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Event: Tourist TrophyDate: 18.9.1955
Track: Dundrod (United Kingdom), 11.935 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Tourist Trophy
Weather:warm, rain 2nd half
Start time:unknown
Grid:Le Mans start
Distance:unknown
Attendance:unknown
Entered:64
Practiced:55
Qualified:49
Started:49
Finished:27
Classified:27
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 5000330
Sports 3000151410
Sports 2000774
Sports 150012127
Sports 1100883
Sports 750553
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Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 420 minutes on 15-16/9
Winners:
Overall:10Mercedes-Benz 300 SLRMoss / Fitch
Sports 2000:56Maserati A6GCSLoëns / Bonnier
Sports 1500:28Porsche 550 SpyderShelby / Gregory
Sports 1100:41Cooper T39 ClimaxMacDowel / Bueb
Sports 750:50DB HBR PanhardArmagnac / Laureau
Fastest Laps:
Overall:1Jaguar D-typeMike Hawthorn (GB)4:42.0000152.3582 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Cooper (4), Lotus (4)
Top engines by numbers:Climax (7), Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Panhard (4)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 550 (4), Lotus Mark IX (4), Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (3), Aston Martin DB3S (3), Cooper T39 (3), DB HBR (3), MG A (3), Triumph TR2 (3)
Driver nationalities:GB (57), F (15), D (8), I (7), IRL (4), USA (3), B (2)
Team nationalities:GB (27), D (6), F (3), I (3)
Engine positions:front-engined (84%), mid-engined (16%)
Average engine size:2004 cc
Oldest known drivers:Piero Taruffi (49), Karl Kling (45), Juan Manuel Fangio (44)
Youngest known drivers:Bill Smith (21), Mike MacDowel (23), Masten Gregory (23)

Official Race Programme:

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