mercury Special | 15:30 | 87:59 | 25 |
3 | Curley Brydon | 28 | MG TC | 21:00 | 93:52 | 25 |
4 | John Nind | 18 | MG TB Special | 17:00 | 91:38 | 25 |
5 | Bill Patterson | 22 | MG TC | 21:00 | 95:47 | 25 |
6 | George Pearse | 26 | MG TB | 20:00 | 95:09 | 25 |
7 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | 32 | MG TC | 21:00 | 97:32 | 25 |
8 | Alf Barrett | 3 | Alfa Romeo Monza s/c | 03:00 | 80:47 | 25 |
9 | Jack Murray | 5 | Day Special | 10:00 | 86:38 | 25 |
10 | Ron Ward [5] | 27 | MG TB | 21:00 | 97:50 | 25 |
DNF | Frank Walters | 17 | Plymord | 15:30 | 21 | |
DNF | Alby Johnson | 29 | MG TC | 21:00 | 15 | |
DNF | Arthur Rizzo | 20 | Riley Special | 17:00 | 15 | |
DNF | Reg Ewing | 25 | Spike Special | 25:00 | 13 | |
DNF | Bill Ford | 10 | Hudson 6 Special | 13:30 | 13 | |
DNF | Lex Davison | 1 | Alfa Romeo s/c | 00:00 | 12 | |
DNF | Tom Sulman | 34 | Sulman Singer | 22:00 | 10 | |
DNF | Tony Mann | 30 | MG TB Special | 21:00 | 10 | |
DNF | Dick Bland | 14 | Mercury Special | 14:30 | 8 | |
DNF | Ray Mitchell | 15 | Ford V8 Jeep Special | 14:30 | 5 | |
DNF | Alf Najar [5] | 19 | MG TB Special | 17:00 | 3 | |
DNF | Frank Kleinig [5] | 4 | Kleinig Hudson | 06:30 | 3 | |
DNF | Bill Conoulty | 24 | Conoulty 500 | 20:00 | 2 | |
DNF | Tony Gaze | 2 | HRG Aerodynamic | 18:30 | 2 | |
DNF | Clive Adams | 23 | Alvis FWD s/c | 20:00 | 0 | |
DNS | Tony Gaze [5] | 2 | Alta [5] | 1:00 | - | |
DNS | Norman Andrews | 6 | Stewand [5] | 10:30 | - | |
DNS | Lipman Nathan | 7 | Mercury Bugatti | 12:30 | - | |
DNS | John Snow | 8 | BMW 328 [5] | 13:30 | - | |
DNS | Ron Ewing | 9 | Mercury Special [5] | 13:30 | - | |
DNS | K.V. Tubman [5] | 12 | MG NE Magnette [5] | 14:00 | - | |
DNS | Jack Johnson | 31 | MG TC | 21:00 | - | |
DNS | Peter Critchley | 33 | MG TC | 21:00 | - | |
DNS | Fred Elbourne | 35 | MG N Magnette [5] | 22:00 | - |
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