Autosport Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb 1956 - Race Results

Event:		Date: 26.8.1956
Track: Shelsley Walsh (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: Midland Automobile Club
Autosport Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb
Autosport Series-Production Sports Car Championship (round 7)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	18?	Tony Marsh	Cooper - JAP		1	36.0200	1^st	B.T.D.	1^st	Unsupercharged
2^nd	26	Ken Wharton	Cooper - JAP		1	36.5600	2^nd	B.T.D.
3^rd		Michael Christie	Cooper - JAP		1	37.1600	3^rd	B.T.D.
4^th		Dick Henderson	Cooper s/c		1	38.6900	1^st	R1.5
5^th		Tony Marsh	Cooper - Climax	Tony Marsh	1	39.3400	1^st	S1.5
6^th		D. R. Good	ERA s/c		1	39.9600	2^nd	R1.5	1^st	E.R.A.
7^th		Rupert Instone	Djinn		1	40.1600	3^rd	R1.5	1^st	Shelsley Spl.
		John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100S					S+2.5	3^rd	Autosport +2500
		Pauline Brock	Cooper 500					R500	1^st	Ladies
		J. D. Hollingsworth	Lotus Mark VI Ford					S1.5	3^rd	Autosport 1200
		John McKechnie	Morgan Plus 4					S2.5	3^rd	Autosport 2500
		R. N. Robinson	AC Ace					S2.5	4^th	Autosport 2500
		Mike Salmon	Jaguar XK120					S+2.5	2^nd	Autosport +2500
		John Mitchell	Ford Anglia					S1.5	4^th	Autosport 1200
		David Dixon	MGA					S1.5	2^nd	Autosport 1500
		Sid Hurrell	Triumph TR2					S2.5	2^nd	Autosport 2500
		Ray Fielding	HWM Jaguar		1	47.0500	1^st	S+2.5
		Ken Rudd	AC Ace Bristol		1	45.8800	1^st	S2.5	1^st	Autosport 2500
		Ken Wharton	ERA R4D s/c		1	43.2700	1^st	R2.5
		Don Parker	Cooper		1	41.1000	1^st	R500
		R. B. James	Cooper		1	42.0900	2^nd	R500
		Jimmy Stuart	ERA s/c		1	46.7700	2^nd	R2.5
		Bob Jennings	AC Ace Bristol		1	46.4300	2^nd	S2.5	2^nd	Autosport 2500
		Henry Taylor	Cooper - Climax	Tony Marsh	1	46.8900	2^nd	S1.5
		Noël Cunningham-Reid	HWM Jaguar		1	47.0600	2^nd	S+2.5
		W. A. Bemrose	Austin-Healey 100		1	48.1200	3^rd	S+2.5	1^st	Autosport +2500
		David J. Calvert	HRG		1	47.1500	3^rd	S1.5	1^st	Autosport 1500
		Henry Taylor	Cooper		1	42.1300	3^rd	R500
		Jim Berry	Bugatti s/c		1	48.2100	3^rd	S2.5
		Frank Norris	Alta Special s/c		1	47.8600	3^rd	R2.5
		Phil Scragg	HWM Jaguar		1		4^th	S+2.5
	110?	Mike Salmon	Jaguar XK120		1		5^th	S+2.5
		Ken Wharton	Cooper - Jaguar		1	50:27.0000		S+2.5
		Jean Bloxam	Lotus Mark VIII MG	R. F. Bloxam	1	54.0500		S1.5
		Chris Summers			1	42.8500		R500
		Keylock			1	40.6400		R1.5
		Roy Bloxam	Lotus Mark VIII MG	R. F. Bloxam	1	51.0000		S1.5
		Tommy Sopwith	Lotus Eleven		1	51.0600		S1.5
		Graham Hill	Lotus Eleven Club Ford		1	51.6800		S1.5	1^st	Autosport 1200
		John Lawry	Lotus Mark VI Ford		1	51.7400		S1.5	2^nd	Autosport 1200

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Reason	Gr.	Div.
	Austen May					Accident	R500
	Richard Green	Austin-Healey				Accident	S+2.5	Autosport +2500

Started, result unknown:

Drivers	Car	Gr.	Div.
P. H. G. Cotterell	H.R.G.	S1.5
Davenport	G.N. Spider	R2.5
T. H. Plowman	Vauxhall 30/98	S+2.5

Preece	Frazer Nash	S2.5
Sutcliffe	Frazer Nash	S2.5
Chris Summers	Farley Special	R1.5
Clive Edwards	Cooper - Bristol	S2.5
Stubberfield	Bugatti	R2.5	Vintage

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
	P. H. G. Cotterell	Lester - MG		Oil leak in practice, drove H.R.G.	S1.5

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
	Ken Wharton	Ferrari 3.0	Ferrari	Swiss hill climb the next day	S+2.5