1955 Lavant Cup
# 1955 Lavant Cup

The 7th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 11 April 1955 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 7 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, setting fastest lap in the process. Bob Gerrard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was second, just 0.8 seconds behind Salvadori, and Don Beauman was third in another Connaught Type A-Lea Francis.

## Results

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Roy Salvadori | John Young | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | 11:38.6, 86.57mph | 1 |
| 2 | 16 | Bob Gerard | F.R. Gerard | Cooper T23-Bristol | +0.8s | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | Don Beauman | Sir Jeremy Boles | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | 2 |
| 4 | 12 | Mike Keen | R.J. Chase | Cooper T24-Alta | | 5 |
| 5 | 8 | Bill Holt | E.W. Holt | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | 3 |
| 6 | 24 | Mike Anthony | M. Anthony | Lotus Mark X-Bristol | | 7 |
| | 17 | Dick Gibson | T.A.D. Crook | Cooper T23-Bristol | | 11 |
| | 18 | Tom Kyffin | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | | 12 |
| | 20 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson-Alta | | 8 |
| | 23 | Horace Richards | H.A. Richards | HAR-Riley | | 9 |
| Ret | 21 | Ron Flockhart | J.H. Webb | Turner-Alta | 6 laps | 13 |
| Ret | 6 | John Riseley-Prichard | Equipe Endeavour | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | 5 laps - gearbox | 10 |
| DNS | 19 | Bruce Halford | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | | 6 |
| DNA | 4 | Alan Brown | A. Brown | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
| DNA | 11 | Michael Young | Roebuck Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
| DNA | 15 | Edward Greenall | Hon E.G. Greenall | Cooper T24-Alta | | - |
