1955 Daily Record Trophy

NC GBR Daily Record Trophy 6 August 1955 III Daily Record Trophy Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire Charterhall circuit.png Permanent racing facility 2.0 3.2 20 (final) 40.0 64.0 Bob Gerard Maserati 1:23.5 GBR Louis Rosier Maserati FRA Bob Gerard GBR Maserati Horace Gould GBR Maserati Louis Rosier FRA Maserati The 3rd Daily Record Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 August 1955 at Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire. The race was run over two heats of 15 laps and a final of 20 laps, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Maserati 250F. Horace Gould and Louis Rosier were second and third, also in 250Fs. Gerard and Rosier shared fastest lap.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1955/1955.html#cha 1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-05-03https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1955-charterhall-f1/ 1955 Charterhall F1 Motor Sport 2022-05-06 This was the only occasion on which the Daily Record Trophy was run under Formula 1 rules, the previous races in 1953 and 1954 being Formula Libre events. It was also the last occurrence of the event. Results Heats Heat 1 Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 36 GBR Mike Anthony M. Anthony Lotus Mark X-Bristol 23:04.2, 78.02mph 2 70 GBR Alex McMillan A. McMillan Cooper T23-Bristol 3 18 GBR Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 4 38 GBR Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol 5 25 GBR Cedric Brierley J.C. Brierley Frazer Nash-Bristol 6 37 GBR Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley HAR-Riley Ret 20 GBR Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol Ret 23 GBR Alastair Birrell A.W. Birrell Cooper T20-Bristol Ret 26 GBR Jack Walton J.H. Walton Cooper T23-Bristol Ret GBR John Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis DNS 24 GBR Archie Scott Brown Brian Lister Light Engineering Lister-BristolHeat 2 Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 32 GBR Bob Gerard Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F 21:26.4, 83.96mph 2 71 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +14.4s 3 30 GBR Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type B-Alta +36.0s 4 31 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40-Bristol +45.2s 5 28 GBR Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta 6 19 GBR Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol Ret 33 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F 3 laps, fuel system Final Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired 1 GBR Bob Gerard Maserati 28:49.0, 83.29mph 2 GBR Horace Gould Maserati 3 FRA Louis Rosier Maserati 4 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol 5 GBR Leslie Marr Connaught-Alta Ret GBR Archie Scott Brown Lister-Bristol 12 laps, suspension Ret GBR Mike Anthony Lotus-Bristol 5 laps References Daily Record Trophy 1955 1955 London Trophy 1955 RedeX Trophy 1954 Daily Record Trophy — Daily Record Daily Record Daily record