1952 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy

1952 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
1952 Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date	4 October 1952
Official name	I Joe Fry Memorial Trophy
Location	UK
Course	Airfield circuit
Course length	2.961 km (1.840 mi)
Distance	20 laps, 59.22 km (36.80 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss;
Time	1:18.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori
Time	1:17.6
Podium
First	Roy Salvadori;
Second	Ken Wharton;
Third	Ninian Sanderson;

The 1st Joe Fry Memorial Trophy was a non-championship

Cooper T20-Bristol. Stirling Moss started from pole in an ERA G-Type but retired just after halfway distance.^[1]^[2]

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	65	Roy Salvadori	Giovanni Caprara	Ferrari 500	26:32.6, 83.58mph	3
2	56	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer Nash FN48-Bristol	+11.4s	6
3	63	Ninian Sanderson	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol	+15.4s	5
4	50	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	20 laps	4
5	64	Bill Dobson	Ecurie Ecosse	Ferrari 125	+1 lap	10
6	110	Lawrence Mitchell	L. Mitchell	Frazer Nash HS-Bristol	+2 laps	12
7	60	Ernest Stapleton	E. Stapleton	Aston Martin 15/98	+2 laps	15
8	26	Bill Skelly	W. Skelly	Frazer Nash FN56-Bristol	+2 laps	16
Ret	55	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Lea Francis	17 laps	9
Ret	49	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	10 laps	7
Ret	61	Stirling Moss	ERA Ltd.	ERA G-Type	6 laps, steering	1
Ret	58	Archie Bryde	A. Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol	5 laps, accident	13
Ret	54	Leslie Marr	L. Marr	Lea Francis	4 laps, magneto	8
Ret	62	Peter Whitehead	P. Whitehead	Alta F2	0 laps, accident	2
DNS	51	Oliver Simpson	O. Simpson	Alta F2		11
DNS	70	Jimmy Stewart	J. Stewart	JAP		14
DNA	53	Ken Downing	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Lea Francis		-
DNA	59	Gerry Dunham	G. Dunham	Rover 75		-

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