The 1939 Australian Stock Car Road Championship was a motor race staged at the Lobethal Circuit in South Australia on 2 January 1939.
[2] The handicap format saw the slowest cars starting first and the fastest cars starting last.
[3] The race was open to standard touring and sports cars, fitted with standard equipment and operating on standard first grade fuel.
[4] The only modifications permitted to the cars were the raising of the compression ratio and alterations to the suspension.
[4] The race was won by Tom Brady driving a Singer Bantam.