1953 United States Air Force Trophy

GBR United States Air Force Trophy 25 July 1953 II United States Air Force Trophy Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg Permanent racing facility 4.362 km mi on 15 65.425 km mi on Not known Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 1:51.4 UK Tony Rolt UK Connaught-Lea Francis Bob Gerard UK Cooper-Bristol Leslie Marr UK Connaught-Lea Francis The 2nd United States Air Force Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 25 July 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 15 laps, and was won by British driver Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and set fastest lap. Leslie Marr in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis was third. Earlier in the day of the meeting Ferrari driver Bobbie Baird was killed in a sports-car race.https://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#usaf 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-07-01https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_31.htm II United States Air Force Trophy 1953 fastlane.co.uk 2022-07-01 Results Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 2 UK Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 28:21.2, 137.93kph 2 21 GBR Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +2.2s 3 10 UK Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1:09.8 4 18 UK Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol +1:22.6 5 23 UK Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Alta 15 laps 6 26 UK Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 15 laps 7 85 UK Roy Salvadori Roy Salvadori Frazer Nash-Bristol 15 laps Ret 22 UK Brian Naylor Brian Naylor Alta-Bristol 8 laps Ret 60 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 6 laps Ret 57 UK Jack Fairman John Webb Turner-Alta 2 laps Ret 58 GBR Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley 2 laps Ret 25 UK Joyce Howard Joyce Howard Cromard Special-Lea Francis 0 laps Ret 27 UK Peter Jopp Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin 0 laps DNS 4 UK Bobbie Baird Saipa Modena Ferrari 500 fatal accident in sports car race DNA 8 UK Ken Wharton P.H. Bell Cooper T23-Bristol DNA 17 GBR John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis DNA 24 UK Peter Bolton Jack Walton Frazer Nash-Bristol DNA 52 UK Duncan Hamilton H.W. Motors Ltd HWM-Alta DNA 75 GBR Jack Walton Jack Walton Cooper T25-Bristol References United States Airforce Trophy 1953 1953 Avusrennen — — 1953 Circuit du Lac Category:1953 Formula Two races United States Airforce