Tourist Trophy 1954 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: XXIst RAC TT Race		Date: 11.9.1954
Track: Dundrod (United Kingdom), 11.935 kms	Organiser: The Ulster Automobile Club
Tourist Trophy
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 5)

Weather:	drying, then rain
Start time:	10:35
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	unknown
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	56
Practiced:	52
Qualified:	51
Started:	51
Finished:	26
Classified:	26

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 5000 (4-5 laps)	9	9	5
Sports 3000 (6 laps)	8	7	4
Sports 2000 (10 laps)	16	16	10
Sports 1500 (14 laps)	9	9	3
Sports 1100 (16 laps)	5	5	2
Sports 750 (27 laps)	5	5	2

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Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 360 minutes on 9-10/9

Winners:
Overall:	15	Ferrari 750 Monza	Hawthorn / Trintignant
Sports 5000 (4-5 laps):	3	Lancia D24	Taruffi / Fangio
Sports 2000 (10 laps):	57	Maserati A6GCS/53	Musso / Mantovani
Sports 1500 (14 laps):	37	Gordini T15S	Gallagher / Beauman
Sports 1100 (16 laps):	47	Kieft - Climax 1100	Ferguson / Rippon
Sports 750 (27 laps):	52	DB HBR Panhard	Armagnac / Laureau
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	15	Ferrari 750 Monza	Mike Hawthorn (GB)	4:49.000	148.668 km/h
Sports 1500 (14 laps):	45	Osca MT4 1350	Burgess / Palmer-Morewood	5:43.000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Triumph (6), Jaguar (5), Lancia (4), Maserati (4), DB (4), Kieft (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Jaguar (7), Triumph (6), MG (5), Lancia (4), Maserati (4), Bristol (4), Panhard (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Triumph TR2 (6), Maserati A6GCS (4), DB HBR (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (64), I (11), F (11), IRL (4), RA (2), USA (2), B (2), CH (2), D (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (30), I (9), F (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (95%), mid-engined (2%), rear-engined (3%)
Average engine size:	2062 cc
Oldest known drivers:	René Bonnet (50), Piero Taruffi (48), Luigi Villoresi (45)
Youngest known drivers:	Tommy Bridger (20), Cesare Perdisa (22), Bob Said (22)

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