The 2nd Crystal Palace Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 June 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.
Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500 won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Collins in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 1.
Rodney Nuckey in a Cooper T23-Bristol won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 2.
Parnell won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Collins was second and Nuckey third.
Entries No. Driver Entrant Car 1 Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 2 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 3 Charles Boulton Charles Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 4 Peter Collins R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5 Bill Whitehouse Bill Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 6 Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol 81 Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol 9 Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 101 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 11 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta 121 Keith Hall Keith Hall Cooper T20-Bristol 14 Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 15 Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 152 John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 161 Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Cooper-JAP 17 Gerry Dunham Gerry Dunham Alvis Special 18 Les Leston Les Leston Cooper-JAP 19 Don Bennett Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 20 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol 211 Tom Kyffin Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol 211 David Watts Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol
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Results Heats
Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 2 Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +9.0s 3 Les Leston Cooper-JAP +11.8s 4 Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 5 Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 6 Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 lapsHeat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 11:36.4, 71.67mph 2 Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +4.2s 3 Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis +12.6s 4 Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 10 laps 5 Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 6 Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 7 Gerry Dunham Alvis 10 laps Ret Jimmy Somervail Cooper-Bristol 4 laps, crash Ret Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, mechanical
Final Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final.
Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 1 2 Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +5.2s 2 3 Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +17.0s 5 4 Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 6 5 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 3 6 Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7 7 Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 10 8 Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 11 9 Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 9 laps 12 Ret Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 6 laps 9 Ret Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, gearbox 8 Ret Les Leston Cooper-JAP 0 laps 4
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