1934 Australian Grand Prix

The 1934 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 19 March 1934.^[1] The 200 mile race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was the seventh Australian Grand Prix.^[1] Contested as a handicap race, it was won by Bob Lea-Wright, driving a Singer Nine.^[1]

Race classification

Bob Lea-Wright driving his Singer Nine to victory in the 1934 Australian Grand Prix

Position^[1]^[2]	Driver^[1]	No.^[1]	Car^[1]^[2]	Entrant^[1]	Handicap^[1]	Laps^[1]^[2]
1	Bob Lea-Wright	20	Singer Nine	Lea-Wright Motors	35 minutes	31
2	Bill Thompson	2	MG K3 Magnette	R Lane	Scratch	31
3	Jack Clements	22	MG J2 Midget	J Clements	35 minutes	31
4	Les Jennings	9	MG Magna	L Jennings	15 minutes	31
5	Harold Drake Richmond	12	Bugatti Type 37	H Drake Richmond	17 minutes	31
6	Cec Warren	6	MG J2 Midget	Britannia Motors P/L	12 minutes	31
NC	Arthur Terdich	3	Bugatti Type 37A	AJ Terdich	4 minutes	29
NC	Barnie Dentry	7	Riley Brooklands	GB Dentry	13 minutes	28
DNF	Geoff Disher	16	Salmson L Type	G Disher	19 minutes	28
DNF	Neil Gullifer	15	Ballot	N Gullifer	18 minutes	28
DNF	R Anderson	10	MG Magna	R Anderson	15 minutes	20
DNF	Les Murphy	21	MG J2 Midget	L Murphy	35 minutes	14
DNF	Johnny Summers	8	MG Magna	JH Summers	14 minutes	13
DNF	Bill Williamson	19	Riley 9	JW Williamson	32 minutes	10
DNF	Ernie Nichols	11	Bugatti Type 37	E Nichols	15 minutes	8
DNF	Jack McCutcheon	5	Bugatti Type 37	K MacMeikan	15 minutes	7
DNF	R Johnstone	14	Lombard	HWH Lowe	17 minutes	6
DNF	Arthur Wylie	13	Bugatti Type 37	AJ Wylie	17 minutes	3
DNF	Norman Putt	18	MG K1 Magnette	Britannia Motors P/L	20 minutes	3
DNF	Ken McKinney	17	Austin 7	K McKinney	20 minutes	1
DNS	Jack Edwards	4	Bugatti Type 30	AC Smith	-	-

Of the twenty starters, six completed the course within the prescribed time limit.^[3]

Key:

NC: Not classified
DNF: Did not finish
DNS: Did not start

Notes:

Race distance: 31 laps, 206 miles, 321.8 kilometres (200.0 mi)^[2]
Winner's race time: 3 hours 12 minutes 10 seconds (63.5 miles per hour (102.2 km/h))^[1]
Winning margin: 24 seconds^[2]
Fastest lap: Bill Thompson, 4 minutes 43 seconds^[1] (84 miles per hour (135 km/h))^[4]
Fastest time: Bill Thompson, 2 hours 37 minutes and 21 seconds^[4] (Thompson was awarded the prize for the "Fastest time",^[4] this being actual running time,^[1] ignoring handicap.)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m John Blanden, 1934 Australian Grand Prix, A History Of Australian Grand Prix 1928-1939, pages 101 to 114
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 60 to 72
^ Light Car Club race - Grand Prix at Cowes - Victory for Lea-Wright, The Age, Tuesday, March 20, 1934, Page 10
^ ^a ^b ^c "GRAND PRIX". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 018. New South Wales, Australia. 20 March 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

Preceded by 1933 Australian Grand Prix	Australian Grand Prix 1934	Succeeded by 1935 Australian Grand Prix

[Blanden-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m John Blanden, 1934 Australian Grand Prix, A History Of Australian Grand Prix 1928-1939, pages 101 to 114

[50_Years-2] The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 60 to 72

[Age-3] Light Car Club race - Grand Prix at Cowes - Victory for Lea-Wright, The Age, Tuesday, March 20, 1934, Page 10

[Herald-4] "GRAND PRIX". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 018. New South Wales, Australia. 20 March 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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