1953 Round Australia Trial Redex Trial | ||
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Host country | ![]() | |
Rally base | Sydney | |
Dates run | 30 August – 13 September 1953 | |
Stages | 15 | |
Stage surface | Tarmac and Gravel | |
Overall distance | 10,460 km (6,500 miles) | |
Results | ||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() | |
Crews | 186 at start, 142 at finish |
The 1953 Round Australia Trial, officially the Redex Trial was the inaugural running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 30 August and 13 September 1953. The event covered 10,460 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Ken Tubman and John Marshall, driving a Peugeot 203.
Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Penalties (Points) |
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1 | 48 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 19 |
2 | 191 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Super Snipe Mark IV | 20 |
3 | 160 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Plymouth 1952 Concord | 21 |
4 | 41 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 22 |
5 | 64 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 23 |
6 | 91 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 23 |
7 | 51 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Super Snipe Mark II | 25 |
8 | 115 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Somerset | 28 |
9 | 46 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Super Snipe Mark IV | 30 |
10 | 57 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercury 1939 Eight | 30 |
11 | 145 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 30 |
12 | 117 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 33 |
13 | 5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 36 |
14 | 53 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 37 |
15 | 28 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 D | 42 |
16 | 13 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Rover 75 | 46 |
17 | 52 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1952 Customline | 50 |
18 | 122 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Consul | 61 |
19 | 85 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1953 Customline | 86 |
20 | 114 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 88 |
21 | 93 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 91 |
22 | 150 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 96 |
23 | 175 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Plymouth 1948 De Luxe | 108 |
24 | 113 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 121 |
25 | 158 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet 1950 Deluxe | 125 |
26 | 167 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 126 |
27 | 143 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 127 |
28 | 129 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 143 |
29 | 66 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 S | 146 |
30 | 21 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 160 |
31 | 135 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 D | 163 |
32 | 184 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet 1937 Master | 167 |
33 | 75 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Super Snipe Mark III | 170 |
34 | 9 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 174 |
35 | 25 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 188 |
36 | 121 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 193 |
37 | 179 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 208 |
38 | 156 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riley 2.5 Litre | 214 |
39 | 97 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 217 |
40 | 112 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 226 |
41 | 82 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford 1947 V8 | 233 |
42 | 63 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Consul | 234 |
43 | 24 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 236 |
44 | 116 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1952 Customline | 254 |
45 | 99 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 255 |
46 | 92 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Jaguar Mark VII | 266 |
47 | 43 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Jowett Javelin | 289 |
48 | 165 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford 1952 Customline | 294 |
49 | 140 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 305 |
50 | 108 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 306 |
51 | 6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1952 Customline | 308 |
52 | 133 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 310 |
53 | 84 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 311 |
54 | 80 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 D | 320 |
55 | 96 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford Zephyr Six | 322 |
56 | 7 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A30 | 331 |
57 | 181 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 334 |
58 | 55 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 337 |
59 | 22 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | DeSoto 1947 Deluxe | 346 |
60 | 166 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 357 |
61 | 44 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Consul | 372 |
62 | 87 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1953 Customline | 372 |
63 | 138 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1953 Customline | 373 |
64 | 58 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford 1951 Custom | 383 |
65 | 67 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1939 V8 Deluxe | 398 |
68 | 132 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Morris Oxford Series MO | 399 |
69 | 40 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercury 1946 Eight | 428 |
70 | 30 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet 1951 Deluxe | 453 |
71 | 88 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford Consul | 456 |
72 | 73 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 458 |
73 | 69 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 D | 465 |
74 | 86 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Jaguar Mark VII | 478 |
75 | 176 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Prefect | 486 |
76 | 168 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 489 |
77 | 106 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Super Snipe Mark IV | 490 |
78 | 146 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet 1952 Deluxe | 496 |
79 | 4 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mercedes-Benz 170 S | 500 |
80 | 38 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1953 Customline | 547 |
81 | 149 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 550 |
82 | 33 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A30 | 560 |
83 | 90 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Somerset | 575 |
84 | 83 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Morris Minor Series II | 622 |
85 | 45 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Plymouth 1938 | 640 |
86 | 101 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 656 |
87 | 125 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Morris Minor MM | 657 |
88 | 56 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Terraplane 1937 | 660 |
89 | 185 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Chevrolet 1937 Master Coupe | 666 |
90 | 126 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 677 |
91 | 107 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ford 1952 Customline | 681 |
92 | 137 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Jaguar Mark VII | 707 |
93 | 136 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Consul | 729 |
94 | 151 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Austin A70 Hereford | 729 |
95 | 105 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Singer Nine | 783 |
96 | 152 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Studebaker 1947 Champion | 788 |
97 | 189 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Hudson Pacemaker | 792 |
98 | 23 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Vauxhall Velox | 795 |
99 | 89 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 356 | 808 |
100 | 98 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Sunbeam-Talbot 90 | 854 |
101 | 187 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Singer SM1500 | 868 |
102 | 170 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Citroën Light 15 | 877 |
103 | 14 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Studebaker 1938 Commander | 900 |
104 | 103 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Plymouth 1934 | 927 |
105 | 29 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Škoda 1101 | 945 |
106 | 142 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A90 Atlantic | 946 |
107 | 127 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 951 |
108 | 59 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 960 |
109 | 17 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Allard M2X | 961 |
110 | 42 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 977 |
111 | 130 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Hawk Mark V | 1,033 |
112 | 144 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Zephyr Six | 1,125 |
113 | 148 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Humber Hawk Mark V | 1,135 |
114 | 172 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Buick 1939 Special | 1,209 |
115 | 39 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 1,316 |
116 | 109 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford 1953 Customline | 1,321 |
117 | 77 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A70 Hereford | 1,348 |
118 | 36 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 1,419 |
119 | 74 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Standard Vanguard Phase II | 1,447 |
120 | 155 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Terraplane 1935 | 1,472 |
121 | 162 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 1,483 |
122 | 159 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Jaguar Mark VII | 1,500 |
123 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Morris Minor Series II | 1,617 |
124 | 169 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Plymouth 1947 De Luxe | 1,629 |
125 | 177 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Riley 2.5 Litre | 1,659 |
126 | 31 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Morris Minor Series II | 1,661 |
127 | 124 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Rover 75 | 1,703 |
128 | 79 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 1,726 |
129 | 164 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Peugeot 203 | 1,829 |
130 | 81 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Nash 1946 600 | 1,899 |
131 | 163 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Standard Fourteen | 1,935 |
132 | 34 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford 1932 V8 Roadster | 1,940 |
133 | 19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Austin A40 Devon | 1,979 |
134 | 192 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Renault 750 | 1,979 |
135 | 60 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Citroën Big Six | 2,024 |
136 | 154 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | MG TD Midget | 2,158 |
137 | 171 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Fiat 1400 | 2,383 |
138 | 173 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Hudson 1937 | 2,408 |
139 | 147 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Chrysler 77 | 2,409 |
140 | 95 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Nash 1928 Light Six | 2,414 |
141 | 68 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ford Anglia Tourer | 2,702 |
142 | 180 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Holden 48-215 | 3,169 |
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