1954 Mount Druitt 24 Hours Road Race

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.

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 MG TC 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 MG TD 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 M Webber 2 Closed Cars Under 1100 cc 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

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