1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship

The 1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 2 January 1939.[1] It was contested on a handicap basis over six laps of the 8.6 mile course, a total distance of 50 miles.[2] The handicap format saw the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars starting last.[3]

Layout of the Lobethal Circuit (1937-1948)

The race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel.[4] The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the compression ratio and alterations to the suspension.[4]

The race was won by Tom Brady driving a Singer Bantam.

Results
Tom Brady won the championship driving a Singer Bantam
Jack McKinnon placed second driving a Ford V8
G.Brownsworth placed fourth, set the fastest race time and set the fastest lap driving an SS Jaguar 100
Position[5] Driver[5] No.[3] Car[3] Entrant[3] Finishing time[1] Handicap[6] Actual racing time[1] Laps[5]
1 Tom Brady[7] 45 Singer Bantam T. M. Brady 55:08 11 mins 54:08 6
2 Jack McKinnon[8] 7 Ford V8 J. McKinnon 55:46 3 mins 46:46 6
3 Ted Parsons[9][10] 5 Ford V8 J. K. Phillips 56:07 3 mins 47:07 6
4 G. Brownsworth 1 SS Jaguar 100 G. Brownsworth 57:27 Scratch 45:27 6
5 D. E. Hutton 15 Morris 8/40 D. E. Hutton 59:15 12 mins 59:15 6
Ret. R. Uffindell 14 Austin 8 R. Uffindell 12 mins 5
Ret. Frank Kleinig[11] 3 Hudson W. A. McIntyre Scratch 5
Ret. John Snow[12] 2 Hudson J. F. Snow Scratch 5
Ret. S. A. Osborne 29 MG T-type S. A. Osborne 5 mins 2
Ret. Owen Dibbs[13] 12 MG T-type Mrs C. Jacques 5 mins 2
Ret. K. N. Brooks 13 Wolseley K. N. Brooks 5 mins 2
Ret. Selwyn Haig[14] 10 MG "Tiger" S. R. Haig 4 mins 2
DNS[15] J. McGowan[15] 9 Ford V8 J. McGowan 3 mins -

Race notes

Notes & references
  1. Thrills at corners in Lobethal car races, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tuesday, 3 January 1939, page 4, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
  2. Lobethal race history, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, via web.archive.org
  3. Programme, Australian Grand Prix Meeting, Lobethal, South Australia, Monday, 2 January 1939
  4. Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years, 1989, pages 9 and 10
  5. Australian Stock Car Road Championship - Timekeeper's Records, The Car, March 1939, pages Twelve & Thirteen
  6. Car races at Lobethal today, The Advertiser, Adelaide, Monday, 2 January 1939, page 10, trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 8 July 2015
  7. The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list TM Brady as the driver, however www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Tom Bradey
  8. The Advertiser articles of 2 January and 3 January both list J McKinnon as the driver and www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au lists Jack McKinnon
  9. Legend of Lobethal (book), page 22
  10. Sensational Smash at Lobethal, The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Tuesday 3 January 1939, page 15
  11. The Advertiser article of 2 January lists WA McIntyre as the driver, however The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years states that McIntyre’s car was driven by Frank Kleinig
  12. The Advertiser article of 2 January lists J Snow as the driver and The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years confirms that John Snow contested the race.
  13. Timekeeper's Records as published in The Car show O. Dibbs. The Official Programme shows Owen Dibbs
  14. Pre-war MG archives register, prewar.mgcc.info, as archived at web.archive.org
  15. McGowan is listed as one of thirteen competitors in the race preview in The Advertiser, 2 January 1939 but is not listed in the Timekeepers Records published in The Car, March 1939
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