British Empire Trophy 1956 - Race Results

Event: British Empire Trophy		Date: 14.4.1956
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: BRDC
British Empire Trophy
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	23	Stirling Moss	Cooper T39 Mk II Climax	Stirling Moss Ltd.	25	49:28.0000	134.7343	1^st	S1.5	1:57.000	136.7138
2^nd	11	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	25	49:38.0000	134.2837	2^nd	S1.5	1:57.000	136.7138
3^rd	1	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	25	49:42.0000	134.1066	3^rd	S1.5
4^th	15	Mike Hawthorn	Lotus Eleven Climax	I. Bueb	25	50:13.0000	132.7226	4^th	S1.5
5^th	5	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment Speed Shop	25	50:33.0000	131.8375	5^th	S1.5
6^th	2	Jim Russell	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	25	50:35.0000	131.7570	6^th	S1.5
7^th	52	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	25	50:42.0000	133.2054	1^st	S+2.7
8^th	54	Bob Berry	Jaguar D-type	J. C. Broadhead	25	50:52.0000	132.7709	2^nd	S+2.7
9^th	51	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	25	50:58.0000	132.5134	3^rd	S+2.7
10^th	61	Ken Wharton	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM	J. Bonnier	25	51:11.0000	131.9340	4^th	S+2.7
11^th	30	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S 2.5	R. F. Salvadori	25	51:20.0000	130.4695	1^st	S2.7
12^th	3	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	25	51:22.0000	129.7614	7^th	S1.5
13^th	38	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Maserati	Brian Lister (Light Eng.) Ltd.	24	49:54.0000	128.8602	2^nd	S2.7
14^th	64	Jack Fairman	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors Ltd.	24	50:11.0000	129.2303	5^th	S+2.7
15^th	56	Peter Blond	Jaguar D-type	Tojeiro Car Company	24	50:19.0000	128.8602	6^th	S+2.7
16^th	41	Dimitri Kasterine	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Six Mile Stable	24	51:33.0000	124.7242	3^rd	S2.7
17^th	58	Berwyn Baxter	Aston Martin DB3S	Kieft Sports Car Co.	23	50:04.0000	124.1287	7^th	S+2.7
18^th	43	Chris Threlfall	Tojeiro - Bristol	Chris Threlfall	23	50:21.0000	122.3906	4^th	S2.7
19^th	37	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	O. Issard-Davies	23	51:09.0000	120.4594	5^th	S2.7
20^th	42	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Peter Scott-Russell	22	50:10.0000	117.4982	6^th	S2.7

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	FL Time	Km/h
12	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	11	Oil pressure	S1.5
57	Benoît Musy	Maserati 300S	Benoit Musy	9	Spin damage, blown engine	S+2.7	1:57.000	136.7138
60	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	A. G. Whitehead	9	Rear axle	S+2.7

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
4	Peter Gammon	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Gammon		S1.5

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
6	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	I. Bueb		S1.5
14	Cliff Allison	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus		S1.5
53	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-type	Duncan Hamilton		S+2.7
59	Arthur Bryant	Aston Martin DB3S	Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Bryant	Fatal accident in qualifying race	S+2.7
63	Herbert Mackay-Fraser	Ferrari 750 Monza	Herbert Mackay-Fraser		S+2.7
9	Eric Brandon	Halselec - Climax	Eric Brandon		S1.5
16	Brian Naylor	Maserati 150S	J. B. Naylor Ltd.		S1.5
22	Peter Ashdown	Lotus Mark IX Climax	Peter Ashdown		S1.5
62	Noël Cunningham-Reid	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors Ltd.		S+2.7
7	Tony Marsh	Cooper T39 Climax	Tony Marsh		S1.5
33	Colin Murray	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Colin Murray		S2.7
10	Tom Barnard	Lotus Mark IX Climax	Six Mile Stable		S1.5
18	Ronnie Moore	Cooper T39 Climax	R. W. Thackwell		S1.5
36	Austen Nurse	Lister - Bristol	Austen Nurse		S2.7
8	Tony Brooks	Connaught ALSR	G. Boyle (Sports Cars) Ltd.		S1.5
32	John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100S	John Dalton		S2.7
19	George Nixon	Cooper T39 Climax	George Nixon		S1.5
17	Jo Bonnier	Maserati 150S	Jo Bonnier		S1.5
20	David Piper	Lotus Eleven Climax	David Piper		S1.5
21	D. J. Hayles	Lotus Mark VI Climax	D. J. Hayles		S1.5

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
31	John Deeley	Austin-Healey 100	John Deeley		S2.7
34	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	Equipe Nationale Belge		S2.7
35	John Horridge	Lister - Bristol	Ecurie Bullfrog		S2.7
39	Mike Young	Lotus Mark X Connaught	Mike Young		S2.7
40	Mike Anthony	Lotus Eleven Bristol	Mike Anthony		S2.7
55	Dan Margulies	Jaguar C-type	Dan Margulies		S+2.7
56	Blond / Ogier	Tojeiro - Jaguar	Tojeiro Car Company	Raced Jaguar	S+2.7