RAC Tourist Trophy 1953

Route

The 20th RAC Tourist Trophy , also Tourist Trophy, Dundrod , took place on September 5, 1953 on the road circuit Dundrod Circuit around the Northern Irish town of Dundrod and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

With the start of the sports car world championship, the RAC Tourist Trophy was added to the racing calendar in 1953. Organized by the Royal Automobile Club , the race was one of the oldest racing events in Britain. In 1905 the Trophy was first held on the Highroads Course on the Isle of Man and ended with a victory for John Napier on an Arrol-Johnston .

After a few interruptions in the 1920s and 1940s, the race was held again in 1950 for the first time after the Second World War . The winner was Stirling Moss on a Jaguar XK 120 .

In 1953 there were a large number of top British drivers at the start; Factory cars were registered by Jaguar , Aston Martin , Frazer Nash and Kieft . In the end, Peter Collins and Pat Griffith stayed victorious on an Aston Martin DB3S .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	20th	Aston Martin	Peter Collins Pat Griffith	Aston Martin DB3S	106
2	S 3.0	18th	Aston Martin	Reg Parnell Eric Thompson	Aston Martin DB3S	106
3	S 5.0	7th	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Stirling Moss Peter Walker	Jaguar C-Type	103
4th	S 3.0	22nd	Graham Whitehead	Tony Gaze Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3	102
5	S 3.0	21st	Robert Dickson	Robert Dickson Desmond Titterington	Aston Martin DB3	101
6th	S 2.0	6th	Frazer Nash Ltd.	Ken Wharton Ernie Robb	Frazer-Nash Le Mans	101
7th	S 5.0	12	Joe Kelly	Joe Kelly Jack Fairman	Jaguar C-Type	98
8th	S 2.0	27	Frazer Nash Ltd.	Bob Gerard David Clarke	Frazer-Nash Le Mans	95
9	S 1.5	36	Redmond Gallagher	Pierce Cahill Redmond Gallagher	Gordini T15S	86
10	S 1.5	40	Peter Jackson	Peter Jackson Peter Lane	Lester T51	86
11	S 2.0	28	Rodney Peacock	Rodney Peacock Gerry Ruddock	Frazer-Nash Le Mans	82
12	S 1.5	44	Gregor Grant	Raymond Flower George Phillips	MG TD	81
13	S 1.5	35	Peter Reece	Peter Reece Gil Tyrer	Singer SM1500	81
14th	S 750	49	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	George Trouis Alfred Hitschings	DB HBR	74
Failed
15th	S 2.0	33	Kieft Cars	C. Hazelhurst P. Thompson	Kieft	62
16	S 750	50	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	Pousse Jeff Sparrowe	DB HBR	59
17th	S 5.0	8th	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Peter Whitehead Ian Stewart	Jaguar C-Type	51
18th	S 2.0	34	Kieft Cars	Ian Burgess Austen Nurse	Kieft	46
19th	S 2.0	26th	Frazer Nash Ltd.	John Fitch Peter Wilson	Frazer-Nash Le Mans	44
20th	S 2.0	30th	Laurence Mitchell	Laurence Mitchell Peter Scott-Russell	Frazer-Nash high speed	42
21st	S 3.0	19th	Aston Martin	Roy Salvadori Dennis Poore	Aston Martin DB3S	33
22nd	S 1.5	43	Brian McCaldin	Brian McCaldin Charles Eyre-Maunsell	MG TD	29
23	S 1.5	41	Ted Lund	Ted Lund William Robertson	Jowett Jupiter	15th
24	S 2.0	32	Kieft Cars	Dan Calvert R. Green	Kieft	10
25th	S 5.0	6th	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Tony Rolt Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar C-Type	5
26th	S 1.5	39	Horace Gould	Horace Gould I. Lewis	Cooper T21	2
27	S 2.0	33	Ecurie Kenya	John Manussis C. Dunham	Jaguar C-Type	1
Not started
28	S 5.0	17th	HWM Motors	George Abecassis Lance Macklin	HWM	1

¹ Defect on the drive shaft

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
29	S 5.0	9	Ecurie Ecosse	James Scott-Douglas Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-Type
30th	S 5.0	10	Ecurie Ecosse	Jimmy Stewart John Lawrence	Jaguar C-Type
31	S 5.0	11	Ecurie Ecosse		Jaguar C-Type
32	S 5.0	15th	John Swift	John Swift CN Heath	Jaguar C-Type
33	S 5.0	16	Tommy Wisdom	Leslie Johnson Bert Hadley	Jaguar C-Type
34	S 3.0	23	Gordini	Salvatore Casella	Gordini T15S
35	S 3.0	24	Gordini	Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Gordini T15S
36	S 3.0	29	John Walton	John Walton Peter Bolton	Frazer Nash Le Mans replica
37	S 2.0	31	Syd Greene	Jim Meyers Mike Keen	Frazer Nash Le Mans
38	S 1.5	37	Porsche KG		Porsche 550
39	S 1.5	38	Porsche KG		Porsche 356 1500
40	S 1.5	42	Bob Said	Bob Said	Osca MT4
41	S 1.1	45	Porsche KG		Porsche 356 1100
42	S 1.1	46	Hans Tanner	Riccardo di Bona	Stanguellini Bialbero
43	S 750	47	Hans Tanner	Charles Maunsell	Stanguellini Bialbero
44	S 750	48	Bizeray	Louis Bizeray Bizeray	Renault 4CV 1063
45	S 750	51	Ecurie Jeudy-Bonnet	Deneziere Leonard Potter	DB HBR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 5.0	Stirling Moss	Peter Walker	Jaguar C-Type	Rank 3
S 3.0	Peter Collins	Pat Griffith	Aston Martin DB3S	Overall victory
S 2.0	Ken Wharton	Ernie Robb	Frazer Nash Le Mans	Rank 6
S 1.5	Pierce Cahill	Redmond Gallagher	Gordini T15S	Rank 9
S 750	George Trouis	Alfred Hitschings	DB HBR	Rank 14

Racing data

• Registered: 45
• Started: 27
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: foggy
• Route length: 11.935 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 9:37: 12,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 106
• Total distance of the winning team: 1265.083 km
• Winner's average: 131.506 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Peter Walker - Jaguar C-Type (# 7) - 5: 01,000 = 142.741 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1953 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data at Classic Cars

Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1953

Sports car world championship

Follow-up race Carrera Panamericana 1953