libre race
Charterhall, 23 May 1953
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
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| 1 | Ron Flockhart | (libre) 2-litre ERA D Type [R4D] - s/c 6 #15 (see note 1) |
20 | 81.4 mph |
| 2 | Bob Gerard | (libre) 2-litre ERA A Type [R4A] - s/c 6 #4 (see note 2) |
20 | |
| 3 | Ken Wharton | (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre BRM V16 Mk I 'P15' [No 2] - s/c V16 #1 A G B Owen (see note 3) |
20 | |
| 4 | Bobby Baird | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [188-F2] 4 #11 |
20 | |
| 5 | Tony Gaze | (libre) 3-litre Maserati 8CM [3011] - s/c 8 #22 |
20 | |
| R | Peter Walker | (libre) 2-litre Cooper Mk I 'T20' - ERA s/c 6 #17 |
cylinder head | |
| UNK | Alastair Birrell | (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre ERA A Type [R1A] - s/c 6 #40 (see note 4) |
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| UNK | Jimmy Stewart | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk I 'T20' [CB-6-52] - Bristol 6 #6 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | Ian Stewart | (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A6] - Lea-Francis 4 #5 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | Ninian Sanderson | (sports racing) 3.4-litre Jaguar C-type [XKC042] - XK120 6 #7 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | Louis Manduca | (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre Alta IFS [69IS] - s/c 4 #45 (see note 5) |
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| UNK | Jimmy Somervail | (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre ERA B Type [R12B] - s/c 6 #69 Border Reivers (see note 6) |
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| UNK | Alec Calder | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk I 'T20' [CB-3-52] - Bristol 6 #73 Border Reivers |
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| UNK | Torrie Large | (F2) 2-litre Alta F2 [F2-1] 4 #14 W R Baird |
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| UNK | Frank Curtis | (F2) 2-litre HWM - Alta 4 #35 |
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| UNK | Bill Black | (F2) 2-litre Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica [421 100 156] - Bristol 6 #31 |
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| UNK | Jack Walton | (F2) 2-litre Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica [421 100 157] - Bristol 6 #19 |
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| UNK | Sir James Scott-Douglas | (sports racing) 3.4-litre Jaguar C-type [XKC046] - XK120 6 #8 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | unknown | (sports racing) 3.4-litre Jaguar C-type - XK120 6 #9 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | unknown | (sports racing) 3.4-litre Jaguar C-type - XK120 6 #10 Ecurie Ecosse |
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| UNK | Reg Parnell | (4.5 F1) 2.9-litre Aston Martin DB3 6 #82 |
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| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Wharton | (4.5 F1) 1.5-litre BRM V16 Mk I 'P15' [No 2] - BRM s/c V16 | |||
| 2 | Ron Flockhart | (libre) 2-litre ERA D Type [R4D] - ERA s/c 6 | |||
| 3 | Bob Gerard | (libre) 2-litre ERA A Type [R4A] - ERA s/c 6 | |||
Notes on the cars:
- ERA D Type [R4D] (Ron Flockhart): The sole D-Type, built in 1938 using mechanical parts from R4C and raced by factory drivers Mays and Dobson 1938-39. Sold to Mays when he left the team and raced by him until 1950. Then via Ron Flockhart, Ken Wharton and a chain of other owners into historic racing in 1966. Via further UK and Indian owners to Mac Hulbert in 2001.
- ERA A Type [R4A] (Bob Gerard): Pat Fairfield's customer A Type then via Norman Wilson to reg Parnell in 1942 and Bob Gerard as a hillclimb car in 1945 to Rhodesian owners in the 1950s. Returned to the UK in the mid-1960s and raced in historic events with 2-litre engine by Peter Brewer 1954-65 and Sir John Venables-Llewellyn 1967-93. Via another UK owner to Jöst Wildbolz (Switzerland) in 1999. Retained 2007.
- BRM V16 Mk I 'P15' [No 2] (Ken Wharton): Raced by Peter Walker 1950-51, Ken Wharton 1952-54, Gonzalez 1952-53, Moss and Reg Parnell 1952 and by Ron Flockhart once in 1954. Damaged during Wharton's win at Glover Trophy, Goodwood Apr 1954, stripped and scrapped.
- ERA A Type [R1A] (Alastair Birrell): The original 1934 prototype, this car was driven by Mays, Cook, Seaman and others before the war. Later to John Heath (HW Motors) 1946, Reg Parnell's team 1947, David Hampshire 1948-51 and then to Alistair Birrell and Ron Flockhart in Scotland in 1952. Into historic racing when it was owned by Sandy Murray from 1959 to 1982 and frequently raced by Tony Merrick. Then through a further chain of owners until acquired by Dean Butler in 2005.
- Alta IFS [69IS] (Louis Manduca): Alta chassis 69IS was a single-seat Alta with independent suspension all round built for Lady Mary Grosvenor in 1939. It was not completed before the outbreak of war and was later built up post war and raced by Gordon Watson and Robert Cowell. It was rebodied with post-war bodywork and, according to Denis Jenkinson writing in 1987, then disappeared. Ted Walker has identified 69IS as the car driven by The Noble Louis Count Manduca, a member of the Maltese nobility, in 1952 and 1953 but suggestions that it was the car that went to Gib Barrett in Australia do not appear to be correct. In 2006, it was said to be owned by Paul Jaye.
- ERA B Type [R12B] (Jimmy Somervail): Built by White Mouse Stable in 1939 on a new factory B-Type chassis and using the mechanical parts from R12C. Raced by Bira 1946-47 as 'Hanuman II' then to David Hampshire and David Murray for 1949 and 1950. Through a chain of mainly Scottish owners and then to Sam Tingle in Rhodesia in 1957. Then via Allan Gillespie back to Britain for Bill Morris in 1962. Campaigned by Morris up to 1998 then to David Wenman in 1999. Retained 2007.
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
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