1949 Australian Grand Prix
The 1949 Australian Grand Prix was motor race held at the Leyburn circuit in Queensland, Australia on 18 September 1949. The race was staged over 35 laps of the 7.0 kilometre circuit, which was laid out on the runways and taxiways of a World War II airbase located six kilometres north of the town of Leyburn. The total race distance was 150.5 miles.
The race is recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the fourteenth Australian Grand Prix. It was the first Australian Grand Prix to be held in Queensland, the first to feature a mass start of the entire grid and the first with grid positions decided by practice times. The race, which was organised by the Queensland Motor Sporting Club, attracted a crowd of approximately 40,000 people.
John Crouch won the race driving a Delahaye 135MS. Ray '
Classification
| Pos | No. | Driver | Car / engine | Laps | Time |
| 1 | 4 |  John Crouch | Delahaye 135MS / Delahaye 3.6L | 35 | 1h 49m 25.2s |
| 2 | 20 | Ray Gordon | MG TC Special / MG s/c 1.3L | 35 | 1h 54m 12.2s |
| 3 | 8 | Arthur Rizzo | Riley Special / Riley 1.5L | 35 | 1h 56m 56.8s |
| 4 | 19 | Peter Critchley | MG TB Special / MG 1.3L | 35 | 1h 59m 40s |
| 5 | 7 | Alan Larsen | Cadillac Special / Cadillac 5.7L | 35 | 1h 59m 53s |
| 6 | 29 | Curley Brydon | MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | 35 | 2h 00m 08s |
| 7 | 38 | Irwin Luke | Bugatti Type 37 / Bugatti | 35 | 2h 07m 07.4s |
| 8 | 24 | Theo Trevathan | Ford V8 Special / Ford 3.9L | 35 | 2h 11m 14.4s |
| 9 | 40 | H. McGuire | MG TC / MG 1.3L | 35 | 2h 16m 53s |
| 10 | 32 | Col Robinson | MG TC / MG 1.3L | 35 | 2h 20m 59.6s |
| 11 | 33 | Jack Wright | Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.0L | 35 | 2h 24m 36.8s |
| Ret | 36 | Vic Johnson | MG TC / MG 1.3L | 27 | |
| Ret | 2 | Dick Bland | G Reed Ford Special / Ford 4.0L | 26 | |
| Ret | 1 | Frank Kleinig | Hudson Special / Hudson 4.4L | 21 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Nind | MG TB Special / MG 1.3L | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Garry Coglan | MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | 16 | |
| Ret | 34 | Ken Tubman | MG Magna / MG s/c 1.1L | 12 | |
| Ret | 10 | Snow Sefton | Strathpine Special | 11 | |
| Ret | 11 | Charlie Whatmore | Studebaker Special | 10 | |
| Ret | 23 | Les Taylor | MG TC Special / MG 1.3L | 10 | |
| Ret | 15 | Keith Thallon | Jaguar SS100 / SS 3.6L | 10 | |
| Ret | 25 | Doug McDonald | Bugatti / Dodge | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Keith Saunders | Cadillac Special | 8 | |
| Ret | 5 | Rex Law | Buick Special | 8 | |
| Ret | 17 | Dick Cobden | MG TC Special / MG 1.4L | 6 | |
| Ret | 3 | Arthur Bowes | Hudson Special / Hudson | 5 | |
| Ret | 6 | Ross Gray | GK Ford Special / Ford 4.0L | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | George Pearse | MG TB / MG 1.3L | 2 |