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Event:			Date: 18.6.1953
Track: Douglas (United Kingdom), 6.242 kms		Organiser: unknown
British Empire Trophy
Non championship race

(Qualifying Heat Results)

Other listed cars, participation unknown:

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
-		30	A. C. Westwood	Healey

Qualifying Heat: A

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
A	1^st	6	Cliff Davis	Cooper T14 MG		8	27:16.0000	109.8860
A	2^nd	1	Jim Mayers	Kieft - MG	The Monkey Stable	8	27:19.0000
A	3^rd	2	Pat Griffith	Kieft - MG	The Monkey Stable	8	28:39.0000
A	4^th	12	Ernest Harewood	MG		8	29:04.0000
A	5^th	15	Lionel Leonard	Leonard - MG		8	29:27.0000
A	6^th	11	John Haesendonck	MG Special	Tom Dargue	8	29:31.0000
A	7^th	9	Peter Jackson	Lester T51 MG	Peter Jackson
A	8^th	8	Alfred Hitchings	Lester T51 MG
A	9^th	14	Chris Threlfall	Tojeiro - MG
A	10^th	17	Ted Lund	MG TD

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
A	4	John Goldschmidt	Performance Special
A	5	Mike Keen	Kieft - MG	The Monkey Stable				DNF
A	10	Gerry Ruddock	Lester T51 MG					Mechanical
A	16	Horace Gould	Cooper - MG					DNF

Did not start:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
A	5	John Riseley-Pritchard	Cooper - Riley	Cornhill Racing Team
A	7	Peter Reece	Cooper - MG

Qualifying Heat: B

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
B	1^st	22	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II	Automobiles Frazer Nash	8	26:07.0000	114.7301
B	2^nd	32	Alan Brown	Cooper T22 Bristol		8	26:11.0000
B	3^rd	21	Peter Kenneth	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica		8	26:55.0000
B	4^th	20	Peter Scott-Russell	Frazer Nash		8	27:03.0000
B	5^th	25	Gerry Dunham	Frazer Nash		8	27:04.0000
B	6^th	23	James Neilson	Frazer Nash		8	27:23.0000
B	7^th	31	John Barber	Cooper T20 Bristol
B	8^th	24	William B. Black	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica
B	9^th	28	Gray Mickel	Healey Silverstone

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
B	35	Peter Gammon	Tojeiro - Bristol	Cliff Davis				Accident

Qualifying Heat: C

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
C	1^st	44	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin	8	25:23.0000	118.0454
C	2^nd	52	Stirling Moss	Jaguar C-type	Jaguar Cars	8	25:33.0000
C	3^rd	46	Hans Ruesch	Ferrari 340 MM	Hans Ruesch	8	25:35.0000
C	4^th	50	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	8	26:12.0000
C	5^th	49	Jimmy Stewart	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	8	28:13.0000
C	6^th	53	John B. Swift	Jaguar C-type	Jim Swift
C	7^th	43	Bob Dickson	Aston Martin DB3	Bob Dickson
C	8^th	42	Ken Downing	Aston Martin DB3
C	9^th	40	Desmond Titterington	Allard
C	10^th	55	Harry Kemp-Place	Jaguar XK120
C	11^th	54	David Boston	Jaguar XK120

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
C	51	Ian Stewart	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse				DNF

Other listed cars, participation unknown:

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason
C		45	Joe Goodhew	Talbot T150C	John Goodhew
C			Peter Waring	Talbot T26	Peter Waring
C			Peter C. T. Clark	Aston Martin DB2

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