British Empire Trophy 1956 - Grid

Event: British Empire Trophy		Date: 14.4.1956
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	11	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	1:58.000	135.555
2^nd	1	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	2:02.000	131.113
3^rd	15	Mike Hawthorn	Lotus Eleven Climax	I. Bueb	2:02.000	131.113
4^th	23	Stirling Moss	Cooper T39 Mk II Climax	Stirling Moss Ltd.	2:03.000	130.051
5^th	12	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	2:16.000	117.627
6^th	2	Jim Russell	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	2:03.000	130.051
7^th	3	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	2:09.000	124.000
8^th	5	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment Speed Shop	2:01.000	132.191
9^th	4	Peter Gammon	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Gammon	2:06.000	126.961
10^th	30	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S 2.5	R. F. Salvadori	2:06.000	126.961
11^th	38	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Maserati	Brian Lister (Light Eng.) Ltd.	2:13.000	120.282
12^th	41	Dimitri Kasterine	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Six Mile Stable	2:08.000	124.966
13^th	42	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Peter Scott-Russell	2:10.000	123.050
14^th	43	Chris Threlfall	Tojeiro - Bristol	Chris Threlfall	2:12.000	121.184
15^th	37	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	O. Issard-Davies	2:18.000	115.921
16^th	57	Benoît Musy	Maserati 300S	Benoit Musy	2:02.000	131.113
17^th	52	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	2:11.000	122.101
18^th	54	Bob Berry	Jaguar D-type	J. C. Broadhead	2:03.000	130.051
19^th	51	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	2:12.000	121.184
20^th	56	Peter Blond	Jaguar D-type	Tojeiro Car Company	2:06.000	126.961
21^st	61	Ken Wharton	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM	J. Bonnier	2:07.000	125.947
22^nd	60	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	A. G. Whitehead	2:06.000	126.961
23^rd	64	Jack Fairman	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors Ltd.	2:09.000	124.000
24^th	58	Berwyn Baxter	Aston Martin DB3S	Kieft Sports Car Co.	2:15.000	118.496

Other present cars:

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

Entered cars that did not arrive:

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