1955 Bathurst 100

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The 1955 Bathurst 100 was a motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on Monday, 11 April 1955. [1] It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG TC Special of Jack Carter starting 13 minutes before the last car, the Maserati of Reg Hunt. [2]

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The race was won on handicap by Curly Brydon driving an MG Special. [3] Reg Hunt driving a Maserati set the fastest race time, thus winning the Scratch section. [3]

Race classification

Position [3] Driver [3] No. [2] Car [3] Entrant [1] Handicap [2] Handicap race time [3] Laps [3] Scratch Pos. [3] Scratch race time [3]
1Curly Brydon9 MG SpecialA. Brydon5m 12s88m 12s483m 00s
2 Lex Davison 77 HWM Jaguar Ecurie Australie10m 24s89m 43s 379m 19s
3Ern Seeliger2 Cooper Bristol S. Jones10m 50s89m 43s 278m 53s
4Ray Fowler16 MG SpecialR. Fowler5m 12s90m 22s 685m 10s
5Reg Hunt3 Maserati R. Hunt [2] 13m 00s90m 55s 177m 55s
6Frank Walters41So-Cal V8 Special [2] F. Walters4m 20s91m 00s   
 ?Jack Masling5 Jaguar XK120 SpecialJ. Masling9m 32s  584m 43s
 ?Jack Carter34 MG TC SpecialJ. Carter0m 00s    
 ?Col James44 MG Special [1] Barclay Motors5m 12s    
 ?Don Wright20 Citroen Special [2] D. Wright [2]  ?    
 ?John Ralston23 MG Special [2] J. Ralston0m 52s    
 ?John Boorman6 Jaguar C-Type [1] J. Boorman9m 32s    
 ?Bill Ford22RVM Riley [2] R. Evans3m 02s    
 ?C. Dean [2] 11 Cooper 1100S. Jones6m 30s    
DNFGordon Greig, Tony Burke7 Alfa Romeo Alvis G. Grieg9m 32s    
DNFLes Murphy18 MG Q s/c [2] L. Murphy [2]  ?    
DNFFrank Tobin12Rizzo Riley [2] F. Tobin1m 18s 15  
DNFHolt Binnie15 MG Special s/c [2] H. Binnie5m 12s 15  
DNFAusten Tauranac48 Ralt [2] A. Tauranac [2]  ? 11  
DNFBill Binning49 MG Special [2] Dulwich Auto Sales0m 52s 4  
DNS Stan Jones 1 Maybach S. Jones13m 00s

As there are known to have been 25 starters, [3] the above listing is incomplete.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Official Programme, Bathurst '100', Easter Race Meeting, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst - Monday April 11, 1955
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, pages 157 to 159
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bathurst '100', Australian Motor Sports, May 1955, pages 185 to 187 plus page 192
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