3rd Place Finish Ratio

until 1975 Cape South Easter Trophy

Ignore Indy 500 races
Ignore non-championship races
Note: records involving non-championship races may be inaccurate due to incomplete data.

Finishing position:

Pos	Engine Manufacturer	3rd Place Finish Ratio	3rd Place Finishes	Entries
1	DAMW	50.00%	1	2
2	Lagonda	25.00%	1	4
2	Norton	25.00%	1	4
4	Kuchen	20.00%	2	10
4	RRA	20.00%	1	5
6	Kollektiv	12.50%	1	8
7	Amilcar	12.00%	3	25
8	Peugeot	10.34%	3	29
9	Repco	9.39%	17	181
10	Mercedes	9.30%	4	43
11	ERA	9.25%	21	227
12	Cosworth	8.96%	44	491
13	Ferrari	8.72%	105	1204
14	Lancia	8.57%	3	35
15	Cisitalia	8.55%	10	117
16	Porsche	8.09%	14	173
17	JAP	7.32%	3	41
18	Matra	6.94%	5	72
19	Delahaye	6.87%	9	131
20	Lea-Francis	6.67%	8	120
	Salmson	6.67%	1	15
	Tecno	6.67%	1	15
23	Bristol	6.60%	20	303
24	Talbot-Lago	6.49%	22	339
25	Honda	6.25%	3	48
26	Alfa Romeo	6.21%	22	354
27	FVC	6.12%	6	98
28	Maserati	5.97%	99	1658
29	Connaught	5.80%	8	138
30	Veritas	5.75%	5	87
31	BMW	5.68%	10	176
32	Climax	5.62%	118	2100
33	Vanwall	5.56%	5	90
33	Jaguar	5.56%	1	18
35	Ford	5.26%	107	2033
	Butterworth	5.26%	1	19
	Fiat	5.26%	1	19
38	Gordini	4.74%	11	232
39	Simca-Gordini	4.19%	7	167
40	Weslake	4.00%	1	25
41	BRM	3.94%	44	1116
42	Riley	3.70%	2	54
43	Offenhauser	3.69%	13	352
44	Bugatti	3.64%	2	55
45	Chevrolet	3.49%	13	372
46	Lotus	3.45%	3	87
47	Alta	3.36%	13	387
48	Simca	2.94%	1	34
49	Delage	2.78%	2	72
50	Talbot	2.44%	2	82
51	Frazer-Nash	2.13%	1	47

Finishing position: