The 6th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 April 1954 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 7 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 625. Second-placed driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F shared fastest lap with Parnell. Kenneth McAlpine was third in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired 1 17 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 11:21.4, 88.77 mph 2 9 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F +0.6s 3 40 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +30.0s 4 43 Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta +40.2s 5 18 Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +44.8s 6 21 Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol +1:12.2 7 45 Tony Rolt Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta 6 laps, magneto 8 56 Charles Boulton Charles Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 9 14 Leslie Thorne Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap Ret 57 Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol 4 laps Ret 47 Alan Brown R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol 2 laps Ret 39 Peter Whitehead Peter N. Whitehead Cooper T24-Alta 1 lap, throttle linkage Ret 21 John Webb John H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 1 lap DNA 1 Alberto Ascari G.A. Vandervell Vanwall car not ready DNA 2 Emmanuel de Graffenried Baron de Graffenried Maserati A6GCM DNA 23 Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol DNA 26 Jock McBain Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 50 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk1-Alta DNA 54 Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
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