1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy

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]

1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 28 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
  • not known
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol
Time 1:!6.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

Results

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Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired
1 36   Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 19:49.0, 83.56mph
2 42   Bill Whitehouse W.G. Whitehouse Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +11.1s
3 45   John Riseley-Prichard John Riseley-Prichard Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis +17.2s
4 40   Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught A-Type-Lea-Francis 15 laps
38   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
39   Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta
41   Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
46   Oliver Simpson Oliver Simpson Rover Special
50   Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol
NC 47   Ron Searles R. Searles Cooper-JAP
Ret 49   Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 7 laps, suspension
Ret 43   Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, piston failure
Ret 44   Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 1 lap, piston failure
DNA 48   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F car impounded by customs
DNA 51   Les Leston L. Leston Cooper-JAP

References

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


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