The 3rd Daily Record Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 August 1955 at Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire. The race was run over two heats of 15 laps and a final of 20 laps, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Maserati 250F. Horace Gould and Louis Rosier were second and third, also in 250Fs. Gerard and Rosier shared fastest lap.
This was the only occasion on which the Daily Record Trophy was run under Formula 1 rules, the previous races in 1953 and 1954 being Formula Libre events. It was also the last occurrence of the event.
Results Heats
Heat 1 Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 36 Mike Anthony M. Anthony Lotus Mark X-Bristol 23:04.2, 78.02mph 2 70 Alex McMillan A. McMillan Cooper T23-Bristol 3 18 Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 4 38 Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper T23-Bristol 5 25 Cedric Brierley J.C. Brierley Frazer Nash-Bristol 6 37 Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley HAR-Riley Ret 20 Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol Ret 23 Alastair Birrell A.W. Birrell Cooper T20-Bristol Ret 26 Jack Walton J.H. Walton Cooper T23-Bristol Ret John Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis DNS 24 Archie Scott Brown Brian Lister Light Engineering Lister-BristolHeat 2 Pos No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 32 Bob Gerard Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F 21:26.4, 83.96mph 2 71 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +14.4s 3 30 Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type B-Alta +36.0s 4 31 Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40-Bristol +45.2s 5 28 Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta 6 19 Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol Ret 33 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F 3 laps, fuel system
Final
Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired 1 Bob Gerard Maserati 28:49.0, 83.29mph 2 Horace Gould Maserati 3 Louis Rosier Maserati 4 Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol 5 Leslie Marr Connaught-Alta Ret Archie Scott Brown Lister-Bristol 12 laps, suspension Ret Mike Anthony Lotus-Bristol 5 laps
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