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. | align="center" | No. | align="center" | Race time | align="center" | Laps |
align="center" | 1
| A Barrett | | 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 | | 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
| | L Jennings | align="center" | 4m 30s | align="center" | | align="center" | 16 |
align="center" | 5
| | 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 | | 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.