1959 Silver City Trophy

IV Silver City Trophy
Snetterton circuit layout for the 1959 race
Race details
Date	October 10, 1959
Official Name	IV Silver City Trophy
Location	Snetterton Circuit Snetterton, Norfolk, UK
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.361km (2.71mi)
Distance	25 laps, 109.025km (67.759 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Ron Flockhart BRM
Time	1:34.8
Fastest Lap
Driver	Ron Flockhart BRM
Time	1:33.6
Podium
First	Ron Flockhart BRM
Second	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Third	Bruce Halford BRM
Lap Leaders
No race-code specified

Background

Entry list

The full entry list for the 1959 Silver City Trophy is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.2	D
2	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
3	Bruce Halford	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
5	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
6	David Piper	Dorchester Service Station	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
7	Bruce Halford	H.H. Gould	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
8	Ian Raby	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
9	Chris Summers	Equipe Arden	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
10	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper	T45	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
11	Dennis Taylor	Privateer	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
12	Chris Bristow	British Racing Partnership	Cooper	T51	Borgward	1500 RS L4 1.5	D
14	Ron Carter	Trentside Motor Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
15	Klaas Twisk	Tulip Stable	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Brian Whitehouse	Westmount Garage	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
17	George Wicken	Wincheap Racing Association	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Trevor Taylor	Ace Garage	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
19	Dick Gibson	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
20	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
21	Tim Parnell	R.H.H. Parnell	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
22	André Pilette	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
23	Lucien Bianchi	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
24	Mike McKee	Jim Russell	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
25	Mike Parkes	David Fry	Fry	F2	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
26	John Campbell-Jones	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
27	Stan Hart	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D

• The cyan background represents drivers using Formula Two cars.