Autosport Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1956 - Race Results

Event:		Date: 16.6.1956
Track: Shelsley Walsh (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: Midland Automobile Club
Autosport Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb
Autosport Series-Production Sports Car Championship (round 3)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Time	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	69	Ken Wharton	ERA R4D s/c	40.91			1^st	ERA
2^nd		Michael Christie	Cooper - JAP	41.87		R1.5	1^st	Non-s/c
3^rd		Ken Wharton	Cooper - JAP s/c	42.55		R1.5
4^th		Tony Marsh	Cooper - JAP	43.08	1^st	R1.5
5^th		Tony Marsh	Cooper T39 Climax	43.59	1^st	S1.5
6^th		Dick Henderson	Cooper - JAP s/c	43.71	2^nd	R1.5
7^th		John Broad	Cooper s/c	44.14	3^rd	R1.5
8^th		Henry Taylor	Cooper 500	45.23	1^st	R500
9^th		Reg Phillips	Cooper	45.35	4^th	R1.5
10^th	65	Peter Stubberfield	Bugatti s/c	45.58	1^st	R2.5	1^st	Vintage
11^th		Jimmy Stuart	ERA s/c	45.71	5^th	R1.5
12^th		Austen May	Cooper 500 JAP	45.78	2^nd	R500
13^th		Chris Summers	Farley Special	45.79	6^th	R1.5	1^st	Shelsley Spl.
		Ken Rudd	AC Ace	45.92	1^st	S2.5	1^st	Autosport 2500
		Chris Tooley	Steyr-Allard	46.14	1^st	R+2.5
		George Abecassis	HWM	46.48	1^st	S+2.5
		Frank Norris	Alta Special s/c	46.75	2^nd	R2.5
		Doug Wilcocks	Steyr-Allard	47.72	2^nd	R+2.5
		Ken Flint	ERA - Jaguar	47.62	2^nd	S+2.5
		Bill Knight	Cooper - Climax	46.93	2^nd	S1.5
		Bob Jennings	AC Ace	47.11	2^nd	S2.5	2^nd	Autosport 2500
	2	Don Parker	Cooper 500	45.93	3^rd	R500
		Edward Lewis	Lotus Mark IX Climax	47.66	3^rd	S1.5
		Jim Berry	ERA Special s/c	47.59	3^rd	R2.5
		Ken Flint	ERA - Jaguar	48.18	3^rd	R+2.5
		Richard Green	Austin-Healey	48.67	3^rd	S+2.5	1^st	Autosport +2500
		Peter Sutcliffe	Frazer Nash	47.72	3^rd	S2.5
		Verdun Edwards	ERA - Jaguar	48.37	4^th	R+2.5
		Steve Wilder	Porsche 356 Super	48.26	4^th	S1.5	1^st	Autosport 1500
		J. M. Perkins	Bugatti s/c	50.41	4^th	R2.5
		J. D. Rudd	Frazer Nash	47.91	4^th	S2.5
		John Clark	HWM-Alta - Jaguar	49.02	4^th	S+2.5
		Chris Summers	Cooper 500	47.55	4^th	R500
		Lance Schofield	Cooper 500	48.91	5^th	R500
		"T. Dryver"	De Havilland - A.T.N.	52.76	5^th	R+2.5
		Ted Robins	Bugatti	48.59	5^th	S2.5	1^st	Bugatti
		D. A. Hosking	Fiat - BMW	49.61	5^th	S1.5
		W. A. Bemrose	Austin-Healey	49.26	5^th	S+2.5	2^nd	Autosport +2500
		A. C. Barrett-Greene	Jaguar XK120	49.54	6^th	S+2.5	3^rd	Autosport +2500
		Clive Edwards	Cooper - Bristol	48.86	6^th	S2.5
		Dick Threlfall	Lotus Eleven Climax	50.22	6^th	S1.5
		R. F. E. Catherwood	Cooper 500	49.55	6^th	R500
		John McKechnie	Morgan Plus 4			S2.5	3^rd	Autosport 2500
		John Lawry	Lotus Mark VI Ford			S1.5	2^nd	Autosport 1200
		J. D. Hollingsworth	Lotus Mark VI Ford			S1.5	2^nd	Autosport 1200
		David J. Calvert	HRG			S1.5	1^st	Autosport 1500
		Mrs. J. Beilby	Lester - MG	52.01			1^st	Ladies
		Haworth	Bugatti			S	1^st	Bugatti
		Berry	Bugatti			S	1^st	Bugatti

Did not finish:

Drivers	Car	Reason	Gr.
Peter Everard	Cooper - Aston Martin	DNF	S+2.5
Pauline Brock	Cooper	Accident
John Handley	Turner - Lea Francis	DNF
John Broad	ERA	Accident

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Time	Gr.
24	Alan Southern	Becke Powerplus
34	Lord Ebury	ERA
		Triumph TR3
	John F. Brown	Morgan
	Dick James	Triumph TR3
		Triumph TR2
		Triumph TR2
	Colin Strang			R500
	Dick Threlfall	Lotus Eleven
	Clive Lones	Tiger Kitten	51.41
		Morgan
		Morgan
	Bunty Scott-Moncrieff	Lotus
	Shaddock	Viper	52.33
	P. H. G. Cotterell	MG Coupé
	Alick Pitts	ERA
	D. R. Good
	J. D. Farley	Farley Special
	Rupert Instone	Djinn
	Averil Scott-Moncrieff	Lotus
	Jack Moor	Wasp
	G. H. Keylock	Cooper
	Angela Abecassis