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1954 RedeX Trophy

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1954 RedeX Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 14 August 1954
Official name II RedeX Trophy
Location Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.35 km (2.71 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 174.0 km (108.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver
  • Not known
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari
Time 1:48.4
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Cooper-Bristol
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

The 2nd RedeX Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 August 1954 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 40 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 625, setting fastest lap in the process. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis was third.[1][2]

Results

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret.
1 1 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 1:13:16.8, 88.42mph
2 8 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +49.0s
3 3 United Kingdom Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap
4 19 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap
5 30 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol +2 laps
6 17 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught-Lea Francis +4 laps
7 15 United Kingdom Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol +5 laps
8 16 United Kingdom Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley +14 laps
Ret 5 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 23 laps, transmission
Ret 9 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead P.N. Whitehead Cooper T24-Alta 19 laps, suspension
Ret 14 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 16 laps, steering
Ret 11 United Kingdom Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 13 laps, mechanical
Ret 20 United Kingdom Charles Mauritzen The Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 4 laps, mechanical
Ret 6 United Kingdom Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash
Ret 12 United Kingdom Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta 1 lap, crash
DNA 2 United Kingdom Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Ferrari 625 car not purchased
DNA 4 United Kingdom John Riseley-Prichard Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis car driven by Beauman
DNA 7 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
DNA 10 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F car not repaired
DNA 18 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
DNA 28 United Kingdom Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T23-Bristol
DNA 34 United Kingdom Peter Collins G.A. Vandervell Vanwall

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ "II RedeX Trophy 1954". fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-16.


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