1954 RedeX Trophy

1954 RedeX Trophy
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	Reg Parnell
Time	1:48.4
Podium
First	Reg Parnell;
Second	Bob Gerard;
Third	Don Beauman;

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

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

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

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