1966 International Gold Cup Explained

Type:NC
Country:UK
Grand Prix:International Gold Cup
Official Name:XIII Gold Cup
Location:Oulton Park, Cheshire
Date:17 September
Year:1966
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:2.761
Course Km:4.4434
Distance Laps:40
Distance Mi:108.4
Distance Km:177.736
Pole Driver:Jack Brabham
Pole Country:Australia
Pole Team:Brabham-Repco
Pole Time:1:34.2
Fast Driver:Jack Brabham
Fast Team:Brabham-Repco
Fast Country:Australia
Fast Driver2:Denny Hulme
Fast Team2:Brabham-Repco
Fast Country2:New Zealand
Fast Time:1:36.6
First Driver:Jack Brabham
First Country:Australia
First Team:Brabham-Repco
Second Driver:Denny Hulme
Second Country:New Zealand
Second Team:Brabham-Repco
Third Driver:Jim Clark
Third Country:UK
Third Team:Lotus-Climax

The 13th Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 17 September 1966 at Oulton Park, England. The race was run over 40 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Brabham BT19.

The race ended in a very close finish, with Denny Hulme crossing the line a fraction of a second behind Brabham. Hulme was driving a slightly newer Brabham model, the BT20.

This was John Campbell-Jones' last appearance in a Formula One race.[1]

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
13 Jack BrabhamBrabham Racing OrganisationBrabham-Repco1.06:14.21
24 Denny HulmeBrabham Racing OrganisationBrabham-Repco+ 0.0 s2
32 Jim ClarkTeam LotusLotus-Climax+ 25.2 s5
415 Innes IrelandBernard White RacingBRM+ 1:44.6 s9
510 Chris LawrenceJ.A. Pearce EngineeringCooper-Ferrari38 laps8
Ret5 Bob AndersonDW Racing EnterprisesBrabham-ClimaxCon-rod6
Ret11 Mike SpenceReg Parnell (Racing)Lotus-BRMClutch7
Ret7 Graham HillOwen Racing OrganisationBRMEngine4
Ret8 Jackie StewartOwen Racing OrganisationBRMOverheating3
DSQ9 John Campbell-JonesJohn Willment AutomobilesBRP-ClimaxOil leak10
DNS2 Peter ArundellTeam LotusLotus-ClimaxCar driven by Clark-
DNS1 Jim ClarkTeam LotusLotus-BRMEngine-

References

Notes and References

  1. "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995, pp.101