The 1949 Australian Grand Prix was motor race held at a circuit made up from the runways of a World War II airbase near Leyburn

Leyburn, Queensland

Leyburn is a town in the Southern Downs region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Leyburn and the surrounding area had a population of 348.-History:...

, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

 on 18 September 1949. The race was held over 35 laps of the 7.0 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 242 kilometres.

It was the fourteenth 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 first to be held in Queensland. It was also the first to feature a mass start of the entire grid with grid positions decided by qualifying times. John Crouch won the Australian Grand Prix driving his Delahaye. Ray Gordon finished second ahead of Athur Rizzo.

Classification

Results as follows.

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	4	John Crouch	Delahaye Delahaye Delahaye automobile manufacturing company was started by Emile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France. His first cars were belt-driven, with single- or twin-cylinder engines. In 1900, Delahaye left the company.-History:...  135 / Delahaye Delahaye Delahaye automobile manufacturing company was started by Emile Delahaye in 1894, in Tours, France. His first cars were belt-driven, with single- or twin-cylinder engines. In 1900, Delahaye left the company.-History:...  3.6L	35	1h 49m 25.2s
2	20	Ray Gordon	MG TC Special / MG s/c 1.3L	35	1h 54m 12.2s
3	8	Arthur Rizzo	Riley Nine Imp 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...  / Riley 1.5L	35	1h 56m 56.8s
4	19	Peter Critchley	MG TB Special / MG 1.3L	35	1h 59m 40s
5	7	Alan Larsen	Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...  Special / Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...  5.7L	35	1h 59m 53s
6	29	Curley Brydon	MG TC / MG 1.3L	35	2h 00m 08s
7	38	Irwin Luke	Bugatti Type 37 / Bugatti	35	2h 07m 07.4s
8	24	Theo Trevathan	Special / Ford Ford Flathead engine The Ford flathead V8 was a V8 engine of the flathead type, designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees...  3.9L	35	2h 11m 14.4s
9	40	H. McGuire	MG TC / MG 1.3L	35	2h 16m 53s
10	32	Col Robinson	MG TC / MG 1.3L	35	2h 20m 59.6s
11	33	Jack Wright	Special / Ford Ford Flathead engine The Ford flathead V8 was a V8 engine of the flathead type, designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees...  4.0L	35	2h 24m 36.8s
Ret	36	Vic Johnson	MG TC / MG 1.3L	27
Ret	2	Dick Bland	George Reed Special / Ford Ford Flathead engine The Ford flathead V8 was a V8 engine of the flathead type, designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees...  4.0L	26
Ret	1	Frank Kleinig	Kleinig-Hudson 8 Special / Hudson Hudson Motor Car Company The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors. The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was dropped.- Company strategy...  4.4L	21
Ret	21	John Nind	MG TB Special / MG 1.3L	20
Ret	18	Garry Coglan	MG TC Special / MG 1.3L	16
Ret	34	Ken Tubman	MG K3 / MG s/c 1.1L	12
Ret	10	Snow Sefton	Strathpine Special	11
Ret	11	Charlie Whatmore	Studebaker Studebaker Studebaker Corporation was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the...  Special	10
Ret	23	Les Taylor	MG TC / MG 1.3L	10
Ret	15	Keith Thallon	Jaguar SS100 Jaguar SS100 The SS100 is a British 2-seat sports car built between 1936 and 1940 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England. The last one is thought to have been delivered in 1941. In 1936 the name Jaguar was given to a new saloon car and from then on to all the cars...  / SS SS Cars Ltd SS Cars Ltd was a British car maker. It grew out of the Swallow Sidecar Company and was first registered under the new name in 1934. Some conjecture to the origins of the SS name exist, It was John Black who when asked the meaning of SS said it has always stood for Standard Swallow...  3.6L	10
Ret	25	Doug McDonald	Bugatti / Dodge	9
Ret	9	Keith Saunders	Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac is an American luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors . Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, but mostly in North America. Cadillac is currently the second oldest American automobile manufacturer behind fellow GM marque Buick and is among the oldest...  Special	8
Ret	5	Rex Law	Buick Buick Buick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...  Special	8
Ret	17	Dick Cobden	MG TC Special / MG 1.4L	6
Ret	3	Arthur Bowes	Hudson Special / Hudson Hudson Motor Car Company The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors. The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was dropped.- Company strategy...	5
Ret	6	Ross Gray	GK Special / Ford Ford Flathead engine The Ford flathead V8 was a V8 engine of the flathead type, designed by the Ford Motor Company and built by Ford and various licensees...  4.0L	4
Ret	22	George Pearse	MG TB Special / MG 1.3L	2