British Empire Trophy 1954 Cooper, C Type, Turner

Photo from the British Empire Trophy 1954 at Oulton Park.

In this shot the winning Cooper-Bristol of Alan Brown is seen lapping the Turner of Chris Threlfall which finished 13th and the Jaguar C Type of Berwyn Baxter (XKC 046) which was 15th.

Browns car was converted from single seater F2 spec and had been raced in Grands Prix in 1952 and 1953, a sister car to the Type 20 Cooper-Bristol that made a star of Mike Hawthorn and led to his driving for Ferrari.

10x7 inch (254x178mm)