The 1936 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race staged at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 30 March 1936.[1] The race was held over 60 laps of the new 3.312 mile "triangular circuit", a total distance of 200 miles.[1] It was open to factory built and catalogued racing cars and sports cars, irrespective of engine capacity.[2] The race, which was organised by the Australian Racing Drivers Club, was contested on a handicap basis[2] with the 'Limit' starter, HR Reeves (MG P-type), given a 38-minute start on the 'Scratch' starter, J McCutcheon (Day Special).[3]
The race was won by JH Fagan[1] driving an MG K3 Magnette.[4] Of the sixteen starters only six finished and of those, only two were officially placed as the other four failed to complete the course within the prescribed time limit,[4] which had been set at 15 minutes after the winner completed the race.[5]
Position[4] | Driver[4] | No.[3] | Car[3] | Entrant[3] | Handicap start[3] | Race time[1] | Laps[1] |
1 | Jack Fagan[6] | 2 | MG K3 Magnette | 3:00 | 3:06:15 | 60 | |
2 | HR Reeve | 22 | MG P-type | 38:00 | 3:59:04 | 60 | |
NC | VA Maloney | 11 | MG Magna | 26:00 | 58 | ||
NC | George Martin | 18 | MG P-type | 30:00 | 56 | ||
NC | P Tinkham | 10 | Bugatti | 24:00 | 49 | ||
NC | T Hollindrake | 20 | MG J3[1] | HR Bryne | 33:00 | 39 | |
DNF | Tom Peters[6] | 3 | Bugatti | 4:00 | 43 | ||
DNF | Les Burrows | 4 | Terraplane | 5:00 | |||
DNF | Bob Lea-Wright | Terraplane[7] | |||||
DNF | Harry Beith | 7 | Chrysler | 11:00 | 32 | ||
DNF | H Drake Richmond | 17 | Bugatti | 29:00 | 23 | ||
DNF | Lyster Jackson | 14 | Riley Imp | 28:00 | 23 | ||
DNF | AL Barrett | 21 | Morris Special | 35:00 | 13 | ||
DNF | FB Brosen | 9 | Ford Model A | 24:00 | |||
DNF | D Bowter | 19 | MG P-type | 30:00 | |||
DNF | H Abbott | 12 | Austin 7[1] | 26:00 | 2 | ||
DNS[8] | JO McCutcheon[3] | 1 | Day Special | JA Day | Scratch | - |
Notes: