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.[1][2]

1954 Lavant Cup
Race details
Date 11 April 1954
Official name VII Lavant Cup
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.809 km (2.367 miles)
Distance 7 laps, 26.577 km (16.569 miles)
Pole position
Driver Connaught
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught
Time 1:38.0
Podium
First Connaught
Second Cooper
Third Connaught

Results edit

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 HAR-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 -

References edit

  1. ^ "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. ^ "Salvadori's Goodwood". Motor Sport. Retrieved 2023-03-29.