
Letters From Readers - Steaming Across Australia, May 2000
Sir, Bill Boddy asks when Australia had its first steam car and mentions P A Robinson building one in 1900 and a second in 1901. My father graduated as a…
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1928. Nuvolari (Bugatti), 100.870 k.p.h. 1929. Brilli-Peri (Talbot), 143.846 k.p.h. 1930. Borzacchini (Maserati 16 cyl.),
146.539 k.p.h.
1931. Race not held.
1932. Race not held.
Race run on the circuit of Mellaha, 13 km. 100 in length.
Length of the race : 30 laps, or 393 kilometres.
Lap record : 1933, Varzi (Bugatti), 4m. 26 4/5s. 176 k.p.h.