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1953 New South Wales Grand Prix

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on 5 October 1953. The race, which was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club, was contested over a distance of 100 miles (161 km). It was staged on a handicap basis with prize money allocated for the first ten handicap positions and additional prizes offered for the first three scratch
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131 m.p.h. in Grand Prix, The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, 6 October 1953, page 26, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
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A.S.C.C. Races at Orange on October 5, Australian Monthly Motor Manual, October 1953, page 578
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Race winner's race time: 1 h 20 min 3 s, (approximately 78 mph, 125 km/h)
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The NSW Grand Prix – 1953, www.gnooblas.com, as archived at web.archive.org
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Special) whilst the Grand Prix title was awarded to Jack Brabham (
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Orange Races, Australian Motor Sports, October 1953, pages 45-47
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John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
298:Race distance: 28 laps, 100 miles (161 km) 374: 372: 370: 368: 366: 8: 57:The handicap race was won by Jack Robinson ( 402: 400: 416: 414: 270: 254: 237: 220: 204: 186: 165: 146: 127: 110: 96: 93: 452:October 1953 sports events in Australia 330: 390: 388: 386: 356: 354: 352: 350: 348: 346: 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 68:) who had set the fastest race time. 7: 14: 35:1953 New South Wales Grand Prix 39:Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit 27:Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit 1: 437:1953 in Australian motorsport 37:was a motor race held at the 282: 265: 249: 232: 215: 199: 181: 160: 141: 122: 105: 468: 447:New South Wales Grand Prix 442:Motorsport at Gnoo Blas 16:Motor race in Australia 91: 30: 79: 24: 304:Finishers: Unknown 92: 31: 320:, 1 h 17 min 16 s 307:Scratch starter: 287: 286: 25:Track map of the 459: 421: 418: 409: 404: 395: 392: 381: 376: 361: 358: 274:Larry Humphries 94: 72:Handicap results 467: 466: 462: 461: 460: 458: 457: 456: 427: 426: 425: 424: 419: 412: 405: 398: 393: 384: 377: 364: 359: 332: 327: 295: 230:-Rizzo Special 154:Bugatti Type 37 74: 47:New South Wales 17: 12: 11: 5: 465: 463: 455: 454: 449: 444: 439: 429: 428: 423: 422: 410: 396: 382: 362: 329: 328: 326: 323: 322: 321: 316:Fastest Time: 314: 311: 305: 302: 299: 294: 291: 285: 284: 281: 275: 272: 268: 267: 264: 259: 256: 252: 251: 248: 242: 239: 235: 234: 231: 225: 222: 218: 217: 214: 209: 206: 202: 201: 198: 193: 188: 184: 183: 180: 175:Cooper Type 23 172: 167: 163: 162: 159: 151: 148: 144: 143: 140: 134: 129: 125: 124: 121: 115: 114:Jack Robinson 112: 108: 107: 104: 101: 98: 73: 70: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 464: 453: 450: 448: 445: 443: 440: 438: 435: 434: 432: 417: 415: 411: 408: 403: 401: 397: 391: 389: 387: 383: 380: 375: 373: 371: 369: 367: 363: 357: 355: 353: 351: 349: 347: 345: 343: 341: 339: 337: 335: 331: 324: 319: 315: 312: 310: 306: 303: 300: 297: 296: 292: 290: 279: 276: 273: 269: 263: 260: 257: 253: 246: 243: 241:Curly Brydon 240: 236: 229: 226: 223: 219: 213: 210: 207: 203: 197: 194: 192: 189: 185: 179: 176: 173: 171: 168: 164: 158: 155: 152: 149: 145: 138: 135: 133: 130: 126: 119: 116: 113: 109: 102: 99: 95: 89: 86: 82: 78: 71: 69: 67: 64: 60: 55: 52: 48: 44: 40: 36: 28: 23: 19: 318:Jack Brabham 309:Jack Brabham 301:Starters: 24 288: 278:Jaguar XK120 224:Dick Cobden 170:Jack Brabham 132:Alec Mildren 118:Jaguar XK120 81:Jack Brabham 59:Jaguar XK120 56: 34: 32: 18: 262:Maserati 4C 258:Tom Sulman 191:David McKay 150:Peter Lowe 29:(1953-1961) 431:Categories 325:References 208:Col James 54:placings. 97:Position 51:Australia 280:Special 139:Special 120:Special 283:  266:  250:  233:  216:  200:  182:  178:Bristol 161:  142:  100:Driver 88:Bristol 66:Bristol 157:Holden 85:Cooper 63:Cooper 43:Orange 293:Notes 245:MG TC 228:Riley 212:MG TC 196:MG TC 137:MG TC 106:Laps 271:DNF 255:DNF 247:s/c 238:DNF 221:DNF 205:DNF 187:DNF 166:4 + 103:Car 33:The 123:28 433:: 413:^ 399:^ 385:^ 365:^ 333:^ 147:3 128:2 111:1 49:, 45:, 41:, 83:(

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Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit
Gnoo Blas Motor Racing Circuit
Orange
New South Wales
Australia
Jaguar XK120
Cooper
Bristol

Jack Brabham
Cooper
Bristol
Jaguar XK120
Alec Mildren
MG TC
Bugatti Type 37
Holden
Jack Brabham
Cooper Type 23
Bristol
David McKay
MG TC
MG TC
Riley
MG TC
Maserati 4C
Jaguar XK120
Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham

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