British Empire Trophy 1954 - Qualifying Heat Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Daily Dispatch British Empire Trophy Meeting			Date: 10.4.1954
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), 3.700 kms		Organiser: BRDC/Mid Cheshire Motor Club
British Empire Trophy
Non championship race

(Qualifying Heat Results)

Qualifying Heat: S+2.7

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S+2.7	1^st	45	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar C-type	Duncan Hamilton	22	41:17.4000	114.7301		1:50.0000	4^th
S+2.7	2^nd	50	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	22	41:17.6000	114.7140			5^th
S+2.7	3^rd	52	Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	22	41:55.0000	113.0081			1^st
S+2.7	4^th	51	Jimmy Stewart	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	22	42:13.0000	112.2035			3^rd
S+2.7	5^th	43	George Abecassis	HWM Jaguar	H.W. Motors Ltd.	22	42:31.0000	111.4149			2^nd
S+2.7	6^th	46	Joe Kelly	Jaguar C-type	J. Kelly	21	41:41.0000	60.1895			8^th
S+2.7	7^th	40	Beauman	Aston Martin DB3	Sir J. Boles	21	41:42.0000	108.4376			7^th
S+2.7	8^th	54	Berwyn Baxter	Jaguar C-type	B. Baxter	21					12^th
S+2.7	9^th	48	Michael Head	Jaguar C-type	M. Head	21					10^th
S+2.7	10^th	49	Gerry Dunham	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Kenya	21					6^th
S+2.7	11^th	55	Boston / Shattock	RGS Atalanta	D. Boston	21					9^th
S+2.7	12^th	53	Bob Berry	Jaguar XK120	R. E. Berry	19					11^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S+2.7	41	Phil Scragg	Alta Jaguar	P. Scragg
S+2.7	42	Tony Page	HWM Cadillac	R. A. Page
S+2.7	44	Oscar Moore	HWM Jaguar	O. Moore
S+2.7	47	John Buncombe	Jaguar XK120	J. Buncombe
S+2.7	56	Tommy Sopwith	Sphinx	Equipe Endeavour

Qualifying Heat: S1.5

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	1^st	11	Peter Gammon	Lotus Mark VI MG	Team Lotus	20	39:55.0000				6^th
S1.5	2^nd	1	John Coombs	Connaught ALSR	John Coombs	20	40:00.0000				2^nd
S1.5	3^rd	7	Stirling Moss	Leonard - MG	Lionel Leonard	20	40:05.0000				5^th
S1.5	4^th	10	Gerry Ruddock	Lester T51 MG	G. Ruddock						10^th
S1.5	5^th	5	Redmond Gallagher	Gordini T15S 1.5	R. Gallagher						7^th
S1.5	6^th	17	Chris Threlfall	Turner	C. H. Threlfall						3^rd
S1.5	7^th	15	Ted Lund	MG TF	T. Lund						12^th
S1.5	8^th	9	Wharton	Lister - MG	G. Lister & Sons						14^th
S1.5	9^th	16	Allan Moore	Tojeiro - MG	O Issard Davies						9^th
S1.5	10^th	6	Leslie Jones	Kieft - MG	Ecurie Bullfrog						11^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	4	John Riseley-Pritchard	Cooper Disco Volante Connaught	Cornhill Racing Team				Universal joint		1^st
S1.5	13	Mike Anthony	Lotus Mark VI	Team Lotus				Gasket		4^th
S1.5	3	Peter Jackson	Cooper - MG	Ec. North West				DNF		8^th
S1.5	12	Colin Chapman	Lotus Mark VIII MG	Team Lotus				Gasket		13^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S1.5	2	Ken McAlpine	Connaught ALSR	McAlpine
S1.5	8	Brandon / Leonard	Leonard - MG	Leonard
S1.5	14	Tom Dargue	MG Special	T. Dargue

Qualifying Heat: S2.7

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S2.7	1^st	35	Roy Salvadori	Maserati A6GCS	Gilby Engineering Co. Ltd.	21	40:19.0000	112.1552		1:52.0000	2^nd
S2.7	2^nd	27	Tony Crook	Cooper T25 Bristol	T. A. D. Crook	21	40:21.0000	112.0586		1:52.0000	3^rd
S2.7	3^rd	28	Alan Brown	Cooper T22 Bristol	Bob Chase	21	40:32.0000	111.6080			1^st
S2.7	4^th	36	Cliff Davis	Tojeiro - Bristol	F. C. Davis	21	40:42.0000	111.1091			5^th
S2.7	5^th	29	Bob Gerard	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Bristol	F. R. Gerard	21		109.6607			6^th
S2.7	6^th	32	Peter Scott-Russell	Frazer Nash High Speed Bristol	P. Scott Russell	21	42:03.0000	107.5364			4^th
S2.7	7^th	30	Peter Reece	Frazer Nash Mille Miglia Bristol	J. C. Broadhead	21		110.6746			9^th
S2.7	8^th	22	Ron Flockhart	Austin-Healey 100	R. Flockhart	21					10^th
S2.7	9^th	25	Peter Kenneth	Cooper - Bristol	P. Kenneth	20					11^th
S2.7	10^th	31	Dickie Stoop	Frazer Nash Sebring	R. Stoop	20					8^th
S2.7	11^th	21	Lance Macklin	Austin-Healey 100	L. Macklin	20					12^th
S2.7	12^th	20	Alfred Hitchings	Austin-Healey 100	Ecurie Bullfrog	20					15^th
S2.7	13^th	24	Frank Defty	Aston Martin DB2/4	F. Defty	19					14^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S2.7	34	Horace Gould	Kieft - Bristol	H. Gould				Loss of water		7^th
S2.7	37	Desmond Titterington	Triumph TR2	D. Titterington				Big end		13^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S2.7	23	John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100	J. Dalton	Reserve entry
S2.7	26	Bert Rogers	Cooper - Bristol	B. Rogers	Reserve entry
S2.7	33	David Howard	HWM Alta	L. Potter	Reserve entry

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