1959 Glover Trophy

NC UK Glover Trophy 30 March 1959 Goodwood track map.svg VII Glover Trophy Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex Permanent racing facility 3.862 2.4 42 100.8 162.2 Harry Schell USA 1912 BRM 1:39.0 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:31.8 UK Stirling Moss UK Cooper-Climax Jack Brabham Australia Cooper-Climax Harry Schell USA 1912 BRM The 1959 Glover Trophy was a motor race, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, England. To avoid competing with the Lavant Cup race the Glover Trophy was decreed to be strictly for Formula One cars only and as such, ran to Formula One rules. The race was watched by The 40,000 people, ran for 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T51. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 7 UK Stirling Moss Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax 1.06:58.0 5 2 10 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 16.6 s 3 3 1 USA 1912 Harry Schell Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 17.6 s 1 4 2 Sweden Jo Bonnier Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 18.2 s 4 5 8 USA 1912 Masten Gregory Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 41 laps 7 6 9 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 40 laps 6 7 4 UK Jack Fairman Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 39 laps 12 8 11 UK Roy Salvadori High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Climax 39 laps 2 NC 15 UK David Piper Dorchester Service Station Lotus-Climax 36 laps 8 Ret 3 Brazil 1889 Hermano da Silva Ramos Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati Accident 11 Ret 5 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Ugolini Maserati Gearbox 9 Ret 12 UK Graham Hill Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Brakes 13 Ret 6 AUS Ken Kavanagh Ken Kavanagh Maserati Accident 10 DNA 14 USA 1912 Pete Lovely Team Lotus Lotus-Climax No car – References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. Results at www.silhouet.com Glover Trophy 1959 1958 Caen Grand Prix 1959 BARC Aintree 200 1958 Glover Trophy 1960 Glover Trophy Glover Trophy Category:Glover Trophy Category:20th century in West Sussex Glover Glover Trophy