1951 Redex 100


The 1951 Redex 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 26 March 1951. Promoted by the Australian Sporting Car Club, it was held over 26 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race was contested on a handicap basis with the first car starting 11 minutes and 30 seconds minutes before the last car. 25,000 people watched the day's racing.
Bathurst driver Warwick Pratley won the race driving the George Reed Monoskate Ford Special.

Results

PositionDriverNoCarEntrantHandicapRace time
1Warwick Pratley22G. Reed Special G.R Reed8:1580:21
2Curley Brydon25MG TC special s/cA.H. Brydon9:1584:27
3Tom Hawkes1Talbot-LagoT.V. Hawkes0:0076:19
NCRon Edgerton2Alfa Romeo s/cR.M. Edgerton3:15-
NCBill Wilcox45Dodge specialW.H. Wilcox10:15-
NCJack Saywell12Cooper Mark IVJ. Saywell5:00-
NCGarry Coglan26MG TC special s/cG. Coglan9:15-
DNFBill MacLachlan16Bugatti Ford s/cD.A. MacLachlan6:00-
DNFJack Murray29Allard J2 CadillacR.A. Gardiner9:15-
DNFLaurie Oxenford34Alvis MercuryI. Oxenford9:15-
DNFGeorge Pearse47MG TB s/cG.E. Pearse11:30-

Race statistics

  • Starters: 11
  • Finishers: 3
  • Non-finishers: 8