1930 Australian Grand Prix

The 1930 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Phillip Island on 24 March 1930. The race had 30 entrants and 17 starters.

It was the third Australian Grand Prix and the third held at Phillip Island. The race was run in 3 classes (A, B and C)

Classification

Source:^[1]

Pos	No.	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	10	C	Bill Thompson	Bugatti Type 37A s/c	31	3h 06m 00s
2	6	C	Harold Drake-Richmond	Bugatti Type 37	31	3h 25m 00s
3	1	A	Cyril Dickason	Austin 7	31	3h 30m 30s
4	3	A	Harry Burkill	Austin 7	31	3h 44m 30s
5	10	A	Ken McKinney	Austin 7	31	3h 48m 30s
6	1	C	John Goodall	Aston Martin-Anzani	31	3h 47m 30s
7	1	B	Barney Dentry	Riley Nine Brooklands	31	3h 51m 30s
8	7	B	Jack Edwards	Seneschal	31	4h 06m 30s
9	8	A	Wally Whelan	Morris Minor	31	4h 06m 30s
Ret	7	C	Reg Brearley	Bugatti Type 37
Ret	3	B	D Peter Antill	Riley
Ret	3	C	Ron Gardner	Alvis 12/50	19
Ret	2	A	Clarrie May	Austin 7	17
Ret	2	C	Albert Edwards	Alvis FWD s/c	16	Crash
Ret	5	C	Arthur Terdich	Bugatti Type 37A s/c	10	Con rod
Ret	5	A	Les Jennings	Morris Minor	7
Ret	6	B	Bill Lowe	Lombard AL3 s/c	0	Overheating
Ret		C	W "Ab" Terdich	Bugatti Type 40

Notes

• Fastest lap: Bill Thompson – 65 mph
• Organised by the Victorian Light Car Club.
• The 3 classes started separately 3 minutes apart.
• 4½ hour time limit.

References

1. Australian Motor Racing Archive