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]

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[edit]

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]
1 Curly Brydon 9 MG Special A. Brydon 5m 12s 88m 12s 4 83m 00s
2 Lex Davison 77 HWM Jaguar Ecurie Australie 10m 24s 89m 43s   3 79m 19s
3 Ern Seeliger 2 Cooper Bristol S. Jones 10m 50s 89m 43s   2 78m 53s
4 Ray Fowler 16 MG Special R. Fowler 5m 12s 90m 22s   6 85m 10s
5 Reg Hunt 3 Maserati R. Hunt [2] 13m 00s 90m 55s   1 77m 55s
6 Frank Walters 41 So-Cal V8 Special [2] F. Walters 4m 20s 91m 00s      
? Jack Masling 5 Jaguar XK120 Special J. Masling 9m 32s     5 84m 43s
? Jack Carter 34 MG TC Special J. Carter 0m 00s        
? Col James 44 MG Special [1] Barclay Motors 5m 12s        
? Don Wright 20 Citroen Special [2] D. Wright [2] ?        
? John Ralston 23 MG Special [2] J. Ralston 0m 52s        
? John Boorman 6 Jaguar C-Type[1] J. Boorman 9m 32s        
? Bill Ford 22 RVM Riley[2] R. Evans 3m 02s        
? C. Dean [2] 11 Cooper 1100 S. Jones 6m 30s        
DNF Gordon Greig, Tony Burke 7 Alfa Romeo Alvis G. Grieg 9m 32s        
DNF Les Murphy 18 MG Q s/c [2] L. Murphy [2] ?        
DNF Frank Tobin 12 Rizzo Riley[2] F. Tobin 1m 18s   15    
DNF Holt Binnie 15 MG Special s/c [2] H. Binnie 5m 12s   15    
DNF Austen Tauranac 48 Ralt[2] A. Tauranac [2] ?   11    
DNF Bill Binning 49 MG Special [2] Dulwich Auto Sales 0m 52s   4    
DNS Stan Jones 1 Maybach S. Jones 13m 00s

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

Notes[edit]

  • Promoter: Australian Racing Drivers Club Ltd.[1]
  • Attendance: 35,000 [3]
  • Number of starters: 25 [3]
  • Number of finishers: Unknown
  • Winner's average speed: 72.7 mph [3]
  • Fastest time: Reg Hunt, 77 minutes 55 seconds [3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Official Programme, Bathurst '100', Easter Race Meeting, Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst - Monday April 11, 1955
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q John Medley, Bathurst - Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, pages 157 to 159
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Bathurst '100', Australian Motor Sports, May 1955, pages 185 to 187 plus page 192

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