1935 Winter 100

The 1935 Winter 100 was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit, near Cowes on Phillip Island, in Victoria, Australia on 3 June 1935. The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia, was staged over 16 laps, a total distance of 100 miles. It was contested on a handicap basis with the first car scheduled to start 21 minutes before the Scratch car.

The race was won by A Barrett driving a Morris Cowley from a handicap of 20 minutes 30 seconds. JW Williamson (Riley Imp), who started from Scratch, set the fastest race time and the fastest race lap and was placed second on handicap.

Results

Pos.	Driver	No.	Car	Entrant	Handicap	Race time	Laps
1	A Barrett		Morris Cowley	A Barrett	20m 30s	1h 39m 43s	16
2	JW Williamson		Riley Imp	HL Cohen Motors Pty Ltd	Scratch		16
3	VA Maloney		MG Magna	VA Maloney	11m 10s		16
4	Les Jennings		MG Magnette	L Jennings	4m 30s		16
5	Les Murphy		MG P Type	L Murphy	11m 10s		16
?	AJ Terdich		Bugatti	AJ Terdich	1m 0s
?	A Smith		Bugatti	A Smith	5m 50s
?	H Drake Richmond		Bugatti	H Drake Richmond	7m 10s
?	P Nichols		Bugatti	P Nichols	7m 10s
?	AJ Wylie		Bugatti	AJ Wylie	7m 10s
?	HR Symes		MG J3	HR Symes	7m 45s
?	LG Jackson		Riley Imp	LG Jackson	9m 5s
?	E McKay		Lombard	E McKay	11m 45s
?	AC Finlay		Bugatti	AC Finlay	19m 45s
?	J Sidebottom		Singer	J Sidebottom	21m 0s

The above table lists the fifteen entries for which handicaps were published. It is not known if any of the entries failed to start the race.

Notes

• Entries: 15
• Starters: Unknown
• Finishers (within time limit): 5
• Winner's average speed: 62 mph
• Fastest time: JW Williamson, 1h 22m 48s, 76.01 mph
• Fastest lap: JW Williamson, 5m 1s, 78 mph

Race name

Sources vary as to the actual race name with "Winter 100", "winter 100 miles race" and "100-miles Winter Handicap" all being used in contemporary sources.