At the 'Commander Yorker' meeting, Don took a podium in the three lap scratch race and a second to Don Parker in the non-production car race, and Prescott in July brought 4th fastest time. At Brands Hatch in August the Bardon-Turner came 3rd in the non-production car race and a second in the equivalent race in September.

Don could only manage 8th at Shelsley Walsh and 11th at Castle Combe and a Did Not Finish in the 500cc race at the Grand Prix meeting, but improved with a 5th in the handicap heat at Brough. The last race of the year for the Bardon-Turner brought a 5th in its heat in the Open Challenge at Brands Hatch.

The final and least successful evolution of the car was in 1951 when it had a new low slung body in the style of a Cooper with pannier tanks and a works JAP 'Sloper' engine. This new engine should have been much more suited for circuit racing than the old speedway JAPs but it proved otherwise and the car failed to finish any race in 1951. Don Later received two new JAP speedway engines from the factory by way of compensation, but for 1952 Truman succumbed and bought a Cooper Mk.6 while Jack Turner turned his attention to his own 500cc DOHC engine unit.

The Series Sports Car Chassis

In 1950 using experience gained on developing MG based racing specials, Turner undertook to offer for sale a series of sports car chassis of his own design. Chassis 001 and 002 were road-going sports cars powered by Vauxhall engines. A series of eight chassis were built featuring: an 'A' - formation 3 inch tubular frame, 8ft or 7ft 6in wheelbase with 4ft track, and independent suspension all-round using transverse leaf springs.

The Ken Rose Sports Racing Car  Chassis No. 003

First registered JDA 555 at Wolverhampton in March, 1951. The car was primarily ordered for competition work, the chassis was fitted with a 1767 cc Lea-Francis engine. The individual body was styled by Abbey Panels Limited of Coventry.

The car was a regular entry in sports racing car events on British circuits throughout the 1950s being driven by Ken Rose and then its second owner Dr. Toole. It is known that on 22nd April, 1951 the car ran in an Eastern Counties Motor Club Race Meeting at Fersfield Airfield, Near Diss, Norfolk.

Ken Rose was the son of Hugh Rose, Chief Engineer at Lea-Francis Motors, of Coventry. This contact led to Turner working with Lea-Francis to develop an all aluminium version of the LF 1767cc engine. The versatility of the design meant that the capacity could be easily enlarged or reduced by the choice of liners.

By 1960 the Lea-Francis engine had been replaced by a Ford Zephyr 2,262cc, 6-cylinder engine fitted with a Raymond Mays triple carburettor conversion. The car is now part of the Haynes Collection and is on display at the Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset.

The Turner MG K3 Formula Libre Special

In 1951, ownership of John Webb's ex-Parnell MG twin cam K3 single seat race car transferred to Jack Turner. John Webb continued as driver.

The book 'MG K3 Dossier' by M. F. Hawke states: “1951 the car was sold to J. H. Turner (who prepared the car for Webb) and the twin-cam engine was transferred to a Turner racing car which was raced by Webb in 1951 and 1952.”

The Parnell MG engineless chassis was sold on.