1932 Australian Grand Prix
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The 1932 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Phillip Island
on 14 March 1932. The race had 25 entrants and 17 starters.
It was the fifth Australian Grand Prix
and the fifth held at Phillip Island. The race was a handicap race and the first to be run without sub-classes.
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...
on 14 March 1932. The race had 25 entrants and 17 starters.
It was the fifth Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...
and the fifth held at Phillip Island. The race was a handicap race and the first to be run without sub-classes.
Classification
Source:| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Time (Handicap Time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bill Thompson | Woolworth Tyre Co | Bugatti Type 37A s/c | 31 | 2h 40m 11s (3h 15m 11s) |
| 2 | 12 | Geoff Disher | Salmson Salmson Salmson was a French engineering company, initially in the automobile and aeroplane manufacturing area,turning to pump manufacturing in the 1960s.-History:... GP |
31 | 3h 00m 07s (3h 19m 11s) | |
| 3 | 5 | Cyril Dickason | Austin Dist | Austin 7 Ulster Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad... |
31 | 2h 57m 28s (3h 24m 28s) |
| 4 | 9 | Merton Wreford | Bugatti Brescia | 31 | 3h 08m 51s (3h 28m 51s) | |
| 5 | 3 | Carl Junker | Bugatti Type 39 | 31 | 3h 03m 27s (3h 24m 27s) | |
| 6 | 22 | Bill Northam | Jim Wall | Austin 7 s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad... |
31 | 3h 30m 24s (3h 36m 24s) |
| 7 | 20 | Les Jennings | Morris Cowley Morris Cowley Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris Motor Company from 1915 to 1958.-Morris Cowley :The original Cowley, introduced in 1915, was a cheaper version of the first Morris Oxford and featured the same "Bullnose" radiator. To reduce the price many components were bought... |
31 | 3h 30m 31s (3h 39m 31s) | |
| 8 | 18 | Clarrie May | Austin Dist. | Austin 7 s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad... |
31 | 3h 31m 36s (3h 40m 36s) |
| 9 | 14 | Bill Williamson | Bill Johnson | Riley Riley Nine thumb|250px|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely... |
31 | 3h 41m 07s (3h 58m 07s) |
| 10 | 4 | Barney Dentry | Riley Dist. | Riley Ulster Riley Nine thumb|250px|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely... |
31 | 3h 41m 55s (4h 11m 55s) |
| Ret | 7 | Harold Drake-Richmond | Bugatti Type 37 | |||
| Ret | 11 | Ken Hopkins | Bugatti Brescia | |||
| Ret | 19 | Ken McKinney | Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad... |
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| Ret | 8 | Albert Edwards | Alvis Alvis Cars Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company that existed in Coventry, England from 19191967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting vehicles, the... FWD s/c |
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| Ret | 2 | Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich was an Australian racing driver. He won the 1929 Australian Grand Prix.... |
Bugatti Type 37A s/c | 9 | ||
| Ret | 16 | R Graham-Tucker | Rhodes Motor Co. | Triumph Triumph Motor Company The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own... s/c |
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| Ret | 6 | Bill Lowe | BNC/Lombard AL3 | |||