In better news the British Motor Corporation has announced that it is entering two Austins in this year great race, driven by Errol Keefe, Scott Flynn, Alister MacBay and Chuy Palomo.
Also Lincoln has upgraded their EL-series to the Cosmopolitan, which can produce 160hp. Some privateers are still racing the EL-series though.
The flag drops and they're away! 51 cars blast past the starting line!
David Dunstan drops oil on the second lap, causing Bruce Dempsey to spin out on the following lap.
Paul Hildebrand leaks oil on lap 24, causing Victor Malcourt to spin out on the following lap.
Herodion Tyson breaks a conrod on lap 30.
Peter Cameron drops oil on lap 33, causing Dennis Robinson to crash on the following lap.
Roy Wolfe suffers a magneto failure on lap 45.
Bert Bryson has a differential failure on lap 47.
Henry Preston and Fredrick Russell collide on lap 51.
Angus Hintzen's Bugatti breaks down for the 4th year in a row due to an aging engine.
Cedric McCaig breaks his brakes (geddit?) on lap 55.
Evan Doyle loses his transmission on lap 58.
Fred Aukes gets a gearbox failure on lap 61.
Harry Andrews and Alister MacBay collide on lap 66.
Thomas Van Oirschotten retires with a broken engine on lap 69.
Arnie Seidel drops oil on lap 74, causing two cars to spin out over the next lap.
Adam Bryant and Emmerson Huxtable collide on lap 78.
Tim Anderson breaks a piston on lap 82.
Barry Turner suffers an engine failure on lap 85. The same fate befalls his teammate Norman Bradley on lap 91.
Dylan Jenkins has a crankshaft failure on lap 97.
Hubert Lowe drops oil on lap 101, causing John Cropper to spin out on the following lap.
Julian Fairweather loses his conrod on lap 108.
Nicholas Colton crashes on lap 113.
Donald Wray retires with magneto trouble on lap 117.
Scott Flynn breaks his brakes (geddit?) on lap 122.
Daniel Suarez gets transmission trouble on lap 136.
Colin Reyer suffers a differential failure on lap 150.
Moses Lyne runs out of fuel on lap 158, just 3 laps from the finish.
Against all odds, Colin Smith and Ian Michaels win the 1952 Tourist Trophy in a seemingly unsuited Bugatti Type 50T!
- Colin Smith/Ian Michaels (Colin Smith (Bugatti Type 50T)) 4:45:57.438
- Jack Hiram/Wayne Hiram (Hiram Organisation (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:45:57.643
- Pat Elway-Derrick/Kurt MacConnell (Pat Elway-Derrick (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:46:06.881
- Egbert Tunison/Eric Arbeid (Egbert Tunison (Packard Super Eight)) 4:46:10.896
- Charles Rigby/Daniel Rigby (Charles Rigby (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:46:13.257
- Malcolm Peck/Rainer Jeffries (Malcolm Peck (Packard Super Eight)) 4:46:13.841
- Peter Smedley/Peter Toller (Peter Smedley (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:46:23.956
- Haywood Jenkins/Brad Loman (Jenkins & Loman (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:46:24.557
- Ethan MacCallum/Cecil Hermann (Ethan MacCallum (Lincoln EL-series)) 4:46:25.458
- George McNamara/Don Partridge (Lincoln (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) 4:46:27.524
- Brian Nicholson/Kurtis Hanegan (Hillman (Hillman Minx Mk5)) 4:46:28.057
- John Dutton/Ralph Carlton (Ford (Ford Crestline)) 4:46:35.005
- Brendan Boyce/Benjamin Delwyn (Packard (Packard Super Eight)) 4:46:37.996
- Nolan Lynn/Graham Carran (Hillman (Hillman Minx Mk5)) 4:46:40.675
- Charles Oswin/Cyril Elway (Charles Oswin (Lincoln EL-series)) 4:46:45.708
- Cyril Jones/Moses Lyne (Cyril Jones (Bugatti Type 50T)) DNF lap 158
- Max De Lang/Colin Reyer (Max De Lang (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 150
- Neil Gardner/Daniel Suárez (UMC (UMC Mark I)) DNF lap 136
- Errol Keefe/Scott Flynn (BMC (Austin A40 Devon)) DNF lap 122
- Rhys Johnson/Donald Wray (Rhys Johnson (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 117
- Bert O'Reilly/Nicholas Colton (Humber (Humber Super Snipe Mk3)) DNF lap 113
- Richard Betram/Julian Fairweather (UMC (UMC Mark I)) DNF lap 108
- Adam Foster/John Cropper (Sunbeam-Talbot (Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Mk2)) DNF lap 102
- Leary Kay/Hubert Lowe (Leary Kay (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 101
- Robert Hewley/Dylan Jenkins (UMC (UMC Mark I)) DNF lap 97
- Trevor Moray/Norman Bradley (Renault (Renault 4CV)) DNF lap 91
- Luĉjo Silva/Barry Turner (Renault (Renault 4CV)) DNF lap 85
- Frank Spannagel/Tim Anderson (Packard (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 82
- Adam Bryant/Paul Cox (Ford (Ford Crestline)) DNF lap 78
- Emmerson Huxtable/Steve Caledon (Chevrolet (Chevrolet Fleetline)) DNF lap 78
- Bob Washington/Erskine Peyton (Lincoln (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) DNF lap 75
- James Folke/Vincent Atkins (The Folke-Atkins Company (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 74
- Arnie Seidel/Gerald Richards (Chevrolet (Chevrolet Fleetline)) DNF lap 74
- Thomas Van Oirschotten/Reggie Aitken (Thomas Van Oirschotten (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 69
- Harry Andrews/Elias Andrews (Harry Andrews (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) DNF lap 66
- Alister MacBay/Chuy Palomo (BMC (Austin A40 Devon)) DNF lap 66
- Fred Aukes/Trevor Reynolds (Fred Aukes (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 61
- Evan Doyle/Braiden Gross (Evan Doyle (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 58
- Cedric McCaig/Jed O'Clery (Humber (Humber Super Snipe Mk3)) DNF lap 55
- Angus Hintzen/Brendan Varley (Angus Hintzen (Bugatti Type 50T)) DNF lap 53
- Henry Preston/Terry Derrick (Henry Preston (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 51
- Fredrick Russell/Graeme McLeary (Fredrick Russell (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 51
- Bert Bryson/William Anderson (Bert Bryson (Lincoln EL-Series)) DNF lap 47
- Roy Wolfe/Lester Smith (Roy Wolfe Racing (Packard Super Eight)) DNF lap 45
- Dennis Robinson/Cedric Robinson (Dennis Robinson (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 34
- Peter Cameron/John Harper (Peter Cameron (Lincoln Cosmopolitan)) DNF lap 33
- Herodion Tyson/Amery Sterling (Herodion Tyson (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 30
- Victor Malcourt/Adrian Hudson (Victor Malcourt (Humber Super Snipe Mk1)) DNF lap 25
- Paul Hildebrand/Selwyn Watson (Sunbeam-Talbot (Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Mk2)) DNF lap 24
- Bruce Dempsey/Jerry Kennedy (Bruce Dempsey (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 3
- David Dunstan/Norman Browne (David Dunstan (Lincoln EL-series)) DNF lap 2
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