1953 Madgwick Cup

1953 Madgwick Cup
Race details
Date	26 September 1953
Official name	VI Madgwick Cup
Location	Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Course	Goodwood Circuit
Course length	3.863 km (2.400 mi)
Distance	7 laps, 27.039 km (16.801 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:35.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:35.0
Podium
First	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta
Third	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis

The 6th Madgwick Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 26 September 1953. The race was won by Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, starting from pole and setting fastest lap. Stirling Moss in a Cooper T24-Alta finished second and Tony Rolt was third in another Type A.

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	11:15.0, 144.26kph	1
2	7	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T24-Alta	+3.4s	2
3	11	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+3.8s	3
4	23	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol	+24.8s	5
5	8	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+33.6s	4
6	27	Les Leston	Ecurie Londres	Cooper T26-JAP	+55.2s	6
7	12	Leslie Marr	Leslie Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	7 laps	8
8	14	Guy Jason-Henry	Ecurie Brittanique	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	7 laps	10
9	9	Jimmy Somervail	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol	7 laps	9
Ret	24	Rodney Nuckey	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol	6 laps	16
Ret	28	Horace Richards	Horace Richards	HAR-Riley	5 laps	13
Ret	26	Jack Fairman	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	4 laps	11
Ret	5	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 4CLT/48	2 laps	14
Ret	21	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage Bristol	Cooper T23-Bristol	2 laps	7
Ret	22	Duncan Hamilton	R.J. Chase	Cooper T23-Bristol	0 laps, drive shaft	12
DNS	16	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Aston Martin		15
DNA	6	Willi Sturzebecher	Willi Sturzebecher	Veritas Meteor
DNA	15	Lance Macklin	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta
DNA	25	Austen Nurse	Austen Nurse	HWM-Alta
DNA	86	Mike Hawthorn	L.D. Hawthorn	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	9	Keith Hall	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol	car driven by Somervail
DNA	26	John Webb	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	car driven by Fairman