1937 Campbell Trophy
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1937 Campbell Trophy Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 1 May 1937 | ||
Official name | I Campbell Trophy | ||
Location |
Brooklands Weybridge, United Kingdom | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.648 km (2.267 mi) | ||
Distance | 100 laps, 364.8 km (226.7 mi) | ||
Weather | Dry | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | P. Whitehead | ||
Time | 1:52.2 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
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ERA ERA | |
Time | 1:53.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Prince Chula of Siam | ||
Second | E. Rayson | ||
Third | A. Powys-Lybbe |
The 1937 Campbell Trophy (formally known as I Campbell Trophy) was a Grand Prix that was held on 1 May 1937 at Brooklands near Weybridge, United Kingdom. It was the fourth round of the 1937 Grand Prix season, but it did not count towards the championship. The race, contested over 100 laps of 3.65 km, was won in the Class over 1500cc by Prince Bira, the only non-British driver in this event, driving a Maserati 8CM after starting from fourth position on the grid. The victory in the 1500cc Class was taken by , driving a Maserati 4C.
Entries[]
No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | DNA/DNS |
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1500cc Class | ||||
1 | ![]() |
B. Humphreys | MG | DNA - rear axle |
2 | ![]() |
"B Bira" | Delage | DNA - car not ready |
3 | ![]() |
A.C. Dobson | ||
4 | ![]() |
I. Connell | ||
5 | ![]() |
R. Tongue | ||
6 | ![]() |
D. Scribbans | ||
7 | ![]() |
P. Whitehead | ||
7 | ![]() |
P. Whitehead | DNS - Walker started in his car | |
8 | ![]() |
Earl Howe | ||
9 | ![]() |
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10 | ![]() |
ERA | DNS - brake problems | |
11 | ![]() |
Maserati | DNA | |
12 | ![]() |
Hon P. Aitken | Maserati 6CM | |
14 | ![]() |
Maserati 6CM | ||
15 | ![]() |
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16 | ![]() |
Mrs G. Hawkes | Derby | DNA |
17 | ![]() |
J. Bartlett | Alta | DNA |
18 | ![]() |
P. Jucker | Alta | |
18 | ![]() |
Alta | DNS - Jucker started in his car | |
Class over 1500cc (Voiturette class) | ||||
19 | ![]() |
Dixon-Riley Special | ||
20 | ![]() |
C. Mervyn White | Bugatti T51 | |
21 | ![]() |
A. Powys-Lybbe | Alfa Romeo Monza | |
22 | ![]() |
A. Hamilton | Alfa Romeo Monza | |
23 | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo Monza | ||
24 | ![]() |
C. Staniland | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
25 | ![]() |
C.E.C. Martin | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
26 | ![]() |
K. Evans | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
26 | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo Tipo B | DNS - Evans started in his car | |
27 | ![]() |
Prince Chula of Siam | Maserati 8CM | |
28 | ![]() |
A.F. Ashby | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | |
29 | ![]() |
Alfa Romeo Bimotore | ||
29 | ![]() |
Maserati | DNS - He started in another car |
Qualifying results[]
Pos. | Driver | Car Constructor | Time |
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1 | Peter Walker | ERA | 1:52.2 |
2 | Earl Howe | ERA | 1:52.2 |
3 | Chris Staniland | Alfa Romeo | 1:52.3 |
4 | Prince Bira | Maserati | 1:53.0 |
5 | Raymond Mays | ERA | 1:54.2 |
6 | Austin Dobson | Alfa Romeo | 1:56.6 |
7 | Alfa Romeo | 1:57.2 | |
8 | ERA | 1:57.6 | |
9 | Alfa Romeo | 1:57.6 | |
10 | ERA | 1:57.8 | |
11 | ERA | 2:00.4 | |
12 | Maserati | 2:00.4 | |
13 | (Took over from in this session) |
Alfa Romeo | 2:01.0 |
14 | Wilkie Wilkinson | Alfa Romeo | 2:01.0 |
15 | Alfa Romeo | 2:01.0 | |
16 | Charlie Dodson | Dixon Spl. | 2:02.8 |
17 | Bugatti | 2:04.0 | |
18 | Alfa Romeo | 2:07.2 | |
19 | Maserati | 2:08.0 | |
20 | Alta | 2:08.2 | |
21 | Reggie Tongue | ERA | No Time |
22 | Maserati | No Time |
- Drivers shown in cursive drove in the 1500cc class.
Race report[]
At the start of the race, stalled his Maserati, so it was pushed away to be started elsewhere. After just one lap, Bira had taken the lead followed by Howe and Walker. However, Walker's engine stopped and, after eight laps, his gearbox broke, so he retired. Likewise did Mays (brake problems) and Dodson (overheated engine).
Bira kept the lead until Howe, who celebrated his fifty-third birthday on this day, overtook him in the nineteenth lap. However, six laps later Howe hit an earth bank on the Vickers bridge and the front of the car hit the palisade. The car then bounced to the other side of the track and ended up on its right side. Howe suffered injuries on the head, arm, shoulder and ribs.
At this point Bira was again first, with Austin Dobson and behind him, until Dobson's clutch broke in the thirty-first lap. Staniland fell back due to brake problems, as did , who had a cup of tea while his mechanics changed the front brake shoes on his ERA. He eventually retired. As for drivers changes, during the fuel stops took over from , Mays switched seats with , as did with Wilkinson and went on in 's car.
After eighty laps eleven drivers had retired. Among the last was who had to park his Alta at Hill Bend without brakes and with broken transmission. Bira eventually won the race over two and a half minutes in front of Rayson, who took victory in the voiturette 1500cc class, and became third.
Race results[]
Pos. | Driver | Car Constructor | Time (Diff.)/Status |
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1 | Prince Bira | Maserati | 3:16:52.6 |
2 | Maserati | +2:36.8 | |
3 | Alfa Romeo | +8:01.2 | |
4 | ERA | +10:14.4 | |
5 | Alfa Romeo | +1 lap | |
6 | Reggie Tongue | ERA | +2 laps |
7 | / | Alfa Romeo | +4 laps (DNF - engine) |
8 | Raymond Mays/ | ERA | +8 laps |
9 | Bugatti | +9 laps | |
10 | Robin Hanson | Maserati | +9 laps |
11 | Chris Staniland | Alfa Romeo | +21 laps (DNF - brakes/clutch) |
12 | Wilkie Wilkinson/ | Alfa Romeo | +26 laps (DNF - gearbox) |
13 | Alfa Romeo | +30 laps (DNF - transmission) | |
14 | ERA | +31 laps | |
15 | Maserati | +52 laps (DNF - fuel feed) | |
16 | / | Alfa Romeo | +56 laps (DNF - engine) |
17 | Alta | +57 laps (DNF - supercharger) | |
18 | ERA | +68 laps (DNF - brakes) | |
19 | Austin Dobson | Alfa Romeo | +69 laps (DNF - transmission) |
20 | Earl Howe | ERA | +75 laps (DNF - crash) |
21 | Charlie Dodson | Dixon-Riley | +89 laps (DNF - clutch) |
22 | Peter Walker | ERA | +92 laps (DNF - gearbox) |
- Drivers shown in cursive drove in the 1500cc class.
Sources[]
- The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - 1937 Campbell Trophy (Archived 2013-07-13)
- Racing Sports Cars - Drivers. The page of each of the aforementioned drivers was consulted. (Archived 2013-07-13)
- The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing - Drivers. The page of each of the aforementioned drivers was consulted.
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