1953 Curtis Trophy

UK Curtis Trophy I Curtis Trophy Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg 17 October 1953 Permanent racing facility 2.719 4.361 15 40.78 65.43 Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 2:08.8 UK Bob Gerard UK Cooper-Bristol Les Leston UK Cooper-JAP Jimmy Somervail UK Cooper-Bristol The 1st Curtis Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 17 October 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 15 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol, who also set fastest lap. Les Leston in a Cooper T26-JAP and Jimmy Somervail in a Cooper T20-Bristol were second and third.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#curtis 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-07-19https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_50.htm I Curtis Trophy 1953 2022-07-19 Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired 1 UK Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 33:45.0, 116.32kph 2 UK Les Leston Les Leston Cooper T26-JAP +2:28.4 3 UK Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol +1 lap 4 UK Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin +1 lap 5 UK Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol Ret. UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis accident Ret. UK Eric Thompson Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta Ret. UK Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis Ret. UK Ron Flockhart Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 0 laps, gearbox DNS UK Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol accident in practice References Curtis Trophy 1953 1953 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 1954 Syracuse Grand Prix — 1954 Curtis Trophy Curtis Curtis