1953 Australian Grand Prix
Introduction The start of the 1953 Australian Grand Prix. Davison (#3 HWM), Jones (#2 Maybach) and Whiteford (#1 Talbot-Lago)Race winner Doug Whiteford (Talbot-Lago T26C) contesting the 1953 Australian Grand PrixThe 9th placed Wylie Javelin of Ken & Arthur Wylie, pictured during its first lap spin with Arthur drivingAlf Barrett and Julian Barrett placed 12th driving the BWAStan Jones (Maybach Special) set fastest lap of the race but did not finishThe '''1953 Australian Grand Prix''' was a Formula Libre motor race held at Albert Park Street Circuit, Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1953.The race, which had 40 starters, was held over 64 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a total of 322 kilometres. It was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and Army Southern Command.It was the eighteenth Australian Grand Prix. While much of the Grand Prix's history to this point had taken place on public road or street circuits, this was the first time it had been held on a circuit in a major population centre. The circuit was laid out on public roads surrounding the Albert Park Lake in inner Melbourne.The race was won by Doug Whiteford, his third and final Australian Grand Prix victory, equalling the feat achieved by Bill Thompson in the 1930s. It was also the largest margin of victory in the race's history, Whiteford winning by six laps for a margin of 30 kilometres.
Classification Results as follows. Pos  No. Driver  Car / Engine  Entrant  Laps Time 1 1  Doug Whiteford Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot-Lago 4.5L D. Whiteford 64 2h 24m 50s 2 26  Curley Brydon MG TC Special / MG s/c 1.3L H. Brydon 58 3 22  Andy Brown MG K3 / MG 1.1L A.G. Brown 57 4 23  Les Murphy MG Q / MG 0.7L L.P. Murphy 57 5 30  Lou Molina MM Special / Holden 2.3L L. Molina 56 6 32  Jim Leach Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L C.R. Dickason 56 7 7  Frank Kleinig Kleinig-Hudson 8 Special / Hudson 4.4L F. Kleinig 56 8 38  Stuart Charge Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L L.J. Gray 55 9 19  Ken Wylie   Arthur Wylie Wylie Javelin / Jowett s/c 1.5L A.J. Wylie 55 10 16  Reg Hunt Allard J2 / Cadillac 4.4L R.H. Hunt 55 11 33  Bib Stillwell Austin-Healey 100 / Austin-Healey 2.7L B.S. Stillwell 54 12 17  Alf Barrett    Julian Barrett BWA Special / Frazer Nash 1.5L J. Barrett 53 13 40  Neil Charge MG TC Special / MG 1.3L N. and S. Charge 52 14 35  Frank Lobb Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3.4L F. Lobb 51 15 9  Ted McKinnon Maserati 6C / Maserati 1.5L E.D. McKinnon 50 16 42  John Nind MG TB Special / MG 1.3L J.P. Nind 45 17 60  Bill Patterson Cooper Mk.V / JAP 0.5L Ecurie Australie 43 18 31  Syd Negus Plymouth Special / Plymouth 3.1L S.A. Negus 39 Ret 2  Stan Jones Maybach Special Mk.1 / Maybach 4.3L Ecurie Australie 58 Ret 34  John Calvert Jaguar XK120 / Jaguar 3.4L J. Calvert 52 Ret 28  Les O'Donaghue Ballot / Oldsmobile 3.9L L.F. O'Donoghue 48 Ret 6  Peter Vennermark    Cec Warren Maserati 4CL / Maserati 1.5L C. Warren 41 Ret 65   Harry Thompson   Wal Gillespie HRG Special H. Thompson 39 Ret 15  Bill Wilcox Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.3L W. Wilcox 37 Ret 55  Ron Phillips Allard K2 / Ford 4.4L J.H. Phillips 34 Ret 57   Haig Hurst Allard K2 / Ford 4.4L H.W. Hurst 29 Ret 25  Phillip Catlin Bugatti T51A / Bugatti 1.5L P.C. Catlin 23 Ret 27  Phil Harrison Dodge Special / Dodge 4.0L P.G. Harrison 22 Ret 64  Silvio Masolla HRG Special / HRG 1.5L S. Massola 19 Ret 10  W.H. Hayes Ford V8 Special / Ford 4.4L W.H. Hayes 17 Ret 11  Ted Gray Alta / Ford 4.3L E. Gray 13 Ret 18  Don McDonald Austin A40 Special / Austin 1.3L Weir and Male Motors 13 Ret 24  Reg Nutt Talbot-Darracq / Talbot 1.5L R.J. Nutt 11 Ret 37  Peter McKenna BMW 328 / BMW 2.0L P. McKenna 11 Ret 39  Jack O'Dea MG Special / MG 1.3L J.H. O'Dea 8 Ret 45  Gordon Greig Cooper Mk.IV / JAP G. Greig 8 Ret 56  Vin Maloney MG TC Special / MG 1.3L V. Moloney 5 Ret 20  Jim Gullan MG K3 / MG 1.1L J. Gullan 3 Ret 12  Arthur Chick Bugatti T37 / Bugatti 2.0L A.E. Chick 3 Ret 3  Lex Davison HWM F2 / Jaguar 3.4L Ecurie Australie 1 DNS 5  Jack Brabham Cooper / Bristol 2.0L J.A. Brabham -
Notes * Winner's average speed: 82.85 mph*Fastest lap: Stan  Jones – 2'03
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