From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Race classification, performance index calculations, and regulations for the Biennial Rudge-Whitworth Cup.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 160\3\ scan0318 | |
| Date | 31th December 1939 | |
| (I6) A car D which should cover 2,610 kil. covers 3,000 A car E which should cover 2,640 kil. covers 3,100 but, in the case of the last the 3,100 - 2,640 = 460 last kilometres have not been covered at the stipulated average of 2,640/24 = 110 kilometres per hour, the distance for this car, in the classification according to the performance index number will be brought back to 2,640 kil. For this, car therefore, D = M and D/M = I. For these five cars the performance index numbers run as follows : Car A ..... index number 1.950/1.700 = 1.147 Car B ..... index number 1.910/1.880 = 1.016 Car C ..... index number 2.540/2.200 = 1.155 Car D ..... index number 3.000/2.610 = 1.149 Car E ..... index number 2.640/2.640 = I. The classification is therefore the following : 1st .......... Car C 2nd .......... Car D 3rd .......... Car A 4th .......... Car E 5th .......... Car B If the distance D covered does not reach the stipulated minimum for any of the cars the race Stewards will be empowered to decide whether the Cup should be allotted to the car having the highest D/M ratio. The winner of the 14th. Biennial Rudge-Whitworth Cup will win the Cup outright. QUALIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION FOR THE 15TH. BIENNIAL RUDGE-WHITWORTH CUP Art. 17. - For every vehicle having completed the events of the 16th. Reliability Grand Prix according to the regulations, the distance covered by said vehicle in 24 hours is calculated in accordance with the provisions of articles 12 and 14. All competitors in the 15th. Biennial Rudge-Whitworth Cup who have covered the minimum distance specified in article 12, as stipulated in articles 13 and 14, are qualified for the second event of said 1939-1940 Biennial Cup the regulations of which will be issued before the 31st. December 1939. The competitors qualified by the eliminating race of the 15th. Biennial Cup will be divided into two classes : ... | ||