The 7th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 11 April 1955 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 7 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, setting fastest lap in the process. Bob Gerrard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second, just 0.8 seconds behind Salvadori, and Don Beauman was third in another Connaught Type A-Lea Francis.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 9 Roy Salvadori John Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 11:38.6, 86.57mph 1 2 16 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +0.8s 4 3 5 Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 2 4 12 Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T24-Alta 5 5 8 Bill Holt E.W. Holt Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 3 6 24 Mike Anthony M. Anthony Lotus Mark X-Bristol 7 17 Dick Gibson T.A.D. Crook Cooper T23-Bristol 11 18 Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol 12 20 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta 8 23 Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley 9 Ret 21 Ron Flockhart J.H. Webb Turner-Alta 6 laps 13 Ret 6 John Riseley-Prichard Equipe Endeavour Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5 laps - gearbox 10 DNS 19 Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol 6 DNA 4 Alan Brown A. Brown Connaught Type A-Lea Francis - DNA 11 Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis - DNA 15 Edward Greenall Hon E.G. Greenall Cooper T24-Alta -
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