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Event:			Date: 5.9.1953
Track: Tourist Trophy (United Kingdom), 11.935 kms		Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 6)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1^st	6	Tony Rolt / Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar C-type	Jaguar Cars Ltd.
2^nd	7	Stirling Moss / Peter Walker	Jaguar C-type	Jaguar Cars Ltd.
3^rd	8	Peter Whitehead / Ian Stewart	Jaguar C-type	Jaguar Cars Ltd.
4^th	12	Joe Kelly / Jack Fairman	Jaguar C-type	Joe Kelly
5^th	14	John Manussis / Gerry Dunham	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Kenya
6^th	18	Reg Parnell / Eric Thompson	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin
7^th	19	Roy Salvadori / Dennis Poore	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin
8^th	20	Peter Collins / Pat Griffith	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin
9^th	21	Bob Dickson / Desmond Titterington	Aston Martin DB3	Bob Dickson

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
22	Tony Gaze / Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3	Graham Whitehead
25	Ken Wharton / C. Ernie Robb	Frazer Nash Le Mans Mk II	Frazer Nash Ltd.
26	John Fitch / Peter Wilson	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II	Frazer Nash Ltd.
27	Bob Gerard / David Clarke	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Frazer Nash Ltd.
28	Rodney Peacock / Gerry Ruddock	Frazer Nash Targa Florio	Roy Peacock
30	Lawrence Mitchell / Peter Scott-Russell	Frazer Nash High Speed	Laurence Mitchell
32	David J. Calvert / Richard Green	Kieft - Bristol	Kieft Cars
33	C. P. Hazelhurst / P. H. Thompson	Kieft - Bristol	Kieft Cars
34	Ian Burgess / Austen Nurse	Kieft - Bristol	Kieft Cars
35	Peter Reece / Gil Tyrer	Singer SM1500	Peter Reece
36	Pierce Cahill / Redmond Gallagher	Gordini T15S	Redmond Gallagher
39	Horace Gould / I. D. Lewis	Cooper T21 MG	Horace Gould
40	Peter Jackson / Peter Lane	Lester T51 MG	Peter Jackson
41	Ted Lund / William Robinson	Jowett Jupiter	Ted Lund
43	Brian McCaldin / Charles Maunsell	MG TD	Brian McCaldin
44	Raymond Flower / George Phillips	MG TD	Gregor Grant
49	Georges Trouis / Alfred Hitchings	DB HBR Panhard	Ecurie Jeudy Bonnet
50	Pousse / Jeff Sparrowe	Panhard Dyna Junior X86	Ecurie Jeudy Bonnet
17	George Abecassis / Lance Macklin	HWM Jaguar	H W Motors

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
9	James Scott Douglas / Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse
10	Jimmy Stewart / Jock Lawrence	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse
11		Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse
15	John B. Swift / Cecil Heath	Jaguar C-type	John Swift
16	Leslie Johnson / Bert Hadley	Jaguar C-type	Tommy Wisdom
23	Salvatore Casella	Gordini T15S	Gordini
24	Franco Bordoni	Gordini T15S	Gordini
29	Jack Walton / Peter Bolton	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	J. H. Walton
31	Jim Mayers / Mike Keen	Frazer Nash Le Mans	Syd G. Greene
37		Porsche 550	Porsche KG
38		Porsche 356 1500	Porsche KG
42	Bob Said	Osca MT4	Bob Said
45		Porsche 356 1100	Porsche KG
46	Riccardo Di Bona	Stanguellini Bialbero	Hans Tanner
47	Charles Maunsell	Stanguellini Bialbero	Hans Tanner
48	Louis Bizeray / Bizeray	Renault 4CV/1063	Bizeray
51	Deneziere / Len Potter	DB HBR Panhard	Ecurie Jeudy Bonnet

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