The 2nd Newcastle Journal Trophy was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Charterhall on 15 August 1953. The race was won by Ken Wharton in a Cooper T20-Bristol. Roy Salvadori and Ron Flockhart were second and third in their Connaught A Type-Lea Francises All three shared fastest lap.^[1][2]

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired
1	39	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T20-Bristol	1:15:30.6, 79.72mph
2	106	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+27.4s
3	107	Ron Flockhart	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+32.0s
4	32	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T20-Bristol	50 laps
5	38	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+1 lap
6	58	Ian Stewart	Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+1 lap
7	16	Eric Brandon	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T16-JAP	+2 laps
8	68	Jack Walton	Jack Walton	Cooper T25-Bristol	+2 laps
Ret	105	John Coombs	Connaught Racing Syndicate	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	brakes
Ret	92	Jack Fairman	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	big end
Ret	66	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage Bristol	Cooper T23-Bristol	mechanical
Ret	97	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	Cooper T24-Alta	fuel injection
Ret	57	Jimmy Stewart	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol
	37	Bill Skelly	Bill Skelly	Frazer-Nash-Bristol
	55	Jimmy Somervail	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol
	62	Austen Nurse	Austen Nurse	HWM-Alta
	69	Peter Bolton	Jack Walton	Frazer-Nash-Bristol
	71	Bill Black	Bill Black	Frazer-Nash-Bristol
DNA	10	André Loens	Kieft Cars	Kieft-Bristol
DNA	64	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 4CLT/48