1955 Lavant Cup

1954 Lavant Cup
Race details
Date	11 April 1954
Official name	VII Lavant Cup
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.809 km (2.367 miles)
Distance	7 laps, 26.577 km (16.569 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught
Time	1:38.0
Podium
First	Roy Salvadori	Connaught
Second	Bob Gerard	Cooper
Third	Don Beauman	Connaught

The 7th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 11 April 1955 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 7 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, setting fastest lap in the process. Bob Gerrard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second, just 0.8 seconds behind Salvadori, and Don Beauman was third in another Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	9	Roy Salvadori	John Young	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	11:38.6, 86.57mph	1
2	16	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+0.8s	4
3	5	Don Beauman	Sir Jeremy Boles	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		2
4	12	Mike Keen	R.J. Chase	Cooper T24-Alta		5
5	8	Bill Holt	E.W. Holt	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		3
6	24	Mike Anthony	M. Anthony	Lotus Mark X-Bristol		7
	17	Dick Gibson	T.A.D. Crook	Cooper T23-Bristol		11
	18	Tom Kyffin	Equipe Devone	Cooper T23-Bristol		12
	20	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Alta		8
	23	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley		9
Ret	21	Ron Flockhart	J.H. Webb	Turner-Alta	6 laps	13
Ret	6	John Riseley-Prichard	Equipe Endeavour	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	5 laps - gearbox	10
DNS	19	Bruce Halford	Equipe Devone	Cooper T23-Bristol		6
DNA	4	Alan Brown	A. Brown	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		-
DNA	11	Michael Young	Roebuck Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		-
DNA	15	Edward Greenall	Hon E.G. Greenall	Cooper T24-Alta		-

References

1. "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
2. "Salvadori's Goodwood". Motor Sport. Retrieved 2023-03-29.