The 2nd RedeX Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 August 1954 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 40 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 625, setting fastest lap in the process. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis was third.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 1 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 1:13:16.8, 88.42mph 2 8 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +49.0s 3 3 Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 4 19 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 5 30 Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol +2 laps 6 17 Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught-Lea Francis +4 laps 7 15 Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol +5 laps 8 16 Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley +14 laps Ret 5 Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 23 laps, transmission Ret 9 Peter Whitehead P.N. Whitehead Cooper T24-Alta 19 laps, suspension Ret 14 Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 16 laps, steering Ret 11 Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 13 laps, mechanical Ret 20 Charles Mauritzen The Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 4 laps, mechanical Ret 6 Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash Ret 12 Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta 1 lap, crash DNA 2 Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Ferrari 625 car not purchased DNA 4 John Riseley-Prichard Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis car driven by Beauman DNA 7 Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis DNA 10 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F car not repaired DNA 18 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta DNA 28 Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T23-Bristol DNA 34 Peter Collins G.A. Vandervell Vanwall
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