1954 August Cup

1954 August Cup
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date	2 August 1954
Official name	I August Cup
Location	Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.164 km (1.349 miles)
Distance	10 (final) laps, 21.64 km (13.49 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver	Reg Parnell	Ferrari
Time	1:06.4
Podium
First	Reg Parnell	Ferrari
Second	Roy Salvadori	Maserati
Third	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis

The 1st August Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 August 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500.

Parnell started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Connaught driver Tony Rolt started from pole position in Heat 2 and won, while Tony Crook set fastest lap in that heat in a Cooper.

Maserati driver Roy Salvadori was second in the final and Rolt was third.^[1]

The name of the event is referred to in at least one source as the August Trophy Race.^[2]

Entries

No.	Driver	Entrant	Car
3	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 500
4	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
5	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage (Bristol)	Cooper T23-Bristol
6	Tony Crook	T.A.D. Crook	Cooper T24-Bristol
7	Keith Hall	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol
8	Jack Fairman	J.H. Webb	Turner-Lea Francis
9	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
10	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati 250F
11	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley
12	Ted Whiteaway	E.N. Whiteaway	HWM-Alta
14	Geoff Richardson	G.N. Richardson	RRA-Alta
15	Gerry Dunham	C.G.H. Dunham	DHS-Alvis
16	Oliver Simpson	Ron Searles	Rover
18	Ron Searles	Ron Searles	Cooper-JAP

Results

Heats

Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:18.8, 73.81mph 1 2 Roy Salvadori Maserati +8.0s 2 3 Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol +28.0s 3 4 Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 4 5 Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 6 6 Gerry Dunham DHS-Alvis 5 7 Horace Richards HAR-Riley 7

Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Tony Rolt Connaught-Alta 11:47.4, 70.78mph 1 2 Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol +17.6s 2 3 Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis +26.4s 4 4 Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 3 5 Geoff Richardson RRA-Alta 6 6 Oliver Simpson Rover 7 7 Ron Searles Cooper-JAP 5

Final

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	11:10.8, 74.59mph	1
2	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	+3.2s	2
3	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	+29.0s	4
4	Horace Gould	Maserati	+37.0s	3
5	Keith Hall	Cooper-Bristol	+37.6s	5
6	Ted Whiteaway	HWM-Alta	10 laps	8
7	Tony Crook	Cooper-Bristol	10 laps	7
8	Jack Fairman	Turner-Lea francis		11
9	Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta		6
Ret	Geoff Richardson	RRA-Alta		10
DNS	Gerry Dunham	DHS-Alvis		9
DNQ	Horace Richards	HAR-Riley		-
DNQ	Oliver Simpson	Rover		-
DNQ	Ron Searles	Cooper-JAP		-

References