1953 Bristol MC & LCC Race

GBR Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Formula 2 Race I Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Formula 2 Race 1953 Thruxton Circuit, Cheshire Thuxton Motor Racing Circuit map.svg 3 August 1953 Permanent racing facility 4.426 km mi on 20 88.52 km mi on Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 2:00 GBR Tony Rolt GBR Connaught-Lea Francis Horace Gould GBR Cooper-Bristol Jack Walton GBR Cooper-Bristol The 1st Bristol MC & LCC Formula 2 Race was a Formula Two motor race held on 3 August 1953 at Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire. The race was run over 20 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis; Rolt also set fastest lap. Horace Gould in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Jack Walton was third in a Cooper T25-Bristol.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#brist 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-07-26https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_35.htm I Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Formula 2 Race 1953 2022-07-26 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired 1 61 GBR Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 41:15, 129.09kph 2 60 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 20 laps 3 67 GBR Jack Walton Jack Walton Cooper T25-Bristol +1 lap 4 66 GBR Peter Bolton Jack Walton Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica +1 lap 62 GBR John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis 68 GBR Horace Richards Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley 69 GBR Austen Nurse Austen Nurse HWM-Alta 70 GBR Peter Jopp Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin 71 GBR John Lyons William Knight Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 72 GBR Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 101 GBR Don Calvert Don Calvert Kieft-Bristol Ret. 73 GBR Bernie Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone Cooper T20-Bristol 0 laps, spin 62 GBR Jack Fairman John Webb Turner-Lea Francis car driven by Webb 70 GBR Alan Brown Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin car driven by Jopp References Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Formula 2 Race 1953 1953 Circuit du Lac 1953 Mid-Cheshire MC Race — — Category:1953 Formula Two races Bristol Category:August 1953 sports events in the United Kingdom