1948 Miscellaneous Rallies


XIV Polish Rally
26th June-4th July 1948

Ps Crew					Car				Cl Cl Pos
 1 Ivan Hodac                   	Aero-Minor                      1   1
   Jaroslav Vlcek			Aero-Minor			1   2
   Viktor Mraz				Aero-Minor			1   3
   Vaclav Bobek                 	Skoda 1101                      2   1
   Jaroslav Netusil			Skoda				2   2
   Josef Cemper				Skoda				2   3
   W.Perkowski				Lancia Aprillia			3   1
   Stfan Laczkowski			Opel				3   2
   Julian Laczynski             	Lancia                          3   3
   Frantisek Dobry			Bristol				4   1
   Zbigniew Borowczyk			BMW				4   2
   Kustosz				Willys				4   2
   A.Anton                      	BMW                             4
   Jiri Pohl                    	Jaguar                          5   1
   Jaroslav Hausmann			Tatra				5   2
   Wasiliewski				Willys				5   3
   Jozef Sucharda               	Jaguar                          6   1

Class 1: up to 750cc
Class 2: up to 1200cc
Class 3: up to 1500cc
Class 4: up to 2000cc
Class 5: up to 3000cc
Class 6: over 3000cc
80 starters, 58 finishers


XI Rally des Alpes Françaises
14-17 July 1948

   52 Tommy Wisdom				Sunbeam-Talbot 90
   14 Ian Appleyard/Dick Weatherhead		SS Jaguar 100 3 1/2-litre	0 pts	LNW 100
      Leonard Potter/C.Alan May			Allard K			0 pts
      Gaston Descollas/Mrs Descollas		Lancia Aprilia			0 pts
      Claude/Clause				Lancia Aprilia			0 pts
      George Murray-Frame/L.J.Onslow Bartlett	Sunbeam-Talbot 90		0 pts
      Gaston Gautruche/Claude Mazalon		Citroën 11 traction 		0 pts
      Robin N. Richards/John Beaumont		HRG				0 pts
      Freddy Auriach/Valentine Auriach		Simca 8				0 pts
      Len Potter				Allard
      Donald Healey				Silverstone Healey			Won 3000cc class
      Jack Richmond				HRG
      J.H.G.Gott				HRG

The course was 1873 km, starting in Marseilles and finishing in Nice. There were 71 starters,
29 finishers, and 8 unpenalised finishers. The finishing positions on the Col d'Izoard Hillclimb were:
1 Ian Appleyard,
2 Len Potter
3 Healey
4 Gaston Descollas
5 Claude


Rallye Mont Blanc
31st July-1st August 1948

Category 1
1GroussetDelahaye 135 MS43
2MontabertDelahaye49.75
3TrollierFrazer-Nash76.50
4Flory BuriKaiser Frazer111.50
5De ToledoOldsmobile131.75
6VeroletDelahaye932.50

Category 2
1Gay ChambazDarl'Mat38.00
2MischlerAlfa Romeo87.00
3DavoineMatford V8196.50
4BelTalbot613.75

Category 3
1SandtCitroen54.00
2CanonicaBristol60.00
3MilletCitroen99.75
4CarpentierBMW166.50
5LeblancDarl'Mat323.75
6WuidartCitroen400.50
7DupontCitroen410
8DamardGeorges Irat518
9FenardCitroen852

Category 4
1Grosbois BerbetLancia26.00
2SennMG54.50
3Grosbois MarmonierLancia59.75
4ReyferMG88.00
5LapauzeLancia112.50
6BourrelyFiat112.75
7JuillardMG151.50
8VeuilletRiley194.50
9SchwarzMorgan541.25
10MassardPeugeot642.25

Category 5
1DavidSimca29.00
2AuriachSimca37.00
3BerraSimca52.25
4Real ChaixSimca93.75
5AndreanySimca155.75
6BaboinSimca172.50
7GirardSimca216.50
8TounetSimca261.75

Category 6
1Du SertSimca1030.00


II Stella Alpina
? 1948

 1    Giuseppe Bertone				Fiat Stanguellini 1100
 R    Piero Taruffi				Cisitalia			retired on Stelvio


Lisbon Rally
June 1948

 1    Count Monte Real				Bentley
 2    C.Meneres					Ford
 3    J.Cabral					Ford
      E.Bianca					Lancia
46    Simon Knudsen				HRG Aerodynamic

won 750-1500cc
      Ken Wharton				Ford Anglia			2nd 750-1500cc
      Alan Hess					Austin A40			3rd 750-1500cc
      G.Andres					Fiat				won up to 750cc class


JCC Eastbourne Rally
July 1948


Corporation Cup for Best Performance
 1    J.Onslow-Bartlett				Mercury

Novices Cup
 1    E.D.Thompson				MG

First Class Awards
      E.D.Thompson				MG
      P.St.V.Tabberner				Morgan 4/4
      C.J.Turner				Vauxhall
      N.Garrad					Sunbeam-Talbot 80
      A.C.Westwood				Fiat Balilla
      E.S.Ridley				MG
      S.M.Lawry					Jowett Javelin
      R.C.Matthews				MG
      P.A.Thornton				Standard
      L.Potter					Allard
      K.E.O.Burgess				Allard
      C.Mann					Jaguar
      G.D.Parker				Jaguette Special
      J.Onslow-Bartlett				Mercury Special
      R.Chappell				Ford
      K.H.Downing				Healey
      J.C.Rockman				Jaguar
      E.E.Warne					Riley

Standard Awards
      Miss P.M.Lambert				HRG
      C.G.Gibbs					MG
      S.G.E.Tett				MG
      D.T.Russell				Hillman
      R.F.Peacock				Ford Anglia
      L.M.Maynard				AC
      G.A.Ruddock				Frazer-Nash
      A.E.A.Day					HRG
      A.B.Hunter				HRG
      J.Jane					Lancia
      I.R.Grant					MG
      J.Batten					MG
      A.S.Lusty					MG
      G.R.B.Clarke				MG
      V.S.A.Biggs				HRG
      P.J.Calvert				Austin Sixteen
      J.H.Bartlett				Frazer-Nash BMW
      E.P.H.Jones				Frazer-Nash BMW
      P.C.Harper				Sunbeam-Talbot
      Sgt.N.Anderson				Wolseley Fourteen
      R.E.Hazeldine				JBM
      G.E.Matthews				Jaguar
      D.Parker					Jaguar
      C.J.M.Abbott				Jaguar
      W.M.Couper				Bentley Mk VI
      R.C.J.Hardy				Wolseley

Timed Hillclimb
 1    J.Onslow-Bartlett				Mercury				51.6s

Downhill brake test
 1    C.J.Turner				Vauxhall Ten			17.0s
 =    A.C.Westwood				Fiat Balilla			17.0s

Acceleration test
 1    J.Onslow-Bartlett				Mercury

Steering test
 1    S.G.E.Tett				MG				14.8s

Rallye Soleil test
 1    J.Onslow-Bartlett				Mercury				35s