1938 South Australian Grand Prix

The 1938 South Australian Grand Prix was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia, Australia on 3 January 1938.[1] It was held over 12 laps, a total distance of 100 miles.[2] The race, which was the second South Australian Grand Prix,[1] was contested on a handicap basis with the first car starting 30 minutes before the "Scratch" car.[3]

The race was won by South Australian Noel Campbell driving a Singer Bantam.[1]

Race results

The race winning Singer Bantam of Noel Campbell
Reg Nutt's No 2 Day Special and Colin Dunne's No 3 MG K3 Magnette prior to the start. Nutt established the fastest race time and Dunne set the fastest lap of the race
Position [2] Driver [4] No.[2] Car [2] Entrant [2] Handicap [2] Time [2]
1 Noel Campbell [1] 34 Singer Bantam Noel Campbell 27:30 97:37
2 Colin Dunne [1] 3 MG K3 Magnette [5] Colin Dunne 4:00 77:39
3 Tony Ohlmeyer 24 MG T-type Tony Ohlmeyer 17:00 90:55
4 Ron Uffindell 33 Austin 7 Ron Uffindell 24:00 98.33
5 Jim Boughton 27 Morgan 4/4 [6] Jim Boughton 18:00 92:54
6 Reg Nutt [2] 2 Day Special JA Day 1:30 77:33
7 Les Murphy [7] 20 MG P-type Les Murphy 14:00 90:31
8 [1] Fred Thwaites [8] 14 Ford V8 FJ Thwaites 9:30 89:20 [1]
? Arthur Beasley [7] 21 MG P-type D Sowter 16:00  
? GA Cowper 35 Morris 8/40 [6] GA Cowper 30:00  
? A Aitken 22 Riley 9 A Aitken 17:00  
DNF [1] RA Lea-Wright 10 Terraplane RA Lea-Wright 09:00  
? Lyster Jackson [8] 4 MG K3 Magnette [5] LJ Jackson 05:00  
? Alf Barrett [8] 30 Morris Cowley A Barrett 19:00  
? AV McDonough 13 Ford V8 AV McDonough 12:00  
DNF [1] Ash Moulden [8] 17 Sunbeam GP MA Moulden 13:00  
? G Joshua 5 Frazer Nash G Joshua 05:00  
? JA Day 23 Bugatti JA Day 17:00  
DNF [1] JK Phillips 7 Ford V8 JK Phillips 08:00  
? H Beith 9 Terraplane H Beith 09:00  
DNF [1] Allan Sinclair [1] 1 Alta A Sinclair Scratch  
? LE Vinall 18 Vauxhall 30/98 LE Vinall 13:00  
? T Dowe 12 Fronty Ford T Dowe 09:00  
? AE Powell 31 Alvis 12/50 [5] AE Powell 21:30  

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