Short colour clips of the 3 lap Group B Scratch race, the 3 lap Group B Scratch race and the 26 lap Bathurst ‘100’ race.
The Group B footage features #20 Jack Robinson in his Jaguar Special and #18 Larry Humphries in his Austral Union (Jaguar Special). Both these cars were based around XK120s. It was filmed at Hell Corner.
The Group A race features #1 Jack Brabham in his Cooper Bristol 'Redex Special' , #2 Stan Jones in the Maybach, #3 Dick Cobden in the Ferrari 125, #4 Clive Adams in Stan Coffey’s Cooper Bristol 'Dowidat Spanners Special' and #5 Lex Davison in the HWM Jaguar. It was filmed at Hell Corner.
The 1954 Bathurst ‘100’ footage features some of the above plus #88 Bill Clark in the HRG, #32 John Nind in his MG TB Special, #30 Jack Murray in the Bugatti-Ford, #4 Stan Coffey in his Copper Bristol 'Dowidat Spanners Special', #35 Frank Walters in the So-Cal Special V8 and #80 Kevin Clement in the Tobin V8 Special. It was filmed at the end of Conrod Straight going into Murray’s Corner which leads to Pit Straight and the Start/Finish line.
The 1954 Bathurst ‘100’ results:
1st #88 Bill Clark - HRG
2nd #1 Jack Brabham - Cooper Bristol
3rd #2 Stan Jones - Maybach
4th #32 John Nind - MG Special
5th #3 Dick Cobden - Ferrari
6th #52 Ray Fowler - MG Special
7th #30 Jack Murray - Bugatti Ford
8th #20 Jack Robinson - Jaguar Special
9th #4 Stan Coffey - Copper Bristol
20 май 2023