BRSCC Brands Hatch [S1.5] 1956 - Qualifying Heat Results

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Event:		Date: 6.8.1956
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), 1.996 kms	Organiser: BRSCC
BRSCC Brands Hatch [S1.5]
British National 1500 cc Sports Car Championship (round 1)

(Qualifying Heat Results)

Qualifying Heat: Heat 1

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	FL Time	Grid
Heat 1	1^st	28	Mike Hawthorn	Lotus Eleven Climax	Mike Hawthorn	15	17:28.0000	102.8210		5^th
Heat 1	2^nd	14	Jack Brabham	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co.				1:07.4000	13^th
Heat 1	3^rd	16	Mike MacDowel	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co.					3^rd
Heat 1	4^th	20	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Dennis Taylor					2^nd
Heat 1	5^th	3	Peter Ashdown	Lotus Mark IX Climax	Peter Ashdown					7^th
Heat 1	6^th	11	Peter Gammon	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Gammon					4^th
Heat 1	7^th	7	Jim Russell	Elva Mk I Climax	Elva Racing Team					6^th
Heat 1	8^th	24	Gordon Jones	Lotus Eleven Climax	Gordon Jones					9^th
Heat 1	9^th	18	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus					1^st

Started, result unknown:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Grid
Heat 1	22	Peter Jopp	Halseylec - Climax	E. Brandon	8^th
Heat 1	5	Bill Bradley	Cooper T39 Climax	Bill Bradley	10^th
Heat 1	1	R. W. Evans	Kinloch - Climax	R. W. Evans	11^th
Heat 1	26	R. J. Wild	Killeen K1 Climax	R. J. Wild	12^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
Heat 1	9	G. G. Smith	Elva Mk I Maserati	G. G. Smith

Qualifying Heat: Heat 2

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	FL Time	Grid
Heat 2	1^st	12	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	Ecurie Demi-Litre	15	17:47.6000	100.9381	1:08.6000	3^rd
Heat 2	2^nd	23	George Wicken	Halseylec - Climax	E. Brandon					6^th
Heat 2	3^rd	27	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment					4^th
Heat 2	4^th	8	Richard White	Lotus - MG	R. White					10^th
Heat 2	5^th	10	Jim Fiander	Tojeiro - Turner	Jim Fiander					9^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	FL Time	Grid
Heat 2	17	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	Spun		1^st
Heat 2	4	Bill Frost	Lotus Eleven Climax	Frosts Cars			2^nd
Heat 2	6	Richards / Parker	Lotus Eleven Climax	Jack Richards			5^th
Heat 2	25	Chris Bristow	MG Special.	Chris Bristow			7^th
Heat 2	15	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co.	Accident	1:08.6000	11^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
Heat 2	2	Gordon Rolls	Tojeiro - Climax	Tojeiro Car Co.
Heat 2	21	Reg Parnell	Lotus Eleven Climax	T. Sopwith

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