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on Labor Day, 28 March 1938. The race was contested over 35 laps, approximately 116 miles. It was staged by the
Victorian Sporting Car Club and was contested on a handicap basis with the first car, driven by G.A. Cowper, starting 29 minutes and 45 seconds before the last car, driven by G.M. Joshua.
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Bulletin, Saturday 9 April 1938, Page 9, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
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Smashing Victory, The Referee, Thursday 31 March 1938, Page 22, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
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Bugatti Brescia of Tom McNamara contesting the 1938 Phillip Island Grand Prix. It did not finish the race.
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Beasley and Beith win cars races, The Argus, Tuesday 29 March 1938, Page 16, as archived at trove.nla.gov.au
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563:Scratch starter: G.M. Joshua (
18:1938 Phillip Island Grand Prix
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846:1938 in Australian motorsport
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851:Motorsport at Phillip Island
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207:1h 49m 54s
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840:Categories
599:References
588:Terraplane
471:Terraplane
416:G. Winton
365:A. Aitken
346:Terraplane
322:Morgan 4-4
291:J. Lanham
242:G. Dentry
198:Terraplane
146:MG P Type
74:Handicap
59:Position
30:Australia
502:Scratch
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303:19m 15s
273:Chrysler
250:Special
230:29m 45s
152:17m 00s
126:18m 00s
120:Standard
100:17m 30s
71:Entrant
26:Victoria
778:finish.
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352:5m 45s
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204:5m 15s
178:1m 45s
172:Ford V8
62:Driver
44:Results
558:Morris
224:Morris
548:Notes
536:Key.
248:Riley
80:Laps
77:Time
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462:DNF
438:DNF
413:DNF
387:DNF
362:DNF
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