1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy

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1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Castle Combe Circuit track map.svg
Race details
Date28 August 1954
Official name III Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Location Castle Combe Circuit, Wilts.
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.96 km (1.84 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 44.40 km (27.60 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • Flag placeholder.svg not known
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol
Time 1:!6.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

The 3rd Joe Fry Memorial Trophy was a non-championship Grand Prix held at the Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire on 28 August 1954. The race was won by Horace Gould in a Cooper T23, with Bill Whitehouse and John Riseley-Prichard second and third in their Connaughts. Bob Gerard set fastest lap in his Cooper. [1] [2]

Results

PosNo.DriverEntrantCarTime/Retired
136 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 19:49.0, 83.56mph
242 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bill Whitehouse W.G. Whitehouse Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +11.1s
345 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Riseley-Prichard John Riseley-Prichard Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +17.2s
440 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis 15 laps
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta
41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
46 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Simpson Oliver Simpson Rover Special
50 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol
NC47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Searles R. Searles Cooper-JAP
Ret49 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 7 laps, suspension
Ret43 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, piston failure
Ret44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 1 lap, piston failure
DNA48 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F car impounded by customs
DNA51 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Les Leston L. Leston Cooper-JAP

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References

  1. "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix" . Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. "1954 Castle Combe F1" . Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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