1935 Winter 100

The 1935 Winter 100[1] was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit, near Cowes on Phillip Island, in Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1935.[2] The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was staged over 16 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.[1] It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car scheduled to start 19 minutes 45 seconds before the Scratch car.[1]

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.[3]

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

Race name

Sources vary as to the actual race name with "Winter 100",[1] "winter 100 miles race"[2] and "100-miles Winter Handicap"[4] 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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