1954 Crystal Palace Trophy

The 2nd Crystal Palace Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 June 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.

1954 Crystal Palace Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 19 June 1954
Official name II Crystal Palace Trophy
Location Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.240 km (1.390 miles)
Distance 10 (final) laps, 21.64 km (13.49 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari
Time 1:07
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Cooper-Bristol

Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500 won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Collins in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 1.

Rodney Nuckey in a Cooper T23-Bristol won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 2.

Parnell won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Collins was second and Nuckey third.[1][2]

Entries

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No. Driver Entrant Car
1   Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2   Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500
3   Charles Boulton Charles Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4   Peter Collins R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
5   Bill Whitehouse Bill Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
6   Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
7   Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol
81   Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol
9   Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol
101   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F
11   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
121   Keith Hall Keith Hall Cooper T20-Bristol
14   Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
15   Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
152   John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
161   Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Cooper-JAP
17   Gerry Dunham Gerry Dunham Alvis Special
18   Les Leston Les Leston Cooper-JAP
19   Don Bennett Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent
20   Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol
211   Tom Kyffin Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol
211   David Watts Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol

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2Fairman raced Webb's car

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1   Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph
2   Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +9.0s
3   Les Leston Cooper-JAP +11.8s
4   Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps
5   Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps
6   Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1   Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 11:36.4, 71.67mph
2   Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +4.2s
3   Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis +12.6s
4   Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 10 laps
5   Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps
6   Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps
7   Gerry Dunham Alvis 10 laps
Ret   Jimmy Somervail Cooper-Bristol 4 laps, crash
Ret   Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, mechanical

Final

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Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final.

Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid
1   Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 1
2   Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +5.2s 2
3   Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +17.0s 5
4   Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 6
5   Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 3
6   Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7
7   Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 10
8   Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 11
9   Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 9 laps 12
Ret   Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 6 laps 9
Ret   Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, gearbox 8
Ret   Les Leston Cooper-JAP 0 laps 4

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. ^ "II Crystal Palace Trophy 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.


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