British Empire Trophy 1955 - Qualifying Heat Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event:			Date: 2.4.1955
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BRDC
British Empire Trophy
Non championship race

(Qualifying Heat Results)

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
-		Nigel Mann	Alfa Romeo Super Sprint	Nigel Mann

Qualifying Heat: S+2.7

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S+2.7	1^st	48	"Mike Sparken"	Ferrari 750 Monza	"Mike Sparken"	16	37:05.0000	115.0359		2:17.0000	1^st
S+2.7	2^nd	51	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-type	Duncan Hamilton	16	37:17.0000			2:15.0000	6^th
S+2.7	3^rd	42	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3S	D. Brown	16	37:33.0000			2:16.0000	2^nd
S+2.7	4^th	43	Ken Wharton	Aston Martin DB3S	Ken Wharton	16	37:38.0000			2:15.0000	4^th
S+2.7	5^th	56	Dick Shattock	RGS Atalanta Jaguar	R.G.S. Automobile Components Ltd.	16	37:39.0000			2:16.0000	10^th
S+2.7	6^th	54	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-type	Ecurie Ecosse	16	37:41.0000			2:17.0000	5^th
S+2.7	7^th	41	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	A. G. Whitehead	16	38:40.0000			2:21.0000	9^th
S+2.7	8^th	50	Dan Margulies	Jaguar C-type	D. Margulies	15	37:53.0000			2:26.0000	12^th
S+2.7	9^th	52	David Boston	Jaguar C-type	D. Boston	15	38:55.0000			2:28.0000	15^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S+2.7	45	George Abecassis	HWM Jaguar	H.W. Motors Ltd.	15			Spun	2:16.0000	13^th
S+2.7	49	Bob Berry	Jaguar XK120	J. C. Broadhead	13			Accident	2:18.0000	7^th
S+2.7	55	Peter Blond	Jaguar C-type	P. Blond	13			Accident	2:20.0000	8^th
S+2.7	53	Joe Kelly	Jaguar C-type	J. Kelly	13			Accident	2:28.0000	14^th
S+2.7	47	Luigi Piotti	Ferrari 750 Monza	L. Piotti	11			Transmission	2:27.0000	11^th
S+2.7	40	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S	S. G. Greene/Gilby Engineering	0			DNF		3^rd

Did not start:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S+2.7	44	Bertie Bradnack	Cooper T33 Jaguar	B. Bradnack	Accident in practice
S+2.7	46	Tony Gaze	HWM Jaguar	F. A. O. Gaze	Spun in practice => axle

Qualifying Heat: S1.5

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	1^st	2	Les Leston	Connaught ALSR	Peter Bell Racing Stable	16	34:26.0000	123.9034		2:05.0000	1^st
S1.5	2^nd	1	Ken McAlpine	Connaught ALSR	Connaught Eng.	16	34:31.0000			2:06.0000	2^nd
S1.5	3^rd	15	Jacques Péron	Osca MT4 1500	Ecurie Bull Frog	16	35:32.0000			2:11.0000	11^th
S1.5	4^th	16	Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 550	W. Seidel	16	36:09.0000			2:12.0000	9^th
S1.5	5^th	5	Eric Brandon	Halseylec - Climax	E. Brandon	16	36:16.0000			2:13.0000	7^th
S1.5	6^th	12	Don Beauman	Leonard - MG	L. Leonard	16	36:37.0000			2:15.0000	10^th
S1.5	7^th	17	Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 550	K. Ahrens	15	34:44.0000			2:14.0000	13^th
S1.5	8^th	11	Brian Naylor	Lotus Mark VIII	J. B. Naylor Ltd.	15	34:53.0000			2:08.0000	8^th
S1.5	9^th	4	Peter Jackson	Cooper T21 MG	P. Jackson	15	35:26.0000			2:18.0000	14^th
S1.5	10^th	18	Jack Newton	Kileen K1 MG	J. Newton	15	35:40.0000			2:20.0000	12^th
S1.5	11^th	14	Ian Burgess	Osca MT4	Ecurie Yankee	14	34:46.0000			2:14.0000	5^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	8	John Coombs	Lotus Mark VIII Connaught	J. Coombs				Axle	2:08.0000	6^th
S1.5	10	Austen Nurse	Lotus Mark VIII MG	A. Nurse	10			Engine	2:06.0000	4^th
S1.5	19	Reg Bicknell	Revis - Borgward	R. Bicknell	8			Accident	2:06.0000	3^rd
S1.5	7	Colin Chapman	Lotus Mark IX MG	Team Lotus	6			Heating	2:06.0000	15^th

Did not start:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S1.5	9	George Nixon	Lotus Mark VIII Turner	G. Nixon

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S1.5	3	David Blakely	Emperor HRG	D. Blakely
S1.5	6	Peter Gammon	Lotus Mark VI MG	Team Lotus

Qualifying Heat: S2.7

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S2.7	1^st	22	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S 2.5	D. Brown	16	34:41.0000	123.0022		2:05.0000	3^rd
S2.7	2^nd	36	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)	16	34:58.0000			2:07.0000	1^st
S2.7	3^rd	27	Tony Crook	Cooper T25 Bristol	T. Crook	16	35:20.0000			2:07.0000	6^th
S2.7	4^th	29	Mike Keen	Cooper T22 Bristol	R. J. Chase	16	35:35.0000			2:08.0000	5^th
S2.7	5^th	35	Sears	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)	16	35:35.0000			2:08.0000	2^nd
S2.7	6^th	32	Tony Brooks	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Mk II	W. H. Aldington	16	35:41.0000			2:07.0000	4^th
S2.7	7^th	23	Lance Macklin	Austin-Healey 100S	L. Macklin	16	36:10.0000			2:11.0000	7^th
S2.7	8^th	28	Bert Rogers	Cooper - Bristol	A. P. O. Rogers	16	36:37.0000			2:11.0000	10^th
S2.7	9^th	24	Ron Flockhart	Austin-Healey 100S	R. Flockhart	16	36:52.0000			2:13.0000	9^th
S2.7	10^th	25	David Shale	Austin-Healey 100S	D. Shale	15	34:59.0000			2:14.0000	13^th
S2.7	11^th	31	Colin Murray	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	C. Murray	15	35:07.0000			2:14.0000	11^th
S2.7	12^th	34	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	Brian Lister (Light Engineering)	15	35:34.0000			2:16.0000	8^th
S2.7	13^th	33	John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100S	J. Dalton	15	36:00.0000			2:16.0000	14^th
S2.7	14^th	21	John Maurice Tew	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	M. Tew	14	35:01.0000			2:25.0000	15^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S2.7	30	Jack Walton	Cooper T20 Bristol	J. Walton				Fuel feed	2:23.0000	12^th

Did not start:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S2.7	37	Mike Anthony	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Team Lotus	Accident in practice

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S2.7	26	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	P. Scott Russell
S2.7	38	Cliff Davis	Maserati A6GCS	S. G. Greene

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