1954 August Cup

NC GBR August Cup 2 August 1954 I August Cup Crystal Palace Circuit, London Permanent racing facility 1.349 2.164 10 (final) 13.49 21.64 GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 1:06.4 GBR Reg Parnell GBR Ferrari Roy Salvadori GBR Maserati Tony Rolt GBR Connaught-Lea Francis The 1st August Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 August 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500. Parnell started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Connaught driver Tony Rolt started from pole position in Heat 2 and won, while Tony Crook set fastest lap in that heat in a Cooper. Maserati driver Roy Salvadori was second in the final and Rolt was third.https://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1954/1954.html#aug 1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-05-16 The name of the event is referred to in at least one source as the August Trophy Race.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1954/27/close-racing-at-crystal-palace-bank-holiday-meetin Close Racing At Crystal Palace Bank-Holiday Meeting Motor Sport Magazine 2022-05-16 Entries No. Driver Entrant Car 3 GBR Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 4 GBR Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 6 GBR Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol 7 GBR Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 8 GBR Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 9 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta 10 GBR Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 11 GBR Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley 12 GBR Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 14 GBR Geoff Richardson G.N. Richardson RRA-Alta 15 GBR Gerry Dunham C.G.H. Dunham DHS-Alvis 16 GBR Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Rover 18 GBR Ron Searles Ron Searles Cooper-JAP Results Heats Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:18.8, 73.81mph 1 2 GBR Roy Salvadori Maserati +8.0s 2 3 GBR Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol +28.0s 3 4 GBR Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 4 5 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 6 6 GBR Gerry Dunham DHS-Alvis 5 7 GBR Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley 7Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 GBR Tony Rolt Connaught-Alta 11:47.4, 70.78mph 1 2 GBR Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol +17.6s 2 3 GBR Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis +26.4s 4 4 GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 3 5 GBR Geoff Richardson RRA-Alta 6 6 GBR Oliver Simpson Rover 7 7 GBR Ron Searles Cooper-JAP 5 Final Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 GBR Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:10.8, 74.59mph 1 2 GBR Roy Salvadori Maserati +3.2s 2 3 GBR Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +29.0s 4 4 UK Horace Gould Maserati +37.0s 3 5 GBR Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +37.6s 5 6 GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 8 7 GBR Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7 8 GBR Jack Fairman Turner-Lea francis 11 9 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 6 Ret GBR Geoff Richardson RRA-Alta 10 DNS GBR Gerry Dunham DHS-Alvis 9 DNQ GBR Horace Richards HAR-Riley - DNQ GBR Oliver Simpson Rover - DNQ GBR Ron Searles Cooper-JAP - References August Cup 1954 1954 Caen Grand Prix 1954 II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race — — August August