1954 Bathurst 100


The 1954 Bathurst 100 was a motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 19 April 1954.
It was staged over 26 laps of the 3.7 mile circuit, a total distance of approximately 100 miles.
The race, which was open to 'racing cars of all powers', was contested on a handicap basis with the first car, the HRG of Eddie Senior, starting 17 minutes and 46 seconds before the last cars, the Maybach of Stan Jones and the Ferrari of Dick Cobden.
The race was won by Bill Clark driving a HRG, with the Scratch section won by Stan Jones driving a Maybach.

Race results

PositionDriverNo.CarHandicapRace timeScratch sectionTime
1Bill Clark88HRG5.1294.15889.03
2Jack Brabham1Cooper Bristol16.2895.13278.45
3Stan Jones2Maybach17.4695.45177.59
4John Nind32MG TB Special5.1297.33
5Dick Cobden3Ferrari Type 12517.4697.58380.12
6Ray Fowler52MG TC/J2 Special9.3298.07688.12
7Jack Murray30Bugatti Ford13.2698.25484.01
8Jack Robinson20Jaguar Special11.4299.17587.15
9Stan Coffey4Cooper Bristol16.28105.05788.37
?Frank Waters35SoCal V8 Special6.04
DNFBill Ford54Hudson Special10.24
DNFJim Madsen7Cooper 110013.26
DNFLarry Humphries18Austral Union11.42
DNFLex Davison5HWM Jaguar16.28
DNFGeorge Pearce16Cooper 110013.26
DNFCol James79MG TC Special9.32
DNFKevin Clement80Tobin V8 Special6.04
DNFBill Shipway50Cooper 5006.04
DNFTom Griffiths72Nutbug 5.28
DNFFrank Dynon81MG TB Special5.12
DNFEddie Senior91HRG0.00