title: 1954 August Cup
text: # 1954 August Cup
  
  The 1st August Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 August 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500.
  
  Parnell started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Connaught driver Tony Rolt started from pole position in Heat 2 and won, while Tony Crook set fastest lap in that heat in a Cooper.
  
  Maserati driver Roy Salvadori was second in the final and Rolt was third.
  
  The name of the event is referred to in at least one source as the August Trophy Race.
  
  ## Entries
  
  | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Reg Parnell | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Ferrari 500 |
  | 4 | Tony Rolt | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
  | 5 | Horace Gould | Gould's Garage (Bristol) | Cooper T23-Bristol |
  | 6 | Tony Crook | T.A.D. Crook | Cooper T24-Bristol |
  | 7 | Keith Hall | Border Reivers | Cooper T20-Bristol |
  | 8 | Jack Fairman | J.H. Webb | Turner-Lea Francis |
  | 9 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson Mk.1-Alta |
  | 10 | Roy Salvadori | Gilby Engineering | Maserati 250F |
  | 11 | Horace Richards | H.A. Richards | HAR-Riley |
  | 12 | Ted Whiteaway | E.N. Whiteaway | HWM-Alta |
  | 14 | Geoff Richardson | G.N. Richardson | RRA-Alta |
  | 15 | Gerry Dunham | C.G.H. Dunham | DHS-Alvis |
  | 16 | Oliver Simpson | Ron Searles | Rover |
  | 18 | Ron Searles | Ron Searles | Cooper-JAP |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. | Grid |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari | 11:18.8, 73.81mph | 1 |
  | 2 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati | +8.0s | 2 |
  | 3 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | +28.0s | 3 |
  | 4 | Keith Hall | Cooper-Bristol | 10 laps | 4 |
  | 5 | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Alta | 10 laps | 6 |
  | 6 | Gerry Dunham | DHS-Alvis | | 5 |
  | 7 | Horace Richards | HAR-Riley | | 7 |
  | Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. | Grid |
  | 1 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Alta | 11:47.4, 70.78mph | 1 |
  | 2 | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | +17.6s | 2 |
  | 3 | Jack Fairman | Turner-Lea Francis | +26.4s | 4 |
  | 4 | Ted Whiteaway | HWM-Alta | 10 laps | 3 |
  | 5 | Geoff Richardson | RRA-Alta | | 6 |
  | 6 | Oliver Simpson | Rover | | 7 |
  | 7 | Ron Searles | Cooper-JAP | | 5 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Pos. | Driver | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari | 11:10.8, 74.59mph | 1 |
  | 2 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati | +3.2s | 2 |
  | 3 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | +29.0s | 4 |
  | 4 | Horace Gould | Maserati | +37.0s | 3 |
  | 5 | Keith Hall | Cooper-Bristol | +37.6s | 5 |
  | 6 | Ted Whiteaway | HWM-Alta | 10 laps | 8 |
  | 7 | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | 10 laps | 7 |
  | 8 | Jack Fairman | Turner-Lea francis | | 11 |
  | 9 | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Alta | | 6 |
  | Ret | Geoff Richardson | RRA-Alta | | 10 |
  | DNS | Gerry Dunham | DHS-Alvis | | 9 |
  | DNQ | Horace Richards | HAR-Riley | | - |
  | DNQ | Oliver Simpson | Rover | | - |
  | DNQ | Ron Searles | Cooper-JAP | | - |
  