1955 Daily Record Trophy
# 1955 Daily Record Trophy

The 3rd Daily Record Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 August 1955 at Charterhall Circuit, Berwickshire. The race was run over two heats of 15 laps and a final of 20 laps, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Maserati 250F. Horace Gould and Louis Rosier were second and third, also in 250Fs. Gerard and Rosier shared fastest lap.

This was the only occasion on which the Daily Record Trophy was run under Formula 1 rules, the previous races in 1953 and 1954 being Formula Libre events. It was also the last occurrence of the event.

## Results

### Heats

| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Ret. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 36 | Mike Anthony | M. Anthony | Lotus Mark X-Bristol | 23:04.2, 78.02mph |
| 2 | 70 | Alex McMillan | A. McMillan | Cooper T23-Bristol | |
| 3 | 18 | Jimmy Somervail | Border Reivers | Cooper T20-Bristol | |
| 4 | 38 | Dick Gibson | R. Gibson | Cooper T23-Bristol | |
| 5 | 25 | Cedric Brierley | J.C. Brierley | Frazer Nash-Bristol |
| 6 | 37 | Horace Richards | H.A. Richards | HAR-Riley | |
| Ret | 20 | Bruce Halford | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | |
| Ret | 23 | Alastair Birrell | A.W. Birrell | Cooper T20-Bristol | |
| Ret | 26 | Jack Walton | J.H. Walton | Cooper T23-Bristol | |
| Ret | | John Young | | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | |
| DNS | 24 | Archie Scott Brown | Brian Lister Light Engineering | Lister-Bristol | |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Ret. |
| 1 | 32 | Bob Gerard | Stirling Moss Ltd. | Maserati 250F | 21:26.4, 83.96mph |
| 2 | 71 | Horace Gould | Gould's Garage (Bristol) | Maserati 250F | +14.4s |
| 3 | 30 | Leslie Marr | L. Marr | Connaught Type B-Alta | +36.0s |
| 4 | 31 | Jack Brabham | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T40-Bristol | +45.2s |
| 5 | 28 | Michael Young | Roebuck Engineering | Connaught Type A-Alta | |
| 6 | 19 | Tom Kyffin | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | |
| Ret | 33 | Louis Rosier | Ecurie Rosier | Maserati 250F | 3 laps, fuel system |

### Final

| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time/Retired |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bob Gerard | Maserati | 28:49.0, 83.29mph |
| 2 | Horace Gould | Maserati | |
| 3 | Louis Rosier | Maserati | |
| 4 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Bristol | |
| 5 | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Alta | |
| Ret | Archie Scott Brown | Lister-Bristol | 12 laps, suspension |
| Ret | Mike Anthony | Lotus-Bristol | 5 laps |
