1951 Redex 100

Australian motor race June 2020 August 2019 thumb|250px|Layout of the Mount Panorama Circuit (1938-1986) The 1951 Redex 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, AustraliaJohn Medley, Bathurst: Cradle of Australian Motor Sport, 1997, pages 109 to 120 on 26 March 1951.Souvenir Programme, Car Racing - Bathurst, Easter Monday, March 26th 1951 Promoted by the Australian Sporting Car Club,Easter Monday Bathurst Road Races, Australian Motor Sports, April 1951, pages 13 to 18 it was held over 26 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles (161 km). The race was contested on a handicap basis with the first car starting 11 minutes and 30 seconds minutes before the last car. 25,000 people watched the day's racing.Local Driver Wins Big Motor Race, The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday, 27 March 1951, Page 9, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au Bathurst driver Warwick Pratley won the race driving the George Reed Monoskate Ford Special.PRATLEY WINS RACE CLASSIC, National Advocate, Tuesday 27 March 1951, Page 1, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au Results thumb|The Cooper Mark IV of Jack Saywell contesting the 1951 Redex 100 Position Driver No Car Entrant Handicap Race time 1 Warwick Pratley 22 G. Reed Special (Monoskate) G.R Reed 8:15 80:21 2 Curley Brydon 25 MG TC special s/c A.H. Brydon 9:15 84:27 3 Tom Hawkes 1 Talbot-Lago T.V. Hawkes 0:00 76:19 NC Ron Edgerton 2 Alfa Romeo s/c R.M. Edgerton 3:15 - NC Bill Wilcox 45 Dodge special W.H. Wilcox 10:15 - NC Jack SaywellJohn B. Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia - Second Edition, page 128 12 Cooper Mark IV J. Saywell 5:00 - NC Garry Coglan 26 MG TC special s/c G. Coglan 9:15 - DNF Bill MacLachlan 16 Bugatti Ford s/c D.A. MacLachlan 6:00 - DNF Jack MurrayPhil Murray, Gelignite Jack Murray - An Aussie Larrikin Legend, page 107 29 Allard J2 Cadillac R.A. Gardiner 9:15 - DNF Laurie Oxenford 34 Alvis Mercury I. Oxenford 9:15 - DNF George Pearse 47 MG TB s/c G.E. Pearse 11:30 - Race statistics Starters: 11 Finishers: 3 (within race time limit) Non-finishers: 8 (4 outside race time limit, 4 retirements) References External links Motor Races Today, National Advocate, Monday 26 March 1951, Page 2, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au Category:Motorsport in Bathurst, New South Wales Redex 100 Category:March 1951 sports events in Australia Redex 100