Daily Express Silverstone [S1.5] 1956 - Race Results

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Event: 8th Annual International Daily Express Trophy Meeting Silverstone		Date: 5.5.1956
Track: Silverstone (United Kingdom), 4.828 kms	Organiser: BRDC
Daily Express Silverstone [S1.5]
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	4	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	25	46:09.0000	120.7008 kms	144.0600	1^st	S1.5
2^nd	9	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	25	46:39.0000			2^nd	S1.5
3^rd	5	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment Speed Shop	25				3^rd	S1.5
4^th	6	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Dennis Taylor	25				4^th	S1.5
5^th	17	Ivor Bueb	Lotus Eleven Climax	I. Bueb	24				5^th	S1.5
6^th	10	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	24				6^th	S1.5
7^th	23	Peter Gammon	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Gammon	24				1^st	S1.1
8^th	12	Tony Brooks	Lotus - Connaught	John Coombs	24				7^th	S1.5
9^th	1	Jo Bonnier	Maserati 150S	Joakim Bonnier	24				8^th	S1.5
10^th	22	Mike MacDowel	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	24				2^nd	S1.1
11^th	8	Tony Marsh	Cooper T39 Climax	A. E. Marsh	24				3^rd	S1.1
12^th	2	Brian Naylor	Maserati 150S	J. B. Naylor	23				9^th	S1.5
13^th	30	Bill Frost	Lotus Eleven Climax	W. S. Frost	23				4^th	S1.1
14^th	24	Ronnie Moore	Cooper T39 Climax	R. W. Thackwell	23				5^th	S1.1
15^th	26	Lane	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Jackson	23				6^th	S1.1
16^th	25	George Nixon	Cooper T39 Climax	George Nixon	22				7^th	S1.1
17^th	27	Alan MacKay	Cooper T39 Climax	A. J. C. MacKay	22				8^th	S1.1

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
3	Jack Brabham	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	Gearbox	S1.5
11	John Higham	Lotus - Climax	John Higham	Spin	S1.5
29	Alex McMillan	Elva Mk I Climax	W. A. McMillan	Engine	S1.1
32	Peter Ashdown	Lotus Mark IX Climax	P. A. Ashdown	DNF	S1.1
35	Cliff Allison	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	Suspension	S1.1

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
16	R. C. M. de Lemos	Porsche	R. M. de Lemos	Too slow	S1.5
	André Milhoux	Porsche Spyder		Dropped valve	S1.5

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
7	Stirling Moss	Cooper T39 Climax	Stirling Moss Ltd.		S1.5
14	Edgar Barth	EMW	E.M.W. Rennkollekiv		S1.5
15	Arthur Rosenhammer	EMW	E.M.W. Rennkollekiv		S1.5
18	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	I. Bueb	Drove no.17 in place of Hawthorn	S1.5
21	Ian Forbes	Beart-Rodger Climax	I. A. Forbes		S1.1
28	Robbie MacKenzie-Low	Elva Mk I Climax	Elva Racing Team		S1.1
31	Tony Ellis	Lotus - Climax	W. H. Ellis		S1.1
33	Tom Barnard	Lotus - Climax	Six Mile Stable		S1.1
34	Keith Hall	Lotus Eleven Climax	J. K. Hall		S1.1

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