The 1st Curtis Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 17 October 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 15 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol, who also set fastest lap. Les Leston in a Cooper T26-JAP and Jimmy Somervail in a Cooper T20-Bristol were second and third.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired 1 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 33:45.0, 116.32kph 2 Les Leston Les Leston Cooper T26-JAP +2:28.4 3 Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol +1 lap 4 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin +1 lap 5 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol Ret. Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis accident Ret. Eric Thompson Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta Ret. Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis Ret. Ron Flockhart Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 0 laps, gearbox DNS Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol accident in practice
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