1948 UAA Tourist Trophy

I'm Billy Rhodes broadcasting live from Strathcona Park for the 17th annual UAA Tourist Trophy. Most of the cars have been retained from last year or even before the war, the only exceptions being the new Sunbeam-Talbot team.

The flag drops and we are racing! 47 cars surge away from the starting line.

Peter Smedley drops oil on lap 2, causing Thomas Van Oirschotten to spin out on the following lap.

David Dunstan also loses oil on lap 13, causing Cedric McCaig to spin out on the following lap.

Oil troubles strike yet another driver, this time Derrick Breiner on lap 16, which leads to Jack Hiram spinning out on the following lap.

Herodion Tyson breaks a magneto on lap 25.

Nolan Lynn has a conrod failure on lap 30.

Fred Aukes gets transmission problems on lap 32.

Roy Wolfe and Paul Hildebrand collide on lap 38.

Malcolm Peck suffers a puncture on lap 41.

Fredrick Russell and Rhys Johnson collide on lap 50.

Frank Spannagel breaks his brakes (geddit?) on lap 52.

Bert Bryson loses his engine on lap 60.

Ethan MacCallum drops oil on lap 65, causing Max De Lang to spin out on the following lap.

Pat Elway-Derrick gets a gearbox failure on lap 73.

Charles Rigby breaks his conrod on lap 76.

Joe Howell runs out of fuel on lap 79.

Kurtis Hanegan loses a wheel on lap 82.

Nicholas Colton crashes on lap 85.

On lap 100, Rain begins to fall. Before long, it becomes a storm, catching out many drivers.

Bejamin Delwyn crashes on lap 102. 2 laps later, so does Cerdric Robinson. Ian Michaels crashes on lap 106, with John Harper crashing on the following lap, and Eric Arbeid spins out on lap 109.

Cecilio Orellana gets gearbox problems on lap 114.

Jerry Kennedy loses oil on lap 122, causing Paul Cox to spin out on the following lap.

Ralph Carlton suffers a puncture on lap 134.

Adrian Hudson breaks his brakes (geddit?) on lap 138.

Elias Andrews gets an engine failure on lap 147.

Braiden Gross runs out of fuel on lap 156, just 5 laps from the end.

Henry Preston and Terry Derrick win the 1948 UAA Tourist Trophy!

1. Henry Preston/Terry Derrick (Henry Preston (Chrysler Imperial)) 4:46:01.650
2. Bob Washington/Erskine Peyton (Lincoln (Lincoln H-series)) 4:46:08.877
3. James Folke/Vincent Atkins (The Folke-Atkins Company (Packard Super Eight)) 4:46:10.052
4. George McNamara/Don Partridge (Lincoln (Lincoln H-series)) 4:46:11.562
5. Charles Oswin/Cyril Elway (Charles Oswin (Chrysler Imperial)) 4:46:14.317
6. Cyril Jones/Moses Lyne (Cyril Jones (Bugatti Type 50T)) 4:46:14.835
7. Haywood Jenkins/Brad Loman (Jenkins & Loman (Chrysler Imperial)) 4:46:20.358
8. Emmerson Huxtable/Steve Caledon (Chevrolet (Chevrolet Fleetline)) 4:46:24.029
9. Angus Hintzen/Brendan Varley (Angus Hintzen (Bugatti Type 50T)) 4:46:28.554
10. Adam Foster/John Cropper (Sunbeam-Talbot (Sunbeam-Talbot 80)) 4:46:38.800
11. Leary Kay/Hubert Lowe (Leary Kay (Bugatti Type 55)) 4:46:43.870
12. Arnie Seidel/Gerald Richards (Chevrolet (Chevrolet Fleetline)) 4:46:48.246
13. Evan Doyle/Braiden Gross (Evan Doyle (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 156
14. Harry Andrews/Elias Andrews (Harry Andrews (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 147
15. Victor Malcourt/Adrian Hudson (Victor Malcourt (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 138
16. John Dutton/Ralph Carlton (Ford (Ford Super Deluxe Business Coupe)) DNF lap 134
17. Adam Bryant/Paul Cox (Ford (Ford Super Deluxe Business Coupe)) DNF lap 123
18. Bruce Dempsey/Jerry Kennedy (Bruce Dempsey (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 122
19. Joseph Bruce McMahon/Cecilio Orellana (Joseph Bruce McMahon (Bentley Speed Six)) DNF lap 114
20. Egbert Tunison/Eric Arbeid (Egbert Tunison (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 109
21. Peter Cameron/John Harper (Peter Cameron (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 107
22. Colin Smith/Ian Michaels (Colin Smith (Bugatti Type 50T)) DNF lap 106
23. Dennis Robinson/Cedric Robinson (Dennis Robinson (Bugatti Type 55)) DNF lap 104
24. Brendan Boyce/Benjamin Delwyn (Packard (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 102
25. Bert O'Reilly/Nicholas Colton (Humber (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 85
26. Brian Nicholson/Kurtis Hanegan (Hillman (Hillman Minx Mk1)) DNF lap 82
27. Joe Howell/Fred Quinn (Nash (Nash Ambassador)) DNF lap 79
28. Charles Rigby/Daniel Rigby (Charles Rigby (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 76
29. Pat Elway-Derrick/Kurt MacConnell (Pat Elway-Derrick (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 73
30. Max De Lang/Colin Reyer (Max De Lang (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 66
31. Ethan MacCallum/Cecil Hermann (Ethan MacCallum (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 65
32. Bert Bryson/William Anderson (Bert Bryson (Bugatti Type 43)) DNF lap 60
33. Frank Spannagel/Tim Anderson (Packard (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 52
34. Fredrick Russell/Graeme McLeary (Fredrick Russell (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 50
35. Rhys Johnson/Donald Wray (Rhys Johnson (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 50
36. Malcolm Peck/Rainer Jeffries (Malcolm Peck (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 41
37. Roy Wolfe/Lester Smith (Roy Wolfe Racing (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 38
38. Paul Hildebrand/Selwyn Watson (Sunbeam-Talbot (Sunbeam-Talbot 80)) DNF lap 38
39. Fred Aukes/Trevor Reynolds (Fred Aukes (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 32
40. Nolan Lynn/Graham Carran (Hillman (Hillman Minx Mk1)) DNF lap 30
41. Herodion Tyson/Amery Sterling (Herodion Tyson (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 25
42. Jack Hiram/Wayne Hiram (Hiram Organisation (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 17
43. Derrick Breiner/Paul Alden (Nash (Nash Ambassador)) DNF lap 16
44. Cedric McCaig/Jed O'Clery (Humber (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 14
45. David Dunstan/Norman Browne (David Dunstan (Chrysler Imperial)) DNF lap 13
46. Thomas Van Oirschotten/Reggie Aitken (Thomas Van Oirschotten (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 3
47. Peter Smedley/Peter Toller (Peter Smedley (Bugatti Type 55)) DNF lap 2