1953 Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race

UK Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race II Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg 18 April 1953 Permanent racing facility 2.719 4.361 10 27.19 43.61 Bobbie Baird Ferrari 1:51.0 UK Eric Thompson UK Connaught Bob Gerard UK Cooper-Bristol Peter Whitehead UK Cooper-Alta The 2nd Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race was a Formula Two motor race held on 18 April 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 10 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Eric Thompson in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta was third. Bobbie Baird in a Ferrari 500 set fastest lap.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#amoc 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-05-26https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_6.htm II Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race 1953 2022-05-26 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired 1 1 UK Eric Thompson R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 19:11.0, 135.90kph 2 2 UK Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +1.8s 3 5 UK Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta +13.5s 4 8 UK Bobbie Baird Saipa Modena Ferrari 500 +27.2s 5 17 UK Rodney Nuckey R. Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol 6 15 UK Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 16 UK Donald Bennett D. Bennett Cooper T19-Vincent 8 23 UK Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley Ret 102 UK Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol DNS 46 UK Cliff Davis C. Davis Tojeiro-Frazer Nash DNA 9 IRL Joe Kelly J. Kelly Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 19 UK Berwyn Baxter Berwyn Baxter Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 21 UK Tony Crook W. Mardell Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 45 UK Ben Wyatt Mrs D. Wyatt Frazer Nash FN48-Bristol DNA 102 UK Ron Flockhart Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol car driven by Wharton References Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race 1953 1953 Lavant Cup 1953 Bordeaux Grand Prix 1952 Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race — Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race