1953 Midlands MECC Race

UK Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png 300px Midlands M.E.C.C. Formula 2 Race I Midlands M.E.C.C. Formula 2 Race Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 27 June 1953 Permanent racing facility 2.586 km mi on 6 16.515 km mi on Tony Crook GBR Cooper-Alta Austen Nurse GBR HWM-Alta Charles Headland GBR Kieft-Norton The 1st Midlands M.E.C.C. Formula 2 Race meeting was held on 27 June 1953 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run to Formula Two regulations, and was held over 6 laps. Tony Crook, driving a Cooper T24-Alta was first, Austen Nurse in an HWM-Alta was second and Charles Headland in a Kieft-Norton was third.I Midlands M.E.C.C. Formula 2 Race 1953 https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_24.htm 2022-07-261953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix https://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#mecc 2022-07-26 Results Pos Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 GBR Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T24-Alta 7:34.3, 122.98 kph 2 GBR Austen Nurse Austen Nurse HWM-Alta +22.9s 3 GBR Charles Headland Charles Headland Kieft-Norton +24.0s 4 GBR Alec McMillan Alec McMillan BMW 328 5 GBR Johnny Higham Johnny Higham Cooper T18-Norton Ret. UK Horace Richards Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley clutch References Midlands M.E.C.C. Formula 2 Race 1953 1953 West Essex CC Formula 2 Race 1953 Rouen Grand Prix — — Category:1953 Formula Two races Category:1953 in British motorsport Category:May 1953 sports events in the United Kingdom