Event: 1948 Australian Grand PrixDate: 26.1.1948
Track: Point Cook (Australia), 3.850 kmsOrganiser: Light Car Club of Australia

Australian Grand Prix - Formula Libre Handicap

Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTime
1st28Frank PrattBMW 328L. F. Pratt421:33:52.0000
2nd31Alf NajarMG TB SpecialA. Najar421:34:35.0000
3rd11Dick BlandG Reed Ford V8 SpecialR. Bland421:35:19.0000
4th12Granton HarrisonFord V8 SpecialG. Harrison421:35:58.0000
5th26Dennis CurranWillys Ford V8 SpecialD. Curran421:36:05.0000
6th30John BarracloughMG NEJ. Barraclough421:37:02.0000
7th27Bill FordHudson SpecialW. D. Ford421:38:00.0000
8th3John CrouchDelahaye 135J. Crouch421:39:00.0000
9th10Alec MildrenFord V8 SpecialA. G. Mildren421:40:22.0000
10th22Ron HeadRiley ImpR. Head421:42:13.0000

Not classified:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeReason
19Arthur ChickBugatti Type 37A. Chick
23Jim SkinnerBallot 8 FordJ. Skinner
35Bill PattersonMG TCG. W. Patterson
41Cec WarrenMorgan - MatchlessC. R. Warren

Did not finish:

No.DriversCarEntrantLapsTimeReason
4Doug WhitefordFord V8 SpecialD. Whiteford34DNF
5Hope BartlettDixon RileyH. Bartlett32DNF
2Alf BarrettAlfa Romeo MonzaH. Bartlett22DNF
6Lex DavisonMercedes-Benz 38/250A. N. Davison17DNF
38Tom SulmanSinger SpecialT. Sulman16DNF
20Jim GullanBallot - OldsmobileJ. Gullan15DNF
16Reg NuttCadillac SpecialA. C. Cooper14DNF
14Charlie DeanMaybach IH. C. Dean12DNF
21John NindMG TB SpecialJ. Nind10DNF
18Tom LuxtonNuttbug Bugatti Type 40 FordJ. McEwan7DNF
1Tony GazeAltaF. A. O. Gaze5DNF
7Norm AndrewsStewand - Lea-FrancisN. Andrews0DNF