The 1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship was a motor race staged at the

Lobethal Circuit The Lobethal Circuit was a motor racing course centred on the South Australian town of Lobethal in the Mount Lofty Ranges, 22 miles from the state capital, Adelaide.John B Blanden, A History of the Australian Grand Prix 1928-1939, page 171 It wa ...

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on 2 January 1939.''Thrills at corners in Lobethal car races'', The Advertiser, Adelaide, Tuesday, 3 January 1939, page 4, trove.nla.gov.au
Retrieved 8 July 2015 It was contested on a handicap basis over six laps of the 8.6 mile course, a total distance of 50 miles.
/ref> The handicap format saw the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars starting last.Programme, Australian Grand Prix Meeting, Lobethal, South Australia, Monday, 2 January 1939 The race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel.Graham Howard & Stewart Wilson, ''The ATCC: how it began..., Australian Touring Car Championship : 30 Fabulous Years'', 1989, pages 9 and 10 The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the

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and alterations to the suspension. The race was won by Tom Brady driving a

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Results

Race notes

* Race distance: 50 miles * Number of entries: 18 * Number of starters: 12 * Number of finishers: 5 * Fastest time: G Brownsworth,

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, 45:27 * Fastest race lap: G Brownsworth,

, 7:27, 71 mph

Notes & references

{{Reflist Stock Car Road Championship Motorsport at Lobethal