1953 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy

UK Castle Combe Circuit track map.svg Joe Fry Memorial Trophy II Joe Fry Memorial Trophy Castle Combe Circuit, Wiltshire, UK 3 October 1953 Airfield circuit 2.961 km mi on 20 59.22 km mi on Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 1:16.2 GBR Bob Gerard GBR Cooper-Bristol Horace Gould GBR Cooper-Bristol Ken Wharton GBR Cooper-Bristol The 2nd Joe Fry Memorial Trophy was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Castle Combe Circuit on 3 October 1953. The race was won by Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol, setting fastest lap in the process. Horace Gould and Ken Wharton were second and third, also in Cooper T23s.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#joefry 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-07-20http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_49.htm II Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 1953 2022-07-20 Results PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/Retired 1 50 GBR Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 25:56.2, 137.03kph 2 45 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage Bristol Cooper T23-Bristol +23.8s 3 44 GBR Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol +46.8s 4 49 GBR Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 20 laps 42 GBR John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis 46 GBR Austen Nurse Austen Nurse HWM-Alta 51 GBR Lawrence Mitchell H.R. Mitchell Frazer Nash High Speed 57 GBR Dickie Stoop Richard Stoop Frazer Nash Mille Miglia 59 GBR Guy Jason-Henry Ecurie Brittanique Connaught Type A-Lea Francis Ret 52 GBR Les Leston Les Leston Cooper T26-JAP 9 laps, chain Ret 40 GBR Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5 laps Ret 41 UK Ron Searles Oliver Simpson Rover Special-BMW 328 0 laps, rear wheel Ret 53 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 0 laps, engine Ret 47 GBR Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 0 laps, stopped to assist Moss Ret 43 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T12-JAP 0 laps, accident References Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 1953 1953 Madgwick Cup 1953 Curtis Trophy 1952 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy 1954 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy Joe Fry Memorial Trophy Joe Fry Memorial Trophy Joe Fry Memorial Trophy