1953 Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race

1953 Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race
Race details
Date	18 April 1953
Official name	II Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race
Location	Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.361 km (2.719 miles)
Distance	10 laps, 43.61 km (27.19 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver	Bobbie Baird	Ferrari
Time	1:41.0
Podium
First	Eric Thompson	Connaught
Second	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol
Third	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta

The 2nd Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race was a Formula Two motor race held on 18 April 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 10 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Eric Thompson in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second and Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta was third. Bobbie Baird in a Ferrari 500 set fastest lap.^[1][2]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
1	1	Eric Thompson	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	19:11.0, 135.90kph
2	2	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+1.8s
3	5	Peter Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T24-Alta	+13.5s
4	8	Bobbie Baird	Saipa Modena	Ferrari 500	+27.2s
5	17	Rodney Nuckey	R. Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol
6	15	Leslie Marr	L. Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
7	16	Donald Bennett	D. Bennett	Cooper T19-Vincent
8	23	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley
Ret	102	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol
DNS	46	Cliff Davis	C. Davis	Tojeiro-Frazer Nash
DNA	9	Joe Kelly	J. Kelly	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	19	Berwyn Baxter	Berwyn Baxter	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	21	Tony Crook	W. Mardell	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	45	Ben Wyatt	Mrs D. Wyatt	Frazer Nash FN48-Bristol
DNA	102	Ron Flockhart	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol	car driven by Wharton

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