The 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2 July 1950 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The event was marred by the fatal accident of Briton David Whitworth during the 350cc event. On the 10th lap, Whitworth tangled with Charlie Salt and crashed. Salt was able to keep going, but Whitworth had fractured his skull. He died the following day in a hospital close to the track.
1950, belgian, motorcycle, grand, prix, second, race, 1950, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, took, place, weekend, july, 1950, circuit, francorchamps, event, marred, fatal, accident, briton, david, whitworth, during, 350cc, event, 10th, whitworth, tang. The 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season It took place on the weekend of 2 July 1950 at the Circuit de Spa Francorchamps The event was marred by the fatal accident of Briton David Whitworth during the 350cc event On the 10th lap Whitworth tangled with Charlie Salt and crashed Salt was able to keep going but Whitworth had fractured his skull He died the following day in a hospital close to the track 1950 Belgian Grand PrixRace detailsRace 2 of 6 races in the1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonDate2 July 1950LocationCircuit de Spa FrancorchampsCoursePermanent racing facility14 120 km 8 774 mi 500 ccRiderFastest lapRiderGeoff DukeNortonTime5 04PodiumFirstUmberto MasettiGileraSecondNello PaganiGileraThirdTed FrendAJS350 ccRiderFastest lapRiderArtie BellNortonTime5 21PodiumFirstBob FosterVelocetteSecondArtie BellNortonThirdGeoff DukeNortonSidecar B2A RiderFastest lapRiderEric Oliver Ercole FrigerioNortonGileraTime6 20PodiumFirstEric OliverNortonSecondErcole FrigerioGileraThirdHans HaldemannNorton Contents 1 500 cc classification 2 350 cc classification 3 Sidecar classification 4 References500 cc classification editPos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 nbsp Umberto Masetti Gilera 14 1 12 48 8 8 2 nbsp Nello Pagani Gilera 14 31 7 6 3 nbsp Ted Frend AJS 14 33 2 4 4 nbsp Carlo Bandirola Gilera 14 51 5 3 5 nbsp Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 14 57 7 2 6 nbsp Harry Hinton Norton 14 1 42 8 1 7 nbsp Bob Foster AJS 14 1 53 5 8 nbsp Reg Armstrong Velocette 14 3 05 7 9 nbsp Dickie Dale Norton 14 4 09 8 10 nbsp Felice Benasedo Moto Guzzi 14 5 32 7 1 350 cc classification editPos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 nbsp Bob Foster Velocette 11 59 28 8 8 2 nbsp Artie Bell Norton 11 24 6 6 3 nbsp Geoff Duke Norton 11 55 0 4 4 nbsp Bill Lomas Velocette 11 1 10 1 3 5 nbsp Charlie Salt Velocette 11 1 30 4 2 6 nbsp Harold Daniell Norton 11 1 35 8 1 7 nbsp Ted Frend AJS 11 2 20 2 8 nbsp Eric McPherson AJS 11 2 27 7 9 nbsp Vic Willoughby Velocette 11 2 27 9 10 nbsp Tommy Wood Velocette 11 2 28 7 11 nbsp Harry Hinton Norton 12 nbsp Dickie Dale AJS 13 nbsp Syd Jensen AJS 14 nbsp George Morrison Norton 15 nbsp Leon Martin Velocette 16 nbsp Arthur Wheeler Velocette 17 nbsp Ernie Thomas Velocette 18 nbsp Fergus Anderson AJS 19 nbsp Jim Swarbrick AJS 20 nbsp Eric Oliver AJS 21 nbsp Albert Moule Norton 22 nbsp J F Kentish AJS 23 nbsp Vaino Hollming Velocette 1 Sidecar classification editPos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 nbsp Eric Oliver nbsp Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 7 44 43 9 8 2 nbsp Ercole Frigerio nbsp Ezio Ricotti Gilera 7 28 7 6 3 nbsp Hans Haldemann nbsp Josef Albisser Norton 7 48 9 4 4 nbsp Ferdinand Aubert nbsp Rene Aubert Norton 7 2 58 7 3 5 nbsp Alphonse Vervroegen nbsp Pierrot Vervroegen FN 7 3 53 8 2 6 nbsp Fritz Muhlemann nbsp Marie Muhlemann Norton 7 4 17 1 1 7 nbsp Julien Deronne nbsp Johnny Anthony Norton 7 4 17 4 8 nbsp Marcel Masuy nbsp Denis Jenkinson BMW 7 4 33 3 9 nbsp Pip Harris nbsp Neil Smith Norton 7 4 41 2 10 nbsp Adhemar Marechal nbsp Guy de Marneffe BMW 7 5 05 3 1 References edit a b c Chamberlain Peter ed Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951 Temple Press Ltd p 115 Previous race 1950 Isle of Man TT FIM Grand Prix World Championship1950 season Next race 1950 Dutch TT Previous race 1949 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Next race 1951 Belgian Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix amp oldid 1160981493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
