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Daily Mail Trophy Race - Aintree 200

Aintree, Great-Britain

Date: 19/4/1958
Track length: 4.830 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 18
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Sopwith?
Fastest lap: Sopwith in 2.28,8 = 116,80 kmh

Distance: 10 laps
Average speed: 114,16 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset:
Car info:  

 

Sopwith took his customary lead, pursued by team mate Baillie initially billowing clouds of oil smoke, trailed by Flockhart who spun at Anchor. Eventually Sopwith’s car ran out of brakes completely.
(David Fox)


Touring cars
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 101 Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Gawaine Baillie, GB
3442 L6 +2600 10 laps 3?      
2 2 99 John Coombs
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Ron Flockhart, GB
3442 L6 +2600 10 laps, 1,6 seconds behind 2?      
3? 1    
Jaguar 2.4 Litre
Peter Blond, GB
2483 L6 2600 10     2.40,6  
4? 1   Dick Jacobs
MG Magnette
Alan Foster, GB
1489 L4 1600 10     2.45,8  
  2 106  
Alfa Romeo ?1900 TI Super
Louis Manduca
1975 L4 2600 9        
  3    
Jaguar 2.4 Litre
E. Hodson
2483 L6 2600          
  2    
Riley 1.5
Harold Grace, GB
1489 L4 1600          
  3    
Riley 1.5
Les Leston, GB
1489 L4 1600          
       
Hillman Minx
Barney Everley, GB
1390 L4 1600          
  2    
Austin A35
E. Fishwick
948 L4 1600          
DNF   100 Equipe Endeavour
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Tommy Sopwith, GB
3442 L6 +2600   1?   2.28,8 No brakes