The 1928 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held on the Phillip Island road course

Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit

The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing racing circuit on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The circuit was opened in 1956.-Road circuit:...

, on Phillip Island, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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 on 31 March 1928. Although now known as the first Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...

, the 1928 race was actually staged as the 100 Miles Road Race and it did not assume the Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix

The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has...

 title until some years later.

The race was originally to be held on Monday 26 March however rain forced postponement until Saturday 31 March. It was open to "light" cars of up to 2 litre capacity and it attracted 30 entries, of which 17 started. The event was conducted as two separate races, with the first held in the morning for Class B (750cc to 1100cc) and D (1500cc to 2000cc) entries, and the second held in the afternoon, for Class A (up to 750cc) and C (1100cc to 1500cc) cars. The competitor setting the fastest time was to receive a £100 trophy donated by Mr CB Kellow and would be regarded as "Champion of the Day".

Race One

Pos	No.	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	24	D	John McCutcheon	Morris Cowley Morris Cowley Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris Motor Company from 1915 to 1958.-Morris Cowley :The original Cowley, introduced in 1915, was a cheaper version of the first Morris Oxford and featured the same "Bullnose" radiator. To reduce the price many components were bought...	16	1h 50m 10s
2	25	D	Cyril Dickason	Austin 12 Austin 12 hp The Austin 12/4 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of the 20/4, introduced in 1919...	16	1h 54m 02s
3	10	B	Barney Dentry	Senechal	16	1h 55m 44s
4	26	D	Bill Lowe	Métallurgique Métallurgique Métallurgique were cars made by SA L'Auto Métallurgique, Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium between 1898 and 1928. Before making cars, the company had made railway locomotives and rolling stock.-Production:...	16	2h 05m 01s
5	8	B	Bill Williamson	Riley Nine Riley Nine thumb|250px|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely...	16	2h 17m 37s
6	7	B	Les Pound	DFP Doriot, Flandrin & Parant Doriot, Flandrin & Parant was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926.Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906...	16	2h 24m 29s
Ret	6	B	W A "Ab" Terdich	DFP Doriot, Flandrin & Parant Doriot, Flandrin & Parant was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926.Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906...
Ret	23	D	Les Jennings	Morris Cowley Morris Cowley Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris Motor Company from 1915 to 1958.-Morris Cowley :The original Cowley, introduced in 1915, was a cheaper version of the first Morris Oxford and featured the same "Bullnose" radiator. To reduce the price many components were bought...

Race Two

Pos	No.	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	3	A	Arthur Waite Arthur Waite (racing driver) Colonel Arthur Waite MC., Ost.J., DL., JP., was an Australian-born racing driver.Born in Adelaide, Arthur Waite served at Gallipoli and was later hospitalised where he met his later wife, Irene Austin, who was the daughter of Herbert Austin. After World War I Captain Waite joined his...	Austin 7 s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	1h 46m 40s
2	14	C	Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich was an Australian racing driver. He won the 1929 Australian Grand Prix....	Bugatti Type 40	16	1h 54m 45s
3	15	C	Jack Day	Bugatti Type 37A	16	1h 56m 26s
4	5	A	Clarrie May	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 03m 24s
5	16	C	J C Hutton	Alvis 12/50	16	2h 04m 21s
6	2	A	Tom Davey	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 06m 19s
7	1	A	Stan King	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 08m 35s
Ret	17	C	Ron Gardner	Alvis 12/50 Alvis 12/50 The Alvis 12/50 is a car introduced by the British Alvis cars company in 1923. It went through a series of versions with the last ones being made in 1932...
Ret	18	C	Ed Houn	Aston Martin Aston Martin Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...

Classification

Pos	No.	Class	Driver	Car	Laps	Time
1	3	A	Arthur Waite Arthur Waite (racing driver) Colonel Arthur Waite MC., Ost.J., DL., JP., was an Australian-born racing driver.Born in Adelaide, Arthur Waite served at Gallipoli and was later hospitalised where he met his later wife, Irene Austin, who was the daughter of Herbert Austin. After World War I Captain Waite joined his...	Austin 7 s/c Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	1h 46m 40s
2	24	D	John McCutcheon	Morris Cowley Morris Cowley Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris Motor Company from 1915 to 1958.-Morris Cowley :The original Cowley, introduced in 1915, was a cheaper version of the first Morris Oxford and featured the same "Bullnose" radiator. To reduce the price many components were bought...	16	1h 50m 10s
3	25	D	Cyril Dickason	Austin 12 Austin 12 hp The Austin 12/4 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of the 20/4, introduced in 1919...	16	1h 54m 02s
4	14	C	Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich Arthur Terdich was an Australian racing driver. He won the 1929 Australian Grand Prix....	Bugatti Type 40	16	1h 54m 45s
5	10	B	Barney Dentry	Senechal	16	1h 55m 44s
6	15	C	Jack Day	Bugatti Type 37A	16	1h 56m 26s
7	5	A	Clarrie May	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 03m 24s
8	16	C	J C Hutton	Alvis 12/50	16	2h 04m 21s
9	26	D	Bill Lowe	Métallurgique Métallurgique Métallurgique were cars made by SA L'Auto Métallurgique, Marchienne-au-Pont, Belgium between 1898 and 1928. Before making cars, the company had made railway locomotives and rolling stock.-Production:...	16	2h 05m 01s
10	2	A	Tom Davey	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 06m 19s
11	1	A	Stan King	Austin 7 Austin 7 The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...	16	2h 08m 35s
12	8	B	Bill Williamson	Riley Nine Riley Nine thumb|250px|Riley Nine Kestrel Saloon 1933The Riley Nine was one of the most successful light cars produced by the British motor industry in the inter war period. It was made by the Riley company of Coventry, England with a wide range of body styles between 1926 and 1938.The car was largely...	16	2h 17m 37s
13	7	B	Les Pound	DFP Doriot, Flandrin & Parant Doriot, Flandrin & Parant was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926.Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906...	16	2h 24m 29s
Ret	6	B	W A "Ab" Terdich	DFP Doriot, Flandrin & Parant Doriot, Flandrin & Parant was a French car maker based in Courbevoie, Seine between 1906 and 1926.Auguste Doriot and Ludovic Flandrin had both worked for Peugeot and then Clément-Bayard before setting up their own car making company in 1906...
Ret	17	C	Ron Gardner	Alvis 12/50
Ret	18	C	Ed Houn	Aston Martin Aston Martin Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire. The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire...
Ret	23	D	Les Jennings	Morris Cowley Morris Cowley Morris Cowley was a name given to various cars produced by the Morris Motor Company from 1915 to 1958.-Morris Cowley :The original Cowley, introduced in 1915, was a cheaper version of the first Morris Oxford and featured the same "Bullnose" radiator. To reduce the price many components were bought...