British Empire Trophy [S+1.5] 1959 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: British Empire Trophy Meeting Oulton Park			Date: 11.4.1959
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BRDC
British Empire Trophy [S+1.5]
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	7	Jim Russell	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	Jim Russell	20	42:04.2000	126.7358	1^st	S+1.5	2:04.0000	129.0050
2^nd	4	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Monaco T49 Maserati	John Coombs Racing Organisation	20	42:15.4000	126.1726	2^nd	S+1.5	2:04.6000	128.3774
3^rd	3	Graham Hill	Lotus 15 Climax	Team Lotus	20	42:26.8000	125.6093	3^rd	S+1.5	2:05.0000	127.9750
4^th	1	Ivor Bueb	Lister Costin Jaguar	Brian Lister (L.E.) Ltd.	20	42:35.6000	125.1748	4^th	S+1.5	2:03.8000	129.1970
5^th	6	Jack Brabham	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	John Coombs Racing Organisation	20	42:36.2000	125.1426	5^th	S+1.5	2:03.8000	129.1970
6^th	19	Flockhart	Lister - Jaguar	Ecurie Ecosse	20	42:40.4000	124.9334	6^th	S+1.5	2:05.2000	127.7497
7^th	17	John Bekaert	Lister - Jaguar	Derek Wilkinson	20	43:27.0000	122.7125	7^th	S+1.5	2:06.0000	126.9612
8^th	9	Jim Clark	Lister - Jaguar	Border Reivers	20	43:34.0000	122.3906	8^th	S+1.5	2:07.2000	125.7541
9^th	12	Peter Blond	Jaguar D-type	J. C. Broadhead	20	43:34.8000	122.3423	9^th	S+1.5	2:07.6000	125.3518
10^th	22	Jonathan Sieff	Lister - Jaguar	J. Sieff	20	44:07.2000	120.8456	10^th	S+1.5	2:08.6000	124.3701
11^th	10	Mike Taylor	Lotus 15 Climax	Michael Taylor	19	42:34.2000	118.9788	11^th	S+1.5	2:09.6000	123.4206
12^th	21	Douglas Graham	Lotus 15 Climax	Innes Ireland	19	42:49.4000	118.2707	12^th	S+1.5	2:11.6000	121.5537
13^th	20	Lawrence	Tojeiro - Jaguar	Ecurie Ecosse	19	42:50.2000	118.1580	13^th	S+1.5	2:10.8000	122.2780
14^th	18	John Dalton	Aston Martin DB3S	John Dalton	19	43:33.2000	116.2912	14^th	S+1.5	2:13.0000	120.2663
15^th	26	Ron Brightman	Lister - Corvette	Ron Brightman	18	43:28.2000	110.3849	15^th	S+1.5	2:18.8000	115.2451
16^th	15	Peter Mould	Lister - Jaguar	Peter Mould	18	43:30.6000	110.2883	16^th	S+1.5	2:09.4000	114.7462

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	FL Time	Km/h
11	Gil Baird	Aston Martin DB3S	Gilbert Baird				Shock absorber	S+1.5	2:24.2000	110.9160
5	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DBR1/300	A. G. Whitehead	17			Spin	S+1.5	2:05.2000	127.7497
8	Brian Naylor	JBW Ferrari	Brian Naylor	7			Transmission	S+1.5	2:10.6000	122.4711
2	Bruce Halford	Lister - Jaguar	Brian Lister (L.E.) Ltd.	3			Accident	S+1.5	2:09.6000	123.4206
14	Chris Bristow	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	Chris Bristow	2			DNF	S+1.5	2:22.4000	112.3161
25	Bill Bowman	Cooper Monaco T49 Climax	W. S. Bowman	1			Brakes	S+1.5	2:50.8000	150.7114

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
24	Bill Moss	Lister - Jaguar	W. F. Moss	Injury in earlier F2 race	S+1.5
27	John Ewer	Lister - Corvette	John Ewer		S+1.5

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
16	Mike Anthony	Lister - Corvette	Knight's Cars		S+1.5
23	Tom Dickson	Lotus 15 Climax	Tom Dickson		S+1.5
28	David Buxton	Lotus Eleven Climax	David Buxton	or DNS	S+1.5

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