1952 Madgwick Cup

1952 Madgwick Cup
1952 Madgwick Cup
Race details
Date	27 September 1952
Official name	V Madgwick Cup
Location	Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Course	Goodwood Circuit
Course length	3.863 km (2.388 miles)
Distance	7 laps, 27.041 km (16.716 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Eric Thompson;
Fastest lap
Driver	Dennis Poore
Time	1:39.6
Podium
First	Ken Downing;
Second	Dennis Poore;
Third	Alan Brown;

The 5th Madgwick Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 27 September 1952. The race was won by Ken Downing in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Teammate Dennis Poore was second, setting fastest lap in the process, and Alan Brown in a Cooper T20-Bristol was third.^[1]^[2]

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	24	Ken Downing	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	11:53.0; 85.09 mph	2
2	20	Dennis Poore	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+13.4s	5
3	16	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+17.4s	4
4	27	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Alta F2	+21.8s	11
5	21	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+23.2s	10
6	31	Ninian Sanderson	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol	+23.3s	12
7	26	Roy Salvadori	G. Caprara	Ferrari 500	+23.4s	6
8	23	John Barber	J. Barber	Cooper T20-Bristol	+33.0s	14
9	35	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer Nash-Bristol	+50.0s	20
10	33	Leslie Marr	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+55.0s	18
11	3	Bill Dobson	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 125	+1:19.6	17
12	36	Bill Skelly	Bill Skelly	Frazer Nash-Bristol	+1:50.0	19
Ret	37	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley	5 laps	22
Ret	29	Oliver Simpson	R. York	Alta F2	5 laps	21
Ret	30	Richard Odlum	R. Odlum	Frazer Nash-Bristol	5 laps	16
Ret	34	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	5 laps, engine	8
Ret	15	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	2 laps	9
Ret	32	Eric Thompson	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	1 lap, crash	1
Ret	25	André Loens	Fraser-Hartwell Syndicate	Cooper T20-Bristol	0 laps, crash	13
Ret	17	Stirling Moss	ERA Ltd	ERA G-Type-Bristol	0 laps, crash	7
DNS	14	Duncan Hamilton	L. Hawthorn	Cooper T20-Bristol	engine	3
DNS	28	Gordon Watson	G. Watson	Alta F2	clutch	15
DNA	14	Mike Hawthorn	L. Hawthorn	Cooper T20-Bristol	driver injured	-
DNA	97	Harold Goldschmidt	H. Goldschmidt	Kieft-JAP		-
DNA	98	David Bennett	David Bennett	Cooper T12-JAP		-

References

^ "1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-15.
^ "V Madgwick Cup 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-15.

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[1] "1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-15.

[2] "V Madgwick Cup 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-15.

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