Suffolk Sports Car Races 1950 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Heart Trophy		Date: 7.5.1950
Track: Suffolk County Airport (United States), 4.828 kms	Organiser: American Grand Prix Ltd.
Suffolk Sports Car Races
Non championship race

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	30 laps
Attendance:	20000

Entered:	49
Practiced:	36
Qualified:	26
Started:	23
Finished:	unknown

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Class B	1	1	1
Class C	5	4	2
Class D	6	4	1
Class E	7	4	2
Class F	11	5	2
Class G	4	3	1
Class H	1	1

No Photos Yet Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Heat

Race notes:
Blown cars were moved up one class, blown cars under 1000 cc were allowed to race with 1450 cc unblown.

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sprints held

Winners:
Overall:	37	Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa	Briggs Cunningham
Class B:	9	Allard J2 Cadillac	Tom Cole
Class C:	21	Jaguar XK120	Erwin Goldschmidt
Class D:	2	Nardi Danese Alfa Romeo MM	Antonio Pompeo
Class F:	39	MG TC	Ed Dawson
Class G:	36	Cisitalia 202	Jim Pauley
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	37	Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa	Briggs Cunningham (USA)	2:08.0000	135.9896 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	33	Meyer Special Ford	Bruce Stevenson (USA)
Class D:	2	Nardi Danese Alfa Romeo MM	Antonio Pompeo (I)
Class E:	37	Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa	Briggs Cunningham (USA)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	MG (4), Crosley (3), Jaguar (2), Frazer Nash (2), HRG (2)
Top engines by numbers:	MG (4), Ford (3), Crosley (3), Jaguar (2), Alfa Romeo (2)
Top car types by numbers:	MG TC (4), Jaguar XK120 (2), Crosley Hotshot (2)
Driver nationalities:	USA (22)
Team nationalities:	USA (18)
Most used colours:	silver (22%), blue (22%), green (16%), black (16%), red (11%), white (5%), tan (5%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:	Briggs Cunningham (43), John Fitch (33)
Youngest known drivers:	John Fitch (33), Briggs Cunningham (43)

Official Race Programme:

Cover	Entry List	Schedule	Track Map

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