Saturday was a dry, cloudy day and the very small crowd had no difficulty seeing the racing; in fact there seemed to be more police and officials than members of the public.
Event 1 was for sports cars up to 1,500 c.c., with an award for 1,300-c,c. class winners. On the front of the grid were Naylor (Lotus-Connaught), J. Russell (Cooper-Climax) and Chapman (Lotus-M.G.). As the flag fell Chapman shot into the lead, behind him came Leston (Connaught), who had shot through from the third row of the grid. At the end of lap one Chapman's Lotus-M.G. was leading and each of the succeeding laps enlarged this lead over the second and third cars, which were fighting for the second position. By lap two Brooks' Connaught had managed to overtake Leston's Connaught, and for the next three places Salvadori and Russell (Cooper-Climax) and B. Naylor (Lotus-Connaught) were still sorting each other out.. On the eighth lap Leston scrabbled past Brooks into second place, while Salvadori was leading Russell round for fourth and fifth places. For the next four laps Leston's Connaught held second place, pressed closely by Brooks, who was watching for a chance to overtake. The opportunity occurred on lap 12 and Brooks swept past at the end of Railway Straight. Two laps later Leston also passed at the end of Railway Straight, and these positions looked as though they would remain until the end, but by a skilful piece of driving and anticipation Brooks slipped past Leston on the last corner before the finish (Tatts) and was second by a very small margin. Fourth and fifth were Salvadori and J. Russell in their Cooper-Climaxes. Chapman's winning speed was 77.96 m.p.h. He also set up a new class record at 79.13 m.p.h.
The next event was the 500-c.c. scratch race. In the front row were J. Russell, D. Boshier-Jones, C. Allison and Cohn Davis, all driving Cooper-Nortons. As the flag dropped the front row roared off to a good start with Boshier-Jones leading for the first two laps. Don Parker in his very well-known Kieft failed to start his engine before. the flag dropped but he got away as the field reached the first corner. As the race settled down the four cars from the front of the grid drew away from the rest of the field and scrapped among themselves for first place. The lead was eventually taken by Russell, who won by 11 seconds from Boshier-Jones. Colin Davis had the misfortune to lose a wheel, putting him out of the race. Don Parker, who had such a bad start, was busy making up time and finished fifth after carving right through the rearguard, who for a long time were contesting for such positions as 15th and 16th. Thc race was exciting without being spectacular although a new 500.-c.c. lap record was set up by Russell at 30.36 m.p.h.
