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. It was contested on a handicap basis over six laps of the 8.6 mile course, a total distance of 50 miles. The race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel. The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the compression ratio and alterations to the suspension.
The race was won by Tom Brady driving a Singer Bantam.

Results

PositionDriverNo.CarEntrantActual race timeHandicapFinishing timeLaps
1Tom Brady45Singer BantamTM Brady54:0811 mins55:086
2Jock McKinnon7Ford V8J McKinnon55:463 mins46:466
3Ted Parsons5Ford V8JK Phillips56:073 mins47:076
4G Brownsworth1SS Jaguar 100G Brownsworth57:27Scratch45:276
5D Hutton15Morris 8/40DE Hutton59:1512 mins59:156
?R Uffindell14Austin 8R Uffindell12 mins
?John Snow2HudsonJF SnowScratch
?Selwyn Haig10MG "Tiger"SR Haig4 mins
?Frank Kleinig3HudsonWA McIntyreScratch
?J McGowan9Ford V8J McGowan3 mins
DNFK Brooks13WolseleyKN Brooks5 mins3
DNFOwen Dibbs14MG T-typeMrs C Jacques5 mins3
DNFS Osborne20MG T-typeSA Osborne5 mins3