1940 South Australian Hundred

Australian motor race thumb|250px|Layout of the Lobethal Circuit (1937-1948) The 1940 South Australian Hundred was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 1 January 1940.Tony Parkinson, Legend of Lobethal, 2008, Vintage Motorpsort Carnivals Pty Ltd, pages 34 to 39 It was held over 12 laps of the 8¾ mile course,News from Australia, Motor Sport (magazine), May 1940, page 91 a total distance of 100 miles. The race was contested on a handicap basis with the slowest cars starting first and the fastest last.Official Programme, South Australian Hundred - Lobethal Fifty, Lobethal, South Australia, 1st January 1940, page 5 The "limit man", RS Uffindell (Austin 7), commenced the race 23 minutes before the "virtual scratch man", Alf Barrett (Alfa Romeo Monza). The race was won by Jack Phillips driving a Ford V8. Race results thumb|Race winner Jack Phillips (Ford V8) Position Driver No. Car Entrant Handicap Time Laps 1 Jack Phillips 8 Ford V8 J Phillips & Parsons 10:00 78:55 12 2 Tony Ohlmeyer 19 MG A Ohlmeyer 18:00 87:47 12 3 John NindLobethal Collection, page 2, collections.slsa.sa.gov.au Retrieved 27 January 2017 18 MG TA JP Nind 18:00 88:40 12 4 Les Burrows 9 Hudson L Burrows 10:00 81:08 12 5 Tom Lancey 17 MG T-type JF Crouch 18:00 90:56 12 6 Colin Dunne 3 MG K3 Magnette CA Dunne 8:00 82:54 12 7 AV McDonough 12 Ford V8 AV McDonough 13:00 93:38 12 8 Aub Ramsay 21 Riley Jackson Motors Ltd 18:00 97:51 12 9 Frank Kleinig 2 Hudson F Kleinig 2:00 83:52 12 NC Jim Gullan 7 Ford Ballot J Gullan 8:00 - ? DNF Alf Barrett 1 Alfa Romeo Monza AI Barrett 1:00 - ? DNF Doug Whiteford 11 Ford V8 D Whiteford 13:00 - ? DNF Jim Boughton 14 Morgan JS Boughton 18:00 - ? DNF Allan Tomlinson 4 MG Special AG Tomlinson 8:00 - 9 DNF Jack Nelson 5 Ford Ballot J Nelson 8:00 - 4 DNF Tom Brady Parkinson has Tom Bradey but Official Programme lists T.M. Brady 22 Bugatti Brescia TM Brady 19:00 - 4 DNF RS Uffindell 23 Austin 7 RS Uffindell 24:00 - 4 DNF C Anderson 6 Frazer Nash Special GM Joshua 8:00 - 2 DNF Neville Bakewell 20 MG DV McMichael 18:00 - 0 Race distance: 12 laps, 100 miles Starters: 19 Fastest time: Jack Phillips, 78 min 55 sec, 81.5 mph Fastest lap: Alf Barrett, 5 min 48 sec, 92 mph Attendance: 25,000 Weather: Hot, about 102° F References External links Lobethal (SA) Car Races, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 2 January 1940, page 9, trove.nla.gov.au Lobethal Collection at collections.slsa.sa.gov.au Lobethal Race History, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org South Australian Hundred Category:Motorsport at Lobethal South Australian Hundred