1948 South Australian 100

Motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit thumb|250px|Layout of the Lobethal Circuit (1937-1948) The 1948 South Australian 100 was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 1 January 1948.Victorians win at Lobethal, The Advertiser, Friday, 2 January 1948, page 4, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au Retrieved 22 November 2021 It was contested as a handicap race with the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars last.Official Programme, South Australian "100", Lobethal, January 1st, 1948 The race was staged over 12 laps, a total distance of 105 miles.South Australian 100, www.myautosite.com.au https://web.archive.org/web/20150801230957/http://www.myautosite.com.au/1948.html 2015-08-01 Retrieved on 2 August 2015 It was open to cars of any engine size.Lobethal Road Races, Australian Motor Sports, October 15, 1947, page 11 The race, which was the second South Australian 100 to be held at Lobethal, was won by Jim Gullan driving a Ballot Oldsmobile.Lobethal Race History, www.lobethalgrandcarnival.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org Results thumb|Jim Gullan won the 1948 South Australian 100 driving a Ballot Oldsmobile thumb|Granton Harrison placed second and set the fastest race time driving the Phillips Ford V8 Position Driver No. Car Handicap TimeThe First Post-War Lobethal, Australian Motor Sports, January 15, 1948, pages 22 & 23 Laps 1 Jim Gullan 16 Ballot Oldsmobile 11:35 81m 5s 12 2 Granton Harrison 11 Phillips Ford V8 10:10 79m 49s 12 3 Ron Edgerton 32 MG TC Special 16:00 86m 19s 12 4 R. Hamilton 30 MG TC 16:00 12 5 A. Eadie 34 MG TC 16:00   12 6 Norman Andrews 4 Stewand Austin 7:00   12 7 Jim Skinner 24 Ballot Ford V8 13:50   12 8 Harold ClisbyTony Parkinson, Legend of Lobethal, Lane Group, 2008, pages 40 to 48 29 MG TC 16:00   12 9 Rick Howard 37 Austin 7 Ulster 20:00   12 10 Harold Tribe 10 Willys Mercury V8 10:10   12 11 David Harvey 35 MG TA 16:00   12 12 Tony Ohlmeyer 28 MG TA 15:00   12 13 Gordon Stewart 26 MG L-type Magna 14:00   12 NC Tony Gaze 17 HRG Aerodynamic ?   11 NC Gavin Sandford-Morgan 27 MG C-type s/c 15:00   11 NC D. Howard 39 MG PB 23:00   11 DNF Jack Nind 14 MG TB Special 11:00   9 DNF Bill Patterson 19 MG TC 12:35   8 DNF John Barraclough 18 MG NE Magnette 12:35   7 DNF Doug Whiteford 6 Ford V8 SpecialRacing in Australia, Motor Sport, March 1948, page 72 9:00   3 DNF Ern Seeliger 2 Itala Ford V8 Scratch   1 DNS Lex Davison 22 MG TC 13:00 - DNS Peter Vennermark 9 MG Q-type s/c 9:35 - Notes Weather: Cool and cloudy Attendance: 10,000 Race distance: 12 laps, 105 miles Number of starters: 21 Number of classified finishers: 13 Fastest time: Granton Harrison, 79m 49s Fastest Lap: Doug Whiteford, 6m 7s (88 m.p.h.) Teams Prize: Harvey, Hamilton & Ohlmeyer References South Australian 100 Category:Motorsport at Lobethal