British Empire Trophy 1955 - Grid

Event:		Date: 2.4.1955
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: BRDC
British Empire Trophy
Non championship race

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	48	"Mike Sparken"	Ferrari 750 Monza	"Mike Sparken"	2:04.0000
2^nd	51	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-type	Duncan Hamilton	2:05.0000
3^rd	42	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3S	D. Brown	2:04.0000
4^th	43	Ken Wharton	Aston Martin DB3S	Ken Wharton	2:04.0000
5^th	56	Dick Shattock	RGS Atalanta Jaguar	R.G.S. Automobile Components Ltd.	2:09.0000
6^th	54	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	2:04.0000
7^th	41	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	A. G. Whitehead	2:07.0000	125.9633
8^th	50	Dan Margulies	Jaguar C-type	D. Margulies	2:10.0000
9^th	22	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S 2.5	D. Brown	2:04.0000
10^th	36	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)	2:02.0000
11^th	27	Tony Crook	Cooper T25 Bristol	T. Crook	2:06.0000	126.9612
12^th	29	Mike Keen	Cooper T22 Bristol	R. J. Chase	2:06.0000	126.9612
13^th	35	Jack Sears	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)	2:04.0000
14^th	32	Tony Brooks	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II	W. H. Aldington	2:04.0000
15^th	23	Lance Macklin	Austin-Healey 100S	L. Macklin	2:09.0000
16^th	28	Bert Rogers	Cooper - Bristol	A. P. O. Rogers	2:11.0000	122.1170
17^th	2	Les Leston	Connaught ALSR	Peter Bell Racing Stable	2:06.0000	126.9612
18^th	1	Ken McAlpine	Connaught ALSR	Connaught Eng.	2:07.0000	125.9633
19^th	15	Jacques Péron	Osca MT4 1500	Ecurie Bull Frog	2:15.0000	118.4960
20^th	16	Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 550	W. Seidel	2:14.0000	119.3811
21^st	5	Eric Brandon	Halseylec - Climax	E. Brandon	2:12.0000	121.1997
22^nd	12	Don Beauman	Leonard - MG	L. Leonard	2:15.0000	118.4960
23^rd	17	Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 550	K. Ahrens	2:18.0000	115.9210
24^th	11	Brian Naylor	Lotus Mark VIII	J. B. Naylor Ltd.	2:12.0000	121.1997

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
40	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S	S. G. Greene/Gilby Engineering
49	Bob Berry	Jaguar XK120	J. C. Broadhead
55	Peter Blond	Jaguar C-type	P. Blond
10	Austen Nurse	Lotus Mark VIII MG	A. Nurse
19	Reg Bicknell	Revis - Borgward	R. Bicknell
47	Luigi Piotti	Ferrari 750 Monza	L. Piotti
8	John Coombs	Lotus Mark VIII Connaught	J. Coombs
14	Ian Burgess	Osca MT4	Ecurie Yankee
24	Ron Flockhart	Austin-Healey 100S	R. Flockhart
34	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)
45	George Abecassis	HWM Jaguar	H.W. Motors Ltd.
31	Colin Murray	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	C. Murray
25	David Shale	Austin-Healey 100S	D. Shale
30	Jack Walton	Cooper T20 Bristol	J. Walton
46	Tony Gaze	HWM Jaguar	F. A. O. Gaze
52	David Boston	Jaguar C-type	D. Boston
33	John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100S	J. Dalton
18	Jack Newton	Kileen K1 MG	J. Newton
53	Joe Kelly	Jaguar C-type	J. Kelly
21	John Maurice Tew	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	M. Tew
4	Peter Jackson	Cooper T21 MG	P. Jackson
7	Colin Chapman	Lotus Mark IX MG	Team Lotus
9	George Nixon	Lotus Mark VIII Turner	G. Nixon
37	Mike Anthony	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Team Lotus
44	Bertie Bradnack	Cooper T33 Jaguar	B. Bradnack

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
3	David Blakely	Emperor HRG	D. Blakely
6	Peter Gammon	Lotus Mark VI MG	Team Lotus
26	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	P. Scott Russell
38	Cliff Davis	Maserati A6GCS	S. G. Greene
	Nigel Mann	Alfa Romeo Super Sprint	Nigel Mann