1954 Crystal Palace Trophy

NC GBR Crystal Palace Trophy 19 June 1954 II Crystal Palace Trophy Crystal Palace Circuit, London Crystal-Palace-Circuit 1960 1972.gif Permanent racing facility 1.390 2.240 10 (final) 13.49 21.64 Reg Parnell (Final) Ferrari True GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 1:07 GBR Reg Parnell GBR Ferrari Peter Collins GBR Connaught-Lea Francis Rodney Nuckey GBR Cooper-Bristol The 2nd Crystal Palace Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 June 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps. Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500 won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Collins in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 1. Rodney Nuckey in a Cooper T23-Bristol won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 2. Parnell won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Collins was second and Nuckey third.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1954/1954.html#cry 1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-05-11http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F154_21.htm II Crystal Palace Trophy 1954 the-fastlane.co.uk.com 2022-05-11 Entries No. Driver Entrant Car 1 GBR Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 2 GBR Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 3 GBR Charles Boulton Charles Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 4 GBR Peter Collins R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5 GBR Bill Whitehouse Bill Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 6 GBR Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 GBR Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol 81 GBR Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol 9 GBR Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 101 GBR Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 11 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta 121 GBR Keith Hall Keith Hall Cooper T20-Bristol 14 GBR Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 15 GBR Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 152 GBR John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 161 GBR Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Cooper-JAP 17 GBR Gerry Dunham Gerry Dunham Alvis Special 18 GBR Les Leston Les Leston Cooper-JAP 19 GBR Don Bennett Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 20 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 211 GBR Tom Kyffin Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol 211 GBR David Watts Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol 1DNA 2Fairman raced Webb's car Results Heats Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 2 GBR Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +9.0s 3 GBR Les Leston Cooper-JAP +11.8s 4 GBR Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 5 GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 6 GBR Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 lapsHeat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 USA Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 11:36.4, 71.67mph 2 GBR Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +4.2s 3 GBR Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis +12.6s 4 GBR Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 10 laps 5 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 6 GBR Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 7 GBR Gerry Dunham Alvis 10 laps Ret GBR Jimmy Somervail Cooper-Bristol 4 laps, crash Ret GBR Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, mechanical Final Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final. Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 1 2 GBR Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +5.2s 2 3 GBR Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +17.0s 5 4 GBR Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 6 5 UK Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 3 6 UK Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7 7 UK Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 10 8 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 11 9 UK Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 9 laps 12 Ret GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 6 laps 9 Ret GBR Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, gearbox 8 Ret GBR Les Leston Cooper-JAP 0 laps 4 References Crystal Palace Trophy 1954 1954 BARC Formula 1 Race 1954 Rouen Grand Prix 1953 Crystal Palace Trophy 1962 Crystal Palace Trophy Crystal Palace