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The Bahamas Speed Week was an annual motor racing meeting held at
Retrieved 11 September 2018
The following table lists the winners of the Nassau Trophy, the feature race at each of the 13 Speed Week meetings.
File:Windsor Field Bahamas Speedweek.png, Windsor Field (1954-1956)
File:Oakes Field 1957 Bahamas Speedweek.png, Oakes Field (1957)
File:Oakes Field 1958-1966 Bahamas Speed Week.png, Oakes Field (1958-1966)
Since 2011 the Bahamas Speed Week Revival has taken place along the beach at Nassau and down from the harbor. Cars range from vintage racers to new vehicles that now race in a
Nassau
Nassau may refer to:
Places Bahamas
*Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence
Canada
*Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
*Nassau Street (Winnipeg), ...
in The Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...
from 1954 to 1966.
History
First held in 1954 on the Windsor Field Road Course in Nassau, the inaugural event was titled as the Nassau Trophy Road Races.Nassau Speed Weeks 1954, www.wsrp.czRetrieved 11 September 2018
Masten Gregory
Masten Gregory (February 29, 1932 − November 8, 1985) was an American racing driver. He raced in Formula One between and , participating in 43 World Championship races, and numerous non-Championship races.
He was also a successful sports car r ...
won the main race, the Nassau Trophy, in a Ferrari 375 MM
:''See Ferrari 375 F1 for the 375 used in Formula 1 racing, and 375 America, a GT car''
The Ferrari 375 MM, was a sports racing car produced by Ferrari in 1953 up to 1955 for the road cars. It was named "375" for the unitary displacement of one ...
. The 1956 meeting was promoted as the Third Annual International Bahamas Speed Week. For 1957, the meeting was moved to another airfield location, the anti-clockwise Oakes Field Course, which was closer to the main population areas on the island. For 1958 onwards, the circuit was shortened to and the circuit was run in clockwise direction.Terry O'Neill, The Bahamas Speed Weeks, Veloce Publishing Ltd, page 14.
Due to needed track repairs and the lack of additional funding by the Bahamian government, as well as competition from more races running in December, the event was discontinued after the 1966 edition.
The success of the Bahamas Speed Week led to the creation of other events in the Caribbean, like the Cuban Grand Prix and the Puerto Rico Grand Prix.
Nassau Trophy
The following table lists the winners of the Nassau Trophy, the feature race at each of the 13 Speed Week meetings.
Bahamas Speed Week Revival
Since 2011 the Bahamas Speed Week Revival has taken place along the beach at Nassau and down from the harbor. Cars range from vintage racers to new vehicles that now race in a time trials In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
format.
References
External links
* Historic motorsport events Nassau, Bahamas Motor racing competitions {{Bahamas-stub