1935 Winter 100

{{Short description|Motor race in Victoria, Australia}}

The 1935 Winter 100[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12243256 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] was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit, near Cowes on Phillip Island, in Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1935.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12245132 Home-built car wins at Cowes, Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 9, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au]

The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was staged over 16 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.

It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car scheduled to start 21 minutes before the Scratch car.

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.[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184625391 Cowes 100-Mile Race, Glen Innes Examiner (NSW : 1908 - 1954), Tuesday 9 July 1935, page 7, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au]

Results

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| align="center" | Pos.

| Driver

| align="center" | No.

| Car

| Entrant

| Handicap

| align="center" | Race time

| align="center" | Laps

align="center" | 1

| A Barrett

|

| Morris Cowley

| A Barrett

| align="center" | 20m 30s

| align="center" | 1h 39m 43s [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36763136 Light car winter handicap, Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 4 June 1935, page 14, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au]

| align="center" | 16

align="center" | 2

| JW Williamson

|

| Riley Imp

| HL Cohen Motors Pty Ltd

| align="center" | Scratch

| align="center" |

| align="center" | 16

align="center" | 3

| VA Maloney

|

| MG Magna

| VA Maloney

| align="center" | 11m 10s

| align="center" |

| align="center" | 16

align="center" | 4

| Les Jennings

|

| MG Magnette

| L Jennings

| align="center" | 4m 30s

| align="center" |

| align="center" | 16

align="center" | 5

| Les Murphy

|

| MG P Type

| L Murphy

| align="center" | 11m 10s

| align="center" |

| align="center" | 16

align="center" | ?

| AJ Terdich

|

| Bugatti

| AJ Terdich

| align="center" | 1m 0s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| A Smith

|

| Bugatti

| A Smith

| align="center" | 5m 50s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| H Drake Richmond

|

| Bugatti

| H Drake Richmond

| align="center" | 7m 10s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| P Nichols

|

| Bugatti

| P Nichols

| align="center" | 7m 10s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| AJ Wylie

|

| Bugatti

| AJ Wylie

| align="center" | 7m 10s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| HR Symes

|

| MG J3

| HR Symes

| align="center" | 7m 45s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| LG Jackson

|

| Riley Imp

| LG Jackson

| align="center" | 9m 5s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| E McKay

|

| Lombard

| E McKay

| align="center" | 11m 45s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| AC Finlay

|

| Bugatti

| AC Finlay

| align="center" | 19m 45s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

align="center" | ?

| J Sidebottom

|

| Singer

| J Sidebottom

| align="center" | 21m 0s

| align="center" |

| align="center" |

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=

  • Entries: 15
  • Starters: Unknown
  • Finishers (within time limit): 5
  • Winner's average speed: 62 mph
  • Fastest time: JW Williamson, 1h 22m 48s, 76.01 mph
  • Fastest lap: JW Williamson, 5m 1s, 78 mph

Race name

Sources vary as to the actual race name with "Winter 100", "winter 100 miles race" and "100-miles Winter Handicap" all being used in contemporary sources.

References