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The 1948 South Australian 100 was a motor race staged at the
Retrieved 22 November 2021 It was contested as a handicap race with the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars last.Official Programme, South Australian "100", Lobethal, January 1st, 1948 The race was staged over 12 laps, a total distance of 105 miles.
Retrieved on 2 August 2015 It was open to cars of any engine size.Lobethal Road Races, Australian Motor Sports, October 15, 1947, page 11 The race, which was the second South Australian 100 to be held at Lobethal, was won by Jim Gullan driving a
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The 1948 South Australian 100 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 ...
in South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
on 1 January 1948.''Victorians win at Lobethal'', The Advertiser, Friday, 2 January 1948, page 4, as archived at trove.nla.gov.auRetrieved 22 November 2021 It was contested as a handicap race with the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars last.Official Programme, South Australian "100", Lobethal, January 1st, 1948 The race was staged over 12 laps, a total distance of 105 miles.
Retrieved on 2 August 2015 It was open to cars of any engine size.Lobethal Road Races, Australian Motor Sports, October 15, 1947, page 11 The race, which was the second South Australian 100 to be held at Lobethal, was won by Jim Gullan driving a
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Results
Notes
* Weather: Cool and cloudy * Attendance: 10,000 * Race distance: 12 laps, 105 miles * Number of starters: 21 * Number of classified finishers: 13 * Fastest time: Granton Harrison, 79m 49s * Fastest Lap:Doug Whiteford
Doug Whiteford was an Australian racing driver.
Whiteford raced from the mid-1930s through to 1975 with a short period of inactivity during the 1960s.Ray Bell, Vale – Doug Whiteford, Racing Car News, February 1979, page 11 He was best known a ...
, 6m 7s (88 m.p.h.)
* Teams Prize: Harvey, Hamilton & Ohlmeyer
References
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