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Fordwater Trophy for Saloon Cars

Goodwood, Great-Britain

Date: 30/3/1959
Track length: 3.860 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 24
Starters: 23
Finishers: 23?

Pole position: Salvadori
Fastest lap: Bueb in 1.48,6 = 126,17 kmh

Distance: 10 laps
Average speed: 128,04 kmh
Weather: Wet
Ruleset: FIA Special Touring Cars Group 3
Car info:  

 

The Jags romped away as was expected but Leston’s Riley kept them in sight. Don Uren caused a few exciting moments when he spun at the chicane and had to drive against the race to get out of the way. Adams lead the flying Doctor’s new “noticeably steady” A40 until his bonnet latch popped open. Sprinzel trailed his exhaust and fastidiously ignored the black flag. Jennings Rudd Renault “wasn’t very impressive” being slow against the A35’s and deflated its offside back tyre. David Uren caused alarm spinning at the chicane , having to drive against the traffic to get out of the way! Scotsman Dickson’s drive from the back must have been exciting!
(report compiled by David Fox)


Class A-D
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
Ivor Bueb, GB
3442 L6 D 10 laps, 18.22,0 2   1.48,6  
2 2 100 John Coombs Racing Organisation
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Roy Salvadori, GB
3442 L6 D 10 laps, 18.28,6 1      
3 3 102  
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Gawaine Baillie, GB
3442 L6 D 10 laps, 19.07,6 3      
4 4 104 Dickson Motors
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Tom Dickson, GB
3442 L6 D 10 laps, 19.34,7 23      
5 1 107  
Ford Zephyr
Jeff Uren, GB
2553 L6 C 10 laps, 19.55,2 5      
6 1 113  
Riley 1.5
Les Leston, GB
1489 L4 B 10 laps, 20.22,2 7   lap record  
  5 103  
Jaguar 3.4 Litre
Doug Uren, GB
3442 L6 D 9 4      
  2 109  
Ford Zephyr
David Haynes, GB
2553 L6 C 9 6      
  3 106  
Ford Zephyr
Ellis Cuff-Miller, GB
2553 L6 C 9 9      
  - 110  
Peerless GT
John Freedman, GB
1991 L4 C 9 8     Car not compliant with app. J cat I
  4 108  
Ford Zephyr
George Farmer, GB
2553 L6 C 9 11      
  2 115 George Hartwell Ltd.
Hillman Minx
F. Scott, GB
1498 L4 B 9 14      
  3 112 C. Steele Cars
Borgward Isabella TS
D. Harris, GB
1493 L4 B 9 22      
  4 111 C. Steele Cars
Borgward Isabella TS
Chris Steele, GB
1493 L4 B 9 15      
  1 117  
Austin A40
George "Doc" Shepherd, GB
948 L4 A 9 12   lap record  
  2 120 Team Speedwell
Austin A35
Len Adams, GB
948 L4 A 9 10      
  3 118  
Austin A35
Paddy Gaston, GB
948 L4 A 9 18      
  4 119 Team Speedwell
Austin A35
John Sprinzel, GB
948 L4 A 9 13      
CL   116  
Morris Minor
Fred Marriot, GB
948 L4 A 9 16      
CL   121  
Austin A35
David Coode, GB
948 L4 A 9 21      
CL   122  
Austin A35
Dennis Clarke, GB
948 L4 A 9 17      
  5 114  
Wolseley 1500
H.R. Vincent, GB
1489 L4 B 8 20      
CL   123 Rudd Racing
Renault Dauphine Gordini
Bob Jennings, GB
845 L4 A 9 19      
DNS   105  
Jaguar 2.4 Litre
Barney Everley, GB
2483 L6 D   24