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The 1956 New South Wales Road Racing Championship for Racing Cars was a motor race[1] held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 1 October 1956.[2] It was staged over 26 laps,[3] a total distance of 100 miles (160 km).[2] The race utilised a handicap format with the first car, the MG TF of Barry Topen, scheduled to start 18 minutes and 12 seconds before the last car, the Maserati 250F of Stan Jones.[3] The championship was awarded to the driver setting the fastest time for the event, regardless of handicap result.[2]
The championship was won by Stan Jones driving a Maserati 250F.[2]
Position[3] | Driver[3] | No.[3] | Car[3] | Entrant[3] | Laps[1] | Time[1] | Handicap[3] | Han. Pos.[3] | Han. Time[3] |
1[4] | Stan Jones | 1 | Maserati 250F | Stan Jones Motors | 26 | 1:13 | 18:12 | 3 | 1:29:13.3 |
2[4] | Bill Pitt | 9 | Jaguar D-Type | Mrs G. Anderson | 26 | 1:20 | 13:52 | 8 | 1:32:26.7 |
3[4] | Jack Robinson | 14 | Jaguar Special | J. Robinson | 26 | 1:23:52 | 8:40 | 6 | 1:30:22.9 |
4[4] | John Archibald | 15 | MG TC Special | J. Archibald | 26 | 1:24 | 4:20 | 1 | 1:26:49.2 |
5[4] | Doug Chivas | 88 | Lotus 6 | D. Chivas | 26 | 1:24 | 4:20 | 2 | 1:26:51.4 |
? | Norm Crowfoot | 6 | Holden Special | N. Crowfoot | 26 | ? | 5:38 | 4 | 1:29:18.8 |
? | Harvey Clift | 50 | MG TC Special | LJC Motors | 26 | ? | 3:28 | 5 | 1:29:26.6 |
? | John Martin | 111 | MG TC Special | J. Martin | 26 | ? | 4:20 | 7 | 1:31:59.3 |
? | Charlie Campbell[5] | 29 | Triumph TR2 | C. Campbell | ? | ? | 2:10 | ? | ? |
DNF | Barry Garner | 52 | Frazer Nash | B. Garner | ? | - | 2:10 | - | - |
DNF | J. Crawford | 35 | Wolseley 6/80 Special | J. Crawford | ? | - | 3:28 | - | - |
DNF | Wal Anderson | 4 | Holden Special | W. Anderson | ? | - | 5:38 | - | - |
DNF | Jack Neal | 21 | Jaguar Special | J. Neal | 20 | - | 4:20 | - | - |
DNF | Vincent Profilio | 34 | MG TC Special | V. Profilio | 15 | - | 2:10 | - | - |
DNF | Ray Revell | 18 | Cooper MG | R. Revell | 14 | - | 9:58 | - | - |
DNF | Jack Myers | 3 | WM Cooper | J. Myer | 14 | - | 6:30 | - | - |
DNF | Col James | 7 | MG Special s/c | Barclay Motors | 13 | - | 11:42 | - | - |
DNF | Clive Adams | 8 | Prad Holden | C. Adams | 8 | - | 5:38 | - | - |
DNF | Merv Ward | 13 | Ralt 500 | M. Ward | 8 | - | 3:28 | - | - |
DNF | Harry Gapps | 24 | MG TC Special s/c | H. Gapps | 3 | - | 2:10 | - | - |
DNF | Les Wheeler | 11 | Stewart MG | L. Wheeler | 1 | - | 4:20 | - | - |
DNS | Barry Topen | 104 | MG TF | B. Topen | - | - | 0:00 | - | - |
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