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
		Chris Tooley	Steyr-Allard	46.14	1^st	R+2.5
		George Abecassis	HWM	46.48	1^st	S+2.5
		F. Norris	Alta Special s/c	46.75	2^nd	R2.5
		David 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	Don Parker	Cooper 500	45.93	3^rd	R500
		Richard Green	Austin-Healey	48.67	3^rd	S+2.5	3^rd	Autosport
		Ken Flint	ERA - Jaguar	48.18	3^rd	R+2.5
		Peter Sutcliffe	Frazer Nash	47.72	3^rd	S2.5
		Edward Lewis	Lotus Mark IX Climax	47.66	3^rd	S1.5
		Jim Berry	ERA Special s/c	47.59	3^rd	R2.5
		Chris Summers	Cooper 500	47.55	4^th	R500
		S. F. Wilder	Porsche 356 Super	48.26	4^th	S1.5	2^nd	Autosport
		J. M. Perkins	Bugatti s/c	50.41	4^th	R2.5
		J. R. Rudd	Frazer Nash	47.91	4^th	S2.5
		Verdun Edwards	ERA - Jaguar	48.37	4^th	R+2.5
		John Clark	HWM-Alta - Jaguar	49.02	4^th	S+2.5
		W. A. Bemrose	Austin-Healey	49.26	5^th	S+2.5
		"T. Dryver"	De Havilland - A.T.N.	52.76	5^th	R+2.5
		Lance Schofield	Cooper 500	48.91	5^th	R500
		D. A. Hosking	Fiat - BMW	49.61	5^th	S1.5
		Ted Robins	Bugatti	48.59	5^th	S2.5	1^st	Bugatti
		R. F. E. Catherwood	Cooper 500	49.55	6^th	R500
		Dick Threlfall	Lotus Eleven Climax	50.22	6^th	S1.5
		A. C. Barrett-Greene	Jaguar XK120	49.54	6^th	S+2.5
		Clive Edwards	Cooper - Bristol	48.86	6^th	S2.5
		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.
Miss P. Brock	Cooper	Accident
John Handley	Turner - Lea Francis	DNF
Peter Everard	Cooper - Aston Martin	DNF	S+2.5
John Broad	ERA	Accident

Started, result unknown:

No.	Drivers	Car	Time	Gr.	Div.
24	Southon	Becke Powerplus
34	Lord Ebury	ERA
		Triumph TR2
		Triumph TR2
	Bunty Scott-Moncrieff	Lotus
	David J. Calvert	HRG
	Averil Scott-Moncrieff	Lotus
		Morgan
		Morgan
	Clive Lones	Tiger Kitten	51.41
	Dick James	Triumph TR3
		Triumph TR3
	John F. Brown	Morgan
	Colin Strang			R500
	G. H. Keylock	Cooper
	Shaddock	Viper	52.33
	Rupert Instone	Djinn
	Jack Moor	Wasp
	Angela Abecassis
	D. R. Good
	P. H. G. Cotterell	MG Coupé
	Dick Threlfall	Lotus Eleven
	J. D. Hollingsworth	Lotus Mark VI Ford
	J. D. Farley	Farley Special
	Alick Pitts	ERA
	John Lawry	Lotus Mark VI Ford		PS1.2	Autosport