Frederick Gordon Crosby (British, 1885-1943): "1933 Nuffield Trophy Race"

Goodwood Festival of Speed: Collector's Motor Cars and Automobilia|24 June 2022, 10:00 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

Frederick Gordon Crosby (British, 1885-1943): "1933 Nuffield Trophy Race"

unsigned, mixed media artwork, depicting the event at Donington Park, Pat Fairfield driving to victory in his ERA, leading Percy Maclure in his Riley, 41 x 74cm, mounted, with 'The Autocar' label applied to rear of mounting card, framed and glazed.

Footnotes

See lot 10, Brooks Monaco Auction, 7 May 1991. Photocopies of the catalogue pages are applied to the rear of the frame.

This was a 153 mile handicap race comprising 60 laps of the Donington circuit for cars up to 1500cc. Twenty cars started but only six finished. 1. P Fairfield (1.1 ERA) 2h25'10" with an average speed of 63.67mph; 2. P Maclure (1.1 Riley Brooklands) 2h26'23" average 63.45mph; 3. DL Briault (MG) 2h29'39" average 62.05mph; 4 F Dixon (Riley) 2h30'25" average 61.47mph; 5. 'B.Bira' (MG K3) 2h34'54" average and and 6. Miss Evans (R Type MG Midget) 2h36'04" 59.63mph.

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