1950 New South Wales 100


The 1950 New South Wales 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 10 April 1950.
It was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club and was contested over 25 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles.
The race was staged on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG J2/P of RW Fowler, scheduled to start 25 minutes before the last car, the Alta of Tony Gaze.
The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Ford V8 Special.
Whiteford also achieved the fastest race time, for which he was awarded the New South Wales Road Racing Championship title.

Results

PositionDriverNoCarEntrantHandicapRace time / Remarks
1Doug Whiteford14Ford V8 SpecialD Whiteford6:001:21:32
2John Nind30MG SpecialJP Nind11:401:28:32
3Stan Jones24HRGS Jones11:001:28:35
4Jack Murray9Bugatti Ford s/cJE Murray6:001:23:19
5George Pearse33MG TCGW Pearse12:301:30:12
6George Reed11G Reed SpecialGR Reed6:001:24:08
7Warwick Pratley10Ford SpecialFW Pratley6:001:24:31
8Ron Edgerton37MG TCRM Edgerton13:201:33:06
9Harry Monday15Mercury SpecialHS Monday7:00
10Tom Sulman47Sulman SingerTN Sulman13:20
SRDavid Chambers2Maserati 4C s/cD Chambers1:40
SRCurly Brydon31MG TCAH Brydon12:30
SRRon Ward48MG TCRS Ward13:20
SRPhil Harrison49MG P-type VauxhallP Harrison17:30
SRDon McDonald43MG TCD McDonald13:20
SRBill Wilcox54Dodge SpecialW Wilcox7:00
SRJohn Crouch27MG TC SpecialR Cobdon11:40
SRDan Landrigan40MG TCDJ Landrigan13:20
SRBruce Riddell45MG TCB Riddell13:20
DNFKeith Martin3Cooper Mk IV JAPCooper Racing Car Distributors1:40Carburetion
DNFJack Saywell4Cooper Mk IV JAPJ Saywell1:40Oil pipe
DNFDick Bland5Ford SpecialR Bland6:00
DNFBill MacLachlan8Bugatti Ford s/cDA MacLachlan6:00
DNFClive Adams17Prad Ford V8CE Adams10:00
DNFGarry Coglan19MG TB Special s/cG Coglan10:00
DNFRay Gordon21MG SpecialRS Gordon10:00
DNFBill Patterson22MG Special s/cGW Patterson10:00Gearbox
DNFKen Tubman26MG K3 s/cKV Tubman11:00
DNFLex Davison29MG SpecialMrs AN Davison11:40
DNFIrwin Luke32Bugatti Type 37IC Luke12:30
DNFBill Burrows35MG TCWI Burrows13:20
DNFTony Douglas36MG TCAP Douglas13:20
DNFAlan Ferguson38MG TCAG Ferguson13:20
DNFAlec Mildren41MG TBAG Mildren13:20
DNFJohn Moody42MG TCJS Moody13:20
DNFGordon Stewart46MG L-type MagnaGT Stewart13:20
DNFTom Geoghegan52Ford 10 specialT Geoghegan23:00
DNSTony Gaze1AltaFAO Gaze0:00Engine
DNSGJ Thame12Jaguar XK120GJ Thame6:00Fire
DNSLaurie Oxenford16Alvis MercuryLG Oxenford7:00Accident
DNSBill Ford20Hudson specialWD Ford10:00Broken crank
DNSRM Reid18TerraplaneSJ Carpenter10:00Accident
DNSPeter Fellows18MorrisP Fellows11:00
DNSPeter Critchley28MG SpecialP Critchley11:40
DNSAlan John Bono51Rover specialAJ Bono23:00Engine
DNSRay Fowler53MG J2/PRW Fowler25:00