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1955 Daily Record Trophy

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1955 Daily Record Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1955 Formula One season
Race details
Date 6 August 1955
Official name III Daily Record Trophy
Location Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.2 km (2.0 miles)
Distance 20 (final) laps, 64.0 km (40.0 miles)
Fastest lap
Drivers United Kingdom Bob Gerard Maserati
Fastest lap France Louis Rosier Maserati
Time 1:23.5
Podium
First Maserati
Second Maserati
Third Maserati

The 3rd Daily Record Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 August 1955 at Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire. The race was run over two heats of 15 laps and a final of 20 laps, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Maserati 250F. Horace Gould and Louis Rosier were second and third, also in 250Fs. Gerard and Rosier shared fastest lap.[1][2]

This was the only occasion on which the Daily Record Trophy was run under Formula 1 rules, the previous races in 1953 and 1954 being Formula Libre events. It was also the last occurrence of the event.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret.
1 36 United Kingdom Mike Anthony M. Anthony Lotus Mark X-Bristol 23:04.2, 78.02mph
2 70 United Kingdom Alex McMillan A. McMillan Cooper T23-Bristol
3 18 United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol
4 38 United Kingdom Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol
5 25 United Kingdom Cedric Brierley J.C. Brierley Frazer Nash-Bristol
6 37 United Kingdom Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley
Ret 20 United Kingdom Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol
Ret 23 United Kingdom Alastair Birrell A.W. Birrell Cooper T20-Bristol
Ret 26 United Kingdom Jack Walton J.H. Walton Cooper T23-Bristol
Ret United Kingdom John Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
DNS 24 United Kingdom Archie Scott Brown Brian Lister Light Engineering Lister-Bristol
Heat 2
Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret.
1 32 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F 21:26.4, 83.96mph
2 71 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +14.4s
3 30 United Kingdom Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type B-Alta +36.0s
4 31 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40-Bristol +45.2s
5 28 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta
6 19 United Kingdom Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol
Ret 33 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F 3 laps, fuel system

Final

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Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired
1 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Maserati 28:49.0, 83.29mph
2 United Kingdom Horace Gould Maserati
3 France Louis Rosier Maserati
4 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol
5 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Connaught-Alta
Ret United Kingdom Archie Scott Brown Lister-Bristol 12 laps, suspension
Ret United Kingdom Mike Anthony Lotus-Bristol 5 laps

References

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  1. ^ "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  2. ^ "1955 Charterhall F1". Motor Sport. Retrieved 2022-05-06.


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