1952 Newcastle Journal Trophy

1952 Newcastle Journal Trophy
1952 Newcastle Journal Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date	11 October 1952
Official name	I Newcastle Journal Trophy
Location	Charterhall, Berwickshire, UK
Course	Airfield circuit
Course length	3.218 km (2.000 mi)
Distance	40 laps, 128.72 km (79.98 mi)
Fastest lap
Driver	Tony Gaze
Time	1:26.6
Podium
First	Dennis Poore;
Second	Kenneth McAlpine;
Third	Mike Oliver;

The 1st Newcastle Journal Trophy was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Charterhall on 11 October 1952. The race was won by Dennis Poore in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, leading home his teammates Kenneth McAlpine and Mike Oliver. Tony Gaze set fastest lap in his HWM-Alta.[1][2]

Stirling Moss finished fourth in the troublesome ERA G-Type-Bristol; this was the last race entered by the works ERA team.

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired
1	29	Dennis Poore	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	59:21.6, 81.14mph
2	31	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+34.6s
3	30	Mike Oliver	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+41.2s
4	25	Stirling Moss	English Racing Automobiles Ltd.	ERA G-Type-Bristol
5	16	Bobbie Baird	Giovanni Caprara	Ferrari 500
6	32	André Loens	Fraser-Hartwell Syndicate	Cooper T20-Bristol
7	10	Peter Whitehead	P. Whitehead	Alta F2
Ret	91	Alan Brown	A. Brown	Cooper T20-Bristol	timing chain
Ret	82	Tony Gaze	T. Gaze	HWM-Alta
Ret	28	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Simca Gordini Type 15	broken goggles
Ret	34	John Barber	J. Barber	Cooper T20-Bristol
Ret	35	Archie Bryde	A. Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol
Ret	38	Ninian Sanderson	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol	6 laps, transmission
Ret	39	Bill Dobson	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 125
Ret	44	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley
Ret	45	Jack Walton	J. Walton	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica-Bristol	puncture
Ret	46	Peter Bolton	P. Bolton	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica-Bristol
Ret	71	Albert Wake	A. Wake	HWM-Alta
Ret	81	Ernest Stapleton	E. Stapleton	Aston Martin 15/98
Ret	83	Bill Melville	M.R. Chassels	JP-JAP
Ret	84	Jock White	J. White	MacKay
Ret	85	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol
Ret	86	Joe Little	J. Little	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica-Bristol
Ret	87	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer Nash FN48-Bristol
Ret	89	John Melvin	J. Melvin	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica-Bristol
Ret	90	Peter Scott-Russell	H.A. Mitchell	Frazer Nash High Speed-Bristol
Ret	116	Ian Stewart	J. Brown	HWM-Alta	3 laps
DNS	20	Mike Hawthorn	L.M. Hawthorn	Cooper T20-Bristol

References

"1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-01.
"I Newcastle Journal Trophy 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-01.

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[1] "1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-01.

[2] "I Newcastle Journal Trophy 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-01.