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1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy

1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 28 August 1954
Official name III Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Location Castle Combe Circuit, Wilts.
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.96 km (1.84 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 44.40 km (27.60 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • not known
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol
Time 1:!6.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

The 3rd Joe Fry Memorial Trophy was a non-championship Grand Prix held at the Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire on 28 August 1954. The race was won by Horace Gould in a Cooper T23, with Bill Whitehouse and John Riseley-Prichard second and third in their Connaughts. Bob Gerard set fastest lap in his Cooper.[1][2]

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired
1 36 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 19:49.0, 83.56mph
2 42 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse W.G. Whitehouse Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +11.1s
3 45 United Kingdom John Riseley-Prichard John Riseley-Prichard Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +17.2s
4 40 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis 15 laps
38 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
39 United Kingdom Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta
41 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
46 United Kingdom Oliver Simpson Oliver Simpson Rover Special
50 United Kingdom Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol
NC 47 United Kingdom Ron Searles R. Searles Cooper-JAP
Ret 49 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 7 laps, suspension
Ret 43 United Kingdom Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, piston failure
Ret 44 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 1 lap, piston failure
DNA 48 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F car impounded by customs
DNA 51 United Kingdom Les Leston L. Leston Cooper-JAP

References

  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ "1954 Castle Combe F1". Retrieved 2022-05-18.


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