Jul 4

Grand Prix de Belgique

Circuit National de Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium 14.12 km road course

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Geoff Duke	10	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera	Avon	15	1:12:03.80
2	Ken Kavanagh	14	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi	Avon	15	+1:12.20
3	Léon Martin	22	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera		15	+1:58.10
4	Bob McIntyre	20	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles		15	+2:24.30
5	Keith Campbell	44	500 Norton Manx 30M	Keith Campbell		14
6	Peter Murphy	68	500 Matchless G45	New Zealand ACU		14
7	Jack Ahearn	36	500 Norton Manx 30M	ACC of Australia		14
8	Harold Clark	46	500 Norton Manx 30M	Harold Clark Motor Cycles		14
9	Auguste Goffin	58	500 Norton Manx 30M/54			14
10	Dennis Lashmar	64	500 BSA	Geoff Duke Ltd.		14
11	Phil Heath	60	500 Norton Manx 30M	G.F. Jones		14
12	Raoul Gerrebos	52	500 Norton Manx 30M			14
13	Bob Matthews		500 Norton Manx 30M			14
14	Tom McCleary	66	500 Matchless G45	New Zealand ACU		13
R	Ray Amm	2	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNF
R	Fergus Anderson	4	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNF
R	Reg Armstrong	6	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera			DNF
R	Rod Coleman	8	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles			DNF
R	Enrico Lorenzetti	18	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNF
R	Georg Braun	40	500 Horex				DNF
R	Maurice Quincey	72	500 Norton Manx 30M	ACC of Australia			DNF
R	Leo Simpson	76	500 AJS Porcupine	New Zealand ACU			DNF
R	Pierre Monneret		500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera			DNF
R	Roland Schnell		500 Horex				DNF
R	Unknown						DNF
R	Unknown						DNF
R	Unknown						DNF
R	Unknown						DNF
?	Derek Farrant	12	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles			DNA ?
?	Bob Keeler	16	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNA ?
?	Alfredo Milani	24	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera			DNA ?
?	Walter Zeller	26	500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke			DNA ?
?	Hans Bartl	38	500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke			DNA ?
?	Keith Bryen	42	500 Norton Manx 30M	MRC of New South Wales			DNA ?
?	Firmin Dauwe	48	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNA ?
?	Stanley Dibben	50	500 Norton Manx 30M	Eleanor Motors			DNA ?
?	T. Gobel	54	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNA ?
?	Roy Godwin	56	500 Norton Manx 30M	Canadian Motorcycle Association			DNA ?
?	Gordon Laing	62	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNA ?
?	Jules Nies	70	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNA ?
?	Lo Simons	74	500 Matchless G45				DNA ?
?	John Storr	78	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNA ?
?	Astère van Fleteren	80	500 Gilera Saturno				DNA ?
?	Robert Wuyts	82	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNA ?

Distance 15 laps = 211.8 km Speed 176.3 km/h

FL Geoff Duke 4:42.10 - 180.2 km/h

Started 28 Classified 14 DNF 14

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Ken Kavanagh	14	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi		11	56:03.00
2	Fergus Anderson	4	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi		11	+1:48.00
3	Siegfried Wünsche	24	350 DKW	Auto Union		11	+2:22.00
4	Enrico Lorenzetti	18	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi		11
5	Leo Simpson	66	350 AJS 7R	New Zealand ACU		11
6	Bob McIntyre	20	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles		11
7	Auguste Goffin	48	350 Norton Manx 40M			11
8	Peter Murphy	58	350 AJS 7R	New Zealand ACU		11
9	Maurice Quincey	62	350 Norton Manx 40M	ACC of Australia		11
10	Jack Ahearn	32	350 Norton Manx 40M	ACC of Australia		11
11	Bob Matthews	72	350 Velocette KTT			11
12	Keith Campbell	36	350 Norton Manx 40M	Keith Campbell		11
13	Harold Clark	38	350 Norton Manx 40M	Harold Clark Motor Cycles		10
14	John Storr	68	350 Norton Manx 40M			10
15	Tom McCleary	56	350 AJS 7R	New Zealand ACU		10
16	August Hobl	12	350 DKW	Auto Union		10
17	Raoul Gerrebos	42	350 Norton Manx 40M			10
18	Lo Simons	64	350 AJS 7R			10
19	Firmin Dauwe	40	350 Norton Manx 40M			10
20	Dennis Lashmar	54	350 BSA	Geoff Duke Ltd.		10
21	Astère van Fleteren	70	350 AJS 7R			10
R	Ray Amm	2	350 Norton Manx 40M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNF
R	Rod Coleman	8	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles			DNF
R	Roy Godwin	46	350 Norton Manx 40M	Canadian Motorcycle Association			DNF
R	Gordon Laing	52	350 Norton Manx 40M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNF
?	Georg Braun	6	350 Horex	Schnell-Horex			DNA ?
?	Derek Farrant	10	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles			DNA ?
?	Bob Keeler	16	350 Norton Manx 40M/54	Norton Motors	Avon		DNA ?
?	Len Parry	22	350 DKW	Auto Union			DNA ?
?	Keith Bryen	34	350 Norton Manx 40M	MRC of New South Wales			DNA ?
?	T. Gobel	44	350 Velocette KTT				DNA ?
?	Jules Nies	60	350 AJS 7R				DNA ?

Distance 11 laps = 155.3 km Speed 166.2 km/h

FL Fergus Anderson 5:02.90 - 167.8 km/h

Started 25 Classified 21 DNF 4

Sources Vincent Glon, Motor Cycling Year Book

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Eric Oliver Les Nutt		500 Watsonian-Norton	Norton Motors		8	44:40.60
2	Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron		500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke		8	+44.80
3	Cyril Smith Stanley Dibben		500 Norton	Eleanor Motors		8	+1:42.50
4	Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwald		500 BMW Rennsport	Fritz Hillebrand
5	Walter Schneider Hans Strauss		500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke
6	Julien Deronne Jules Nies		500 Norton
7	Willi Faust Karl Remmert		500 BMW Rennsport
8	Jacques Drion Inge Stoll-Laforge		500 Watsonian-Norton	Jacques Drion
9	Bob Mitchell Max George		500 Norton
10	Pierre Vervroegen Raymond Bogaerdt		500 Norton
11	Marcel Masuy ? Unknown		500 Norton	Marcel Masuy
12	Jack Wijns Jean Verwoot		500 Norton	Jack Wijns
13	Edgar Strub J. von Arx		500 Norton
14	G. Borgesdiek ? Unknown		500 BMW Rennsport
15	Eddie Summers ? Unknown		500 Norton

Distance 8 laps = 113 km Speed 151.8 km/h

FL Eric Oliver 5:30.30 - 153.9 km/h

Sources Vincent Glon, Motor Cycling Year Book