1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race
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The 1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Druitt circuit in New South Wales
, Australia
on 31 January and 1 February 1954.
Twenty two entries lined up at 2 pm on the Sunday for the Le Mans start
of what was to be the first motor race of twenty four hour duration to be held in Australia.
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New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
on 31 January and 1 February 1954.
Twenty two entries lined up at 2 pm on the Sunday for the Le Mans start
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...
of what was to be the first motor race of twenty four hour duration to be held in Australia.
Results
Position | Drivers | No. | Car | Entrant | Class Pos. | Class | Laps |
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1 | Geordie Anderson, Chas Swinburne, Bill Pitt Bill Pitt (racing driver) William Pitt is a former Australian racing driver and motor racing official.For most of his racing career Pitt was associated with Jaguars, racing XK120 and D-Type sports cars, a Mark VIII rally car and Mark I touring cars with the assistance of Queensland's Jaguar agents Cyril and Geordie Anderson... |
6 | Jaguar XK120 Coupe Jaguar XK120 The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car which was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.-History:... |
Mrs D Anderson | 1 | Closed Cars 3001 cc and Over | 573 |
2 | Gordon Greig, Bill Reynolds, Peter Vennermark | 4 | Bristol 400 Bristol 400 The Bristol 400 luxury car is the first automotive product of the British Bristol Aeroplane Company. After World War II, BAC decided to diversify and formed a car division, which would later be the Bristol Cars company in its own right... |
G Greig | 1 | Closed Cars 1501 - 3000 cc | 569 |
3 | Tom Sulman, Nat Buchanan, Masling | Humber Snipe Humber Super Snipe The Humber Super Snipe was a car produced by the British-based Humber car company, part of the Rootes Group, from 1938 to 1967.-Pre-war Super Snipe:... |
T N Sulman | 563 | |||
4 | Dick Shaw | 12 | Holden 48/215 | R D Shaw | 547 | ||
5 | John Crouch, Dowling, David McKay David McKay (journalist) David McKay was an Australian journalist and prominent motoring identity.While most well known as a journalist, specifically as a motoring writer, McKay was also a prominent figure in motor racing as both a driver and a race team owner... |
23 | Peugeot 203 Peugeot 203 The Peugeot 203 is a medium sized car which was produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot between 1948 and 1960.The car was exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in 1947, but by then had already been under development for more than five years... |
Harden & Johnston | 1 | Closed Cars 1101 - 1500 cc | 546 |
6 | R Daniel, Spring, B Polain | 8 | MG TC | R M Daniel | 1 | Open Cars 1101 - 1500 cc | 537 |
7 | Ken Tubman, Kel Ebbeck | Peugeot 203 | K V Tubman | 528 | |||
8 | Doug Chivas Doug Chivas Doug Chivas was an Australian rally and racing car driver. Chivas drove the first Lotus Mark 6 in Australia in the early 1950s winning many races.... , Frank Dent, Peter Lowe |
MG TD | Lowes Service Station | 491 | |||
9 | John Lefoe, McColl | Standard Vanguard Standard Vanguard The car used a conventional chassis on which was mounted the American inspired semi-streamlined four-door body, which resembles a Plymouth. Suspension was independent at the front with coil springs and a live axle and leaf springs at the rear. Front and rear anti-roll bars were fitted. The brakes... |
J Lefoe | 481 | |||
10 | John Nind | MGTD | J P Nind | 441 | |||
11 | Collins | MGTD | W Collins | 414 | |||
12 | K Harrison | Morris Minor Morris Minor The Morris Minor was a British economy car that debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1971... |
K Harrison | 1 | Open Cars Under 1100 cc | 406 | |
13 | Lewis | Jaguar Mark V Jaguar Mark V The Jaguar Mark V is a saloon car built by Jaguar Cars Ltd. The origin of the name is rather odd since, back in 1948 there had been no Mk I to IV Jaguars: the MK IV designation was only given to the predecessor after the launch of the Mk V... |
R Lewis | 399 | |||
14 | L Boydell | Renault 760 Renault 4CV The Renault 4CV was an economy car produced by the French manufacturer Renault from August 1947-July 1961. The first French car to sell over a million units, the 4CV was ultimately superseded by the Renault Dauphine.... |
I Boydell | 1 | Closed Cars Under 1100 cc | 396 | |
15 | Perkins | Ford V8 | N Perkins | 323 | |||
16 | Peter Whitehead, Tony Gaze Tony Gaze Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze DFC & Two Bars, OAM is a decorated World War II flying ace credited with 12.5 aerial victories and a former racing driver from Australia. He was born in Melbourne. He participated in four World Championship Grands Prix driving his HWM, debuting on 22 June 1952... , Alf Barrett |
1 | Jaguar XK120C Jaguar C-Type The Jaguar C-Type is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" designation stood for "competition".... |
P N Whitehead | 1 | Open Cars 3001 cc and Over | 282 |
17 | Bill Ford, Hand, Carter | Singer Singer (car) Singer was an automobile company founded in 1905 in Coventry, England. It was acquired by the Rootes Group of the United Kingdom in 1956, who continued the brand until 1970... |
CHC Engineering | 245 | |||
18 | John Webber, Ashton Marshall | Fiat 500C Fiat Topolino The Fiat 500, commonly known as Topolino , is an Italian automobile model manufactured by Fiat from 1936 to 1955.-History:... |
J M Webber | 2 | Closed Cars Under 1100 cc | 210 | |
19 | Les Cosh, Cobden, Moody | 2 | Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin DB2 The Aston Martin DB2 is a sports car sold by Aston Martin from May 1950 through to April 1953. It was a major advancement over the 2-Litre Sports model it replaced, with a dual overhead cam straight-6 in place of the previously-used pushrod straight-4. The car featured a 2.6 L engine, and was... |
L Cosh | 170 | ||
20 | Belf Jones, Col James, G Turner | 7 | Austin A90 Atlantic Austin Atlantic The Austin A90 Atlantic was a British car produced by the Austin Motor Company, launched initially as a sporting four seat convertible. It made its début at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London, with production models built between spring 1949 and late 1950... |
B J Jones | 153 | ||
21 | Broad | MGTD | W Broad | 140 | |||
22 | ? | MGTD | E Wright | 130 |