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1955 Curtis Trophy

1955 Cornwall MRC Race

III Curtis Trophy

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details

Date

Sunday 29 May 1955

Event

Curtis Trophy

Circuit

Snetterton

Event Format

Race of 10 laps

Championship

Non-championship

Race number

#9 of 17 in 1955
#241 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

4361 m

Race Distance

4361 × 10 − 6 = 43.604 km

Grid Format

3-2-3-2

Pole Position

Right

First Corner

Unknown

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Archie Scott-Brown (Driver),
Charles Boulton (Driver),
Jimmy Somervail (Driver),
Lister (Car Manufacturer),
Cooper 20 (Car Model),

Lister (Car Model),
Brian Lister Light Engineering (Entrant),
Ecurie Ane (Entrant),
The Border Reivers (Entrant)

Milestones

Car 89 – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Number)
Car 89 – 1st Pole Position (Car Number)
Car 89 – 1st Win (Car Number)
Gilby Engineering – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant)
Gilby Engineering – 1st Pole Position (Entrant)
Gilby Engineering – 1st Win (Entrant)
Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
Maserati – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Roy Salvadori – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
Great Britain

Roy Salvadori – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
Great Britain

Roy Salvadori – 1st Win (Driver)
Italy

Maserati – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
Italy

Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)
Italy

Maserati – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 89	Car 89	Car 89
Entrant	Gilby Engineering	Gilby Engineering	Gilby Engineering
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Roy Salvadori	Roy Salvadori
Car	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F
Engine	Maserati	Maserati	Maserati
Time	18'11.8	-	1'48.0
Speed	143.776 km/h	-	145.367 km/h