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Event: British Empire Trophy			Date: 14.4.1956
Track: Oulton Park (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BRDC
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	57	Benoît Musy	Maserati 300S	Benoit Musy	16	31:44.0000	134.4446		1:56.0000	1^st
S+2.7	2^nd	52	Ron Flockhart	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	16	31:54.0000	133.7204			11^th
S+2.7	3^rd	54	Bob Berry	Jaguar D-type	J. C. Broadhead	16	32:09.0000	132.6743			2^nd
S+2.7	4^th	51	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-type	Ecurie Ecosse	16	32:19.0000	131.9984			12^th
S+2.7	5^th	56	Peter Blond	Jaguar D-type	Tojeiro Car Company	16	32:47.0000	130.1155			4^th
S+2.7	6^th	61	Ken Wharton	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM	J. Bonnier	16	32:48.0000	130.0511			6^th
S+2.7	7^th	60	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S	A. G. Whitehead	16	32:54.0000	129.6487			5^th
S+2.7	8^th	64	Jack Fairman	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors Ltd.	16	33:20.0000	127.9589			9^th
S+2.7	9^th	58	Berwyn Baxter	Aston Martin DB3S	Kieft Sports Car Co.	16	33:38.0000	126.8163			13^th
S+2.7	10^th	63	Herbert Mackay-Fraser	Ferrari 750 Monza	Herbert Mackay-Fraser	15	31:57.0000	125.1587			8^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S+2.7	59	Arthur Bryant	Aston Martin DB3S	Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Bryant	15			Fatal accident		7^th
S+2.7	62	Noël Cunningham-Reid	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors Ltd.	14			DNF		10^th
S+2.7	53	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-type	Duncan Hamilton	9			DNF		3^rd

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S+2.7	55	Dan Margulies	Jaguar C-type	Dan Margulies
S+2.7	56	Blond / Ogier	Tojeiro - Jaguar	Tojeiro Car Company

Qualifying Heat: S1.5

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	1^st	11	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	16	31:56.0000	133.5755		1:58.0000	1^st
S1.5	2^nd	1	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	16	32:01.0000	133.2215		1:58.0000	5^th
S1.5	3^rd	15	Mike Hawthorn	Lotus Eleven Climax	I. Bueb	16	32:02.0000	133.1571		1:58.0000	4^th
S1.5	4^th	23	Stirling Moss	Cooper T39 Mk II Climax	Stirling Moss Ltd.	16	32:04.0000	132.2559		1:58.0000	8^th
S1.5	5^th	12	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	16	32:31.0000	131.1776			18^th
S1.5	6^th	2	Jim Russell	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	16	32:44.0000	130.3086			6^th
S1.5	7^th	3	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Company	16	32:47.0000	130.1155			10^th
S1.5	8^th	5	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment Speed Shop	16	32:57.0000	129.4556			2^nd
S1.5	9^th	4	Peter Gammon	Cooper T39 Climax	Peter Gammon	16	33:38.0000	126.8324			9^th
S1.5	10^th	8	Tony Brooks	Connaught ALSR	G. Boyle (Sports Cars) Ltd.	16	33:53.0000	125.8829			17^th
S1.5	11^th	7	Tony Marsh	Cooper T39 Climax	Tony Marsh	15	32:30.0000	123.0504			14^th
S1.5	12^th	9	Eric Brandon	Halselec - Climax	Eric Brandon	15	32:43.0000	122.2297			11^th
S1.5	13^th	16	Brian Naylor	Maserati 150S	J. B. Naylor Ltd.	15	32:53.0000				12^th
S1.5	14^th	18	Ronnie Moore	Cooper T39 Climax	R. W. Thackwell	15	33:07.0000	120.7491			16^th
S1.5	15^th	17	Jo Bonnier	Maserati 150S	Jo Bonnier	15	33:16.0000				20^th
S1.5	16^th	10	Tom Barnard	Lotus Mark IX Climax	Six Mile Stable	15	33:18.0000	120.0893			15^th
S1.5	17^th	19	George Nixon	Cooper T39 Climax	George Nixon	14	32:03.0000	116.4521			19^th

Did not finish:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S1.5	20	David Piper	Lotus Eleven Climax	David Piper	9			DQ		21^st
S1.5	22	Peter Ashdown	Lotus Mark IX Climax	Peter Ashdown	4			Fuel pipe		13^th
S1.5	21	D. J. Hayles	Lotus Mark VI Climax	D. J. Hayles	1			Spun off		22^nd
S1.5	6	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	I. Bueb	0			Accident		3^rd

Did not start:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S1.5	14	Cliff Allison	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus

Qualifying Heat: S2.7

Heat	Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	FL Time	Grid
S2.7	1^st	30	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S 2.5	R. F. Salvadori	16	32:51.0000	129.8419		2:02.0000	1^st
S2.7	2^nd	38	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Maserati	Brian Lister (Light Eng.) Ltd.	16	33:03.0000	129.0533		2:02.0000	6^th
S2.7	3^rd	41	Dimitri Kasterine	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Six Mile Stable	16	33:08.0000	128.7475		2:02.0000	2^nd
S2.7	4^th	42	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	Peter Scott-Russell	16	33:15.0000	128.2808		2:02.0000	3^rd
S2.7	5^th	43	Chris Threlfall	Tojeiro - Bristol	Chris Threlfall	16	33:54.0000	122.2136			5^th
S2.7	6^th	37	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	O. Issard-Davies	16	36:45.0000	116.0659			9^th
S2.7	7^th	36	Austen Nurse	Lister - Bristol	Austen Nurse	15	32:57.0000	121.3606			7^th
S2.7	8^th	32	John Dalton	Austin-Healey 100S	John Dalton	15	34:06.0000	117.2729			8^th
S2.7	9^th	33	Colin Murray	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Colin Murray	15	34:07.0000	117.2085			4^th

Entered cars that did not arrive:

Heat	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
S2.7	31	John Deeley	Austin-Healey 100	John Deeley
S2.7	34	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	Equipe Nationale Belge
S2.7	35	John Horridge	Lister - Bristol	Ecurie Bullfrog
S2.7	39	Mike Young	Lotus Mark X Connaught	Mike Young
S2.7	40	Mike Anthony	Lotus Eleven Bristol	Mike Anthony

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