1953 Snetterton Coronation Trophy

GBR Snetterton Coronation Trophy 30 May 1953 I Snetterton Coronation Trophy Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg Permanent racing facility 4.362 km mi on 10 43.616 km mi on Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol GBR Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 1:51.6 GBR Tony Rolt GBR Connaught-Lea Francis Alan Brown GBR Cooper-Bristol Bobbie Baird GBR Ferrari The 1st Snetterton Coronation Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 30 May 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 10 laps, and was won by British driver Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Rolt also set fastest lap. Alan Brown in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Bobbie Baird in a Ferrari 500 was third.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#scoro 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-07-21https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_16.htm I Snetterton Coronation Trophy 1953 fastlane.co.uk 2022-07-21 Results Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 4 GBR Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 18:55.8, 137.74kph 2 66 GBR Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Bristol +10.0s 3 8 GBR Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500 +16.6s 4 84 GBR Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol +18.8s 5 2 GBR Ian Stewart Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 6 5 GBR Bill Black Bill Black Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica +1 lap Ret 3 GBR Jimmy Stewart Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol 7 laps, front axle Ret 39 GBR Roy Salvadori S. Greene Frazer Nash-Bristol 4 laps Ret 7 IRL Torrie Large Bobbie Baird Alta F2 4 laps, gearbox Ret 69 GBR Ben Wyatt Ben Wyatt Frazer Nash FN48 4 laps, accident DNA 37 GBR Cliff Davis Cliff Davis Tojeiro-Frazer Nash DNA 62 GBR Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley DNA 82 GBR Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis DNA 83 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta DNA 87 GBR John Lyons W. Knight Connaught Type A-Lea Francis References Snetterton Coronation Trophy 1953 1953 Coronation Trophy — — 1953 Eifelrennen Category:1953 Formula Two races Category:1953 in British motorsport Category:May 1953 sports events in the United Kingdom