Tourist Trophy 1955 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Tourist Trophy		Date: 18.9.1955
Track: Dundrod (United Kingdom), 11.935 kms	Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 5)

Weather:	warm, rain 2nd half
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans
Distance:	unknown
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	64
Practiced:	55
Qualified:	49
Started:	49
Finished:	27
Classified:	27

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 5000	3	3	0
Sports 3000	15	14	10
Sports 2000	7	7	4
Sports 1500	12	12	7
Sports 1100	8	8	3
Sports 750	5	5	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 420 minutes on 15-16/9

Winners:
Overall:	10	Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR	Moss / Fitch
Sports 2000:	56	Maserati A6GCS	Loëns / Bonnier
Sports 1500:	28	Porsche 550 Spyder	Shelby / Gregory
Sports 1100:	41	Cooper T39 Climax	MacDowel / Bueb
Sports 750:	50	D.B. HBR Panhard	Armagnac / Laureau
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Jaguar D-type	Mike Hawthorn (GB)	4:42.000	152.358 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Cooper (4), Lotus (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Climax (7), Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Panhard (4), MG (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 550 (4), Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (3), Aston Martin DB3S (3), Cooper T39 (3), Lotus Mark IX (3), D.B. HBR (3), MG EX182 (3), Triumph TR2 (3)
Driver nationalities:	GB (57), F (15), D (8), I (7), IRL (4), USA (3), B (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (83%), mid-engined (17%)
Average engine size:	2060 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Piero Taruffi (49), Karl Kling (45), Juan Manuel Fangio (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Mike MacDowel (23), Masten Gregory (23), Tony Brooks (23)

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