Pole position: Brabham
Fastest lap: Clark in 1.56,8
Distance: 19 laps
Average speed: 135,89 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1965 Cars
Unfortunately this race was something of an anticlimax, thanks to the gigantic mix-up in the first corner. Jim Clark and Jack Sears in the works Cortinas made superb starts and got into Old Hall clear of the howling pack, which was lead by Roy Pierpoint's Mustang, Jack Brabham having muffed his start. Whether Pierpoint was nudged or not is not known, but his car went into a series of fish-tail slides in the corner which increased in amplitude. He was hit by at least four cars, the whole field telescoped, and the race virtually stopped. Six cars were off the track, and the Cortina drivers watching in their mirrors wondered if they would be the only competitors left in the race. Only one car failed to restart - the Mini Cooper of John Lewis which collected a severely concave near side. The damage caused to other cars involved in the concertina became apparent later in the race by the number of pit stops to check bodywork, and a few retirements with radiator leaks and suspension damage. |
Class A-D
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
DSQ | 114 | Alan Brown Racing Ltd Ford Mustang |
Jack Brabham, AUS |
4728 | V8 | D | 19 laps, 37.16,6 | 1.55,2 | Disqualified: valve springs | |||
1 | 1 | 105 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jim Clark, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 37.20,8 | 1.56,8 | |||
2 | 2 | 106 | Team Lotus Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jack Sears, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 37.59,2 | ||||
3 | 1 | 111 | Weybridge Engineering Co. Ltd Ford Mustang |
Roy Pierpoint, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 19 laps, 38.12,8 | ||||
4 | 3 | 101 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Jack Newman, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 19 laps, 38.48,4 | ||||
5 | 1 | 84 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 38.48,6 | 2.00,4 | |||
6 | 2 | 91 | Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 19 laps, 39.18,2 | ||||
7 | 3 | 82 | R. Trustram Ford Anglia Super |
Mike Young, GB |
1198 | L4 | B | 18 | ||||
8 | 4 | 81 | R. Trustram Ford Anglia Super |
Chris Craft, GB |
1198 | L4 | B | 18 | ||||
9 | 4 | 102 | Curtis Smith Racing Team Ford Lotus Cortina |
Robin Smith, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 18 | ||||
10 | 1 | 71 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Warwick Banks, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 18 laps, 38.44,8 | ||||
11 | 2 | 75 | Team Broadspeed Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
John Handley, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 18 | ||||
12 | 5 | 96 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Tom H. Warburton, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 18 | ||||
13 | 3 | 77 | Vitafoam Developments BMC Mini Cooper S 970 |
Bob Smith, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 17 | ||||
14 | 4 | 72 | Babea Racing Team Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Jan-Erik Andreason, S |
999 | L4 | A | 17 | ||||
15 | 6 | 86 | Morris Mini Cooper S |
Peter Clarke, GB |
1275 | L4 | B | 17 | ||||
16 | 5 | 108 | Ford Lotus Cortina |
Harry E. O'Brian, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 12 | ||||
DNF | 107 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Lotus Cortina |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | C | 7 | |||||
DNF | 93 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
John D. Lewis, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 7 | Accident | ||||
DNF | 112 | Gawaine Baillie Ford Mustang |
Gawaine Baillie, GB |
4728 | V8 | D | 15 | |||||
DNF | 104 | Farnborough Racing Enterprises Ford Lotus Cortina |
John Nicholson, GB |
1594 | L4 | C | 3 | |||||
DNF | 88 | Alexander Engineering Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 4 | |||||
DNF | 76 | Team Gulf Sweden BMC Mini Cooper S 970 |
Johnny Lundberger, S |
999 | L4 | A | 4 | |||||
DNF | 90 | Team Broadspeed Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 5 | |||||
DNF | 78 | Alpha Power Developments Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Harry Martin, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 11 | |||||
DNF | 74 | Don Moore Austin Mini Cooper S 970 |
Mike Campbell-Cole, GB |
999 | L4 | A | 1 | |||||
DNF | 89 | J. Middlehurst & Sons Austin Mini Cooper S |
Phil Middlehurst, GB |
1293 | L4 | B | 12 |