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
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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Home-built car wins at Cowes, Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 9, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
- 1 2 3 4 5 Cowes 100-Mile Race, Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), Tuesday 9 July 1935, page 7, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
- 1 2 3 Light car winter handicap, Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 14, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au