1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race

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The 1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race was an endurance race for production cars staged at the Mount Druitt circuit in New South Wales, Australia on 31 January and 1 February 1954. Twenty two entries lined up at 2 pm on the Sunday for the Le Mans start of what was to be the first motor race of twenty four hour duration to be held in Australia.

[edit] Results

Position	Drivers	No.	Car	Entrant	Class Pos.	Class	Laps
1	Geordie Anderson, Chas Swinburne, Bill Pitt	6	Jaguar XK120 Coupe	Mrs D Anderson	1	Closed Cars 3001 cc and Over	573
2	Gordon Greig, Bill Reynolds, Peter Vennermark	4	Bristol 400	G Greig	1	Closed Cars 1501 - 3000 cc	569
3	Tom Sulman, Nat Buchanan, Masling		Humber Snipe	T N Sulman			563
4	Dick Shaw	12	Holden 48/215	R D Shaw			547
5	John Crouch, Dowling, David McKay	23	Peugeot 203	Harden & Johnston	1	Closed Cars 1101 - 1500 cc	546
6	R Daniel, Spring, B Polain	8	MGTC	R M Daniel	1	Open Cars 1101 - 1500 cc	537
7	Ken Tubman, Kel Ebbeck		Peugeot 203	K V Tubman			528
8	Doug Chivas, Frank Dent, Peter Lowe		MGTD	Lowes Service Station			491
9	John Lefoe, McColl		Standard Vanguard	J Lefoe			481
10	John Nind		MGTD	J P Nind			441
11	Collins		MGTD	W Collins			414
12	K Harrison		Morris Minor	K Harrison	1	Open Cars Under 1100 cc	406
13	Lewis		Jaguar Mark V	R Lewis			399
14	L Boydell		Renault 760	I Boydell	1	Closed Cars Under 1100 cc	396
15	Perkins		Ford V8	N Perkins			323
16	Peter Whitehead, Tony Gaze, Alf Barrett	1	Jaguar XK120C	P N Whitehead	1	Open Cars 3001 cc and Over	282
17	Bill Ford, Hand, Carter		Singer	CHC Engineering			245
18	John Webber, Ashton Marshall		Fiat 500C	J H Webber			210
19	Les Cosh, Cobden, Moody	2	Aston Martin DB2	L Cosh			170
20	Belf Jones, Col James, G Turner	7	Austin A90 Atlantic	B J Jones			153
21	Broad		MGTD	W Broad			140
22	?		MGTD	E Wright			130