# 1950 New South Wales 100

The 1950 New South Wales 100 was a motor race staged at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia on 10 April 1950. It was organised by the Australian Sporting Car Club and was contested over 25 laps, a total distance of approximately 100 miles. The race was staged on a handicap basis with the first car, the MG J2/P of RW Fowler, scheduled to start 25 minutes before the last car, the Alta of Tony Gaze.
The race was won by Doug Whiteford driving a Ford V8 Special. Whiteford also achieved the fastest race time, for which he was awarded the New South Wales Road Racing Championship title.

## Results

| Position | Driver | No | Car | Entrant | Handicap | Race time / Remarks |
| 1 | Doug Whiteford | 14 | Ford V8 Special | D Whiteford | 6:00 | 1:21:32 |
| 2 | John Nind | 30 | MG Special | JP Nind | 11:40 | 1:28:32 |
| 3 | Stan Jones | 24 | HRG | S Jones | 11:00 | 1:28:35 |
| 4 | Jack Murray | 9 | Bugatti Ford s/c | JE Murray | 6:00 | 1:23:19 |
| 5 | George Pearse | 33 | MG TC | GW Pearse | 12:30 | 1:30:12 |
| 6 | George Reed | 11 | G Reed Special | GR Reed | 6:00 | 1:24:08 |
| 7 | Warwick Pratley | 10 | Ford Special | FW Pratley | 6:00 | 1:24:31 |
| 8 | Ron Edgerton | 37 | MG TC | RM Edgerton | 13:20 | 1:33:06 |
| 9 | Harry Monday | 15 | Mercury Special | HS Monday | 7:00 | |
| 10 | Tom Sulman | 47 | Sulman Singer | TN Sulman | 13:20 | |
| SR | David Chambers | 2 | Maserati 4C s/c | D Chambers | 1:40 | |
| SR | Curly Brydon | 31 | MG TC | AH Brydon | 12:30 | |
| SR | Ron Ward | 48 | MG TC | RS Ward | 13:20 | |
| SR | Phil Harrison | 49 | MG P-type Vauxhall | P Harrison | 17:30 | |
| SR | Don McDonald | 43 | MG TC | D McDonald | 13:20 | |
| SR | Bill Wilcox | 54 | Dodge Special | W Wilcox | 7:00 | |
| SR | John Crouch | 27 | MG TC Special | R Cobdon | 11:40 | |
| SR | Dan Landrigan | 40 | MG TC | DJ Landrigan | 13:20 | |
| SR | Bruce Riddell | 45 | MG TC | B Riddell | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Keith Martin | 3 | Cooper Mk IV JAP | Cooper Racing Car Distributors | 1:40 | Carburetion |
| DNF | Jack Saywell | 4 | Cooper Mk IV JAP | J Saywell | 1:40 | Oil pipe |
| DNF | Dick Bland | 5 | Ford Special | R Bland | 6:00 | |
| DNF | Bill MacLachlan | 8 | Bugatti Ford s/c | DA MacLachlan | 6:00 | |
| DNF | Clive Adams | 17 | Prad Ford V8 | CE Adams | 10:00 | |
| DNF | Garry Coglan | 19 | MG TB Special s/c | G Coglan | 10:00 | |
| DNF | Ray Gordon | 21 | MG Special | RS Gordon | 10:00 | |
| DNF | Bill Patterson | 22 | MG Special s/c | GW Patterson | 10:00 | Gearbox |
| DNF | Ken Tubman | 26 | MG K3 s/c | KV Tubman | 11:00 | |
| DNF | Lex Davison | 29 | MG Special | Mrs AN Davison | 11:40 | |
| DNF | Irwin Luke | 32 | Bugatti Type 37 | IC Luke | 12:30 | |
| DNF | Bill Burrows | 35 | MG TC | WI Burrows | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Tony Douglas | 36 | MG TC | AP Douglas | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Alan Ferguson | 38 | MG TC | AG Ferguson | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Alec Mildren | 41 | MG TB | AG Mildren | 13:20 | |
| DNF | John Moody | 42 | MG TC | JS Moody | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Gordon Stewart | 46 | MG L-type Magna | GT Stewart | 13:20 | |
| DNF | Tom Geoghegan | 52 | Ford 10 special | T Geoghegan | 23:00 | |
| DNS | Tony Gaze | 1 | Alta | FAO Gaze | 0:00 | Engine |
| DNS | GJ Thame | 12 | Jaguar XK120 | GJ Thame | 6:00 | Fire |
| DNS | Laurie Oxenford | 16 | Alvis Mercury | LG Oxenford | 7:00 | Accident |
| DNS | Bill Ford | 20 | Hudson special | WD Ford | 10:00 | Broken crank |
| DNS | RM Reid | 18 | Terraplane | SJ Carpenter | 10:00 | Accident |
| DNS | Peter Fellows | 18 | Morris | P Fellows | 11:00 | |
| DNS | Peter Critchley | 28 | MG Special | P Critchley | 11:40 | |
| DNS | Alan John Bono | 51 | Rover special | AJ Bono | 23:00 | Engine |
| DNS | Ray Fowler | 53 | MG J2/P | RW Fowler | 25:00 | |