1972 International Gold Cup

NC UK International Gold Cup XIX International Gold Cup Oulton Park, Cheshire 29 May 1972 Oulton Park.jpg Oulton Park circuit Permanent racing facility 2.761 4.4434 40 177.749 Peter Gethin UK BRM 1:24.6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 1:24.4https://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/race/Oulton_Park-1972-05-29.html International Gold Cup 1972 27 June 2022 New Zealand Denny Hulme New Zealand McLaren-Cosworth Emerson Fittipaldi Brazil Lotus-Cosworth Tim Schenken Australia Surtees-Cosworth The 19th International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One race, which was held on the Oulton Park circuit, located near Tarporley, Cheshire, England on 29 May 1972.http://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/race/Oulton_Park-1972-05-29-14284.html International Gold Cup 1972 Racing Sports Cars 1972-05-29 2014-03-15 Report Entry The race had been brought forward to the Bank Holiday weekend in the hope of attracting more entries. However, a competing Formula Two race at Crystal Palace took away some potential entrants. As a result, ten of the cars that had competed in the European Formula 5000 round earlier in the day joined the eight Formula One cars on the grid.Peter McFadyen, “Motor Racing at Oulton Park in The 1970s " (Veloce Publishing Ltd, 9781845841645, 2008) Although the race regularly attracted the top teams from across Britain and Europe, the increasing costs of F1 and more countries wishing to have their own Grand Prix, the Gold Cup fell by wayside with this being the last true F1 race.http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulton-park/circuits/oulton-park.asp Oulton Park Race Circuit - the Official Oulton Park Motorsport Site 2014-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20070310183018/http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulton-park/circuits/oulton-park.asp 2007-03-10 dead Qualifying Peter Gethin took pole position for the Marlboro BRM, in their BRM P160B, averaging a speed of 117.433 mph. Denny Hulme in a McLaren M19A was second fastest, just 0.2 of a second behind. The fastest of the F5000 cars was Alan Rollinson in fifth, in his Alan McKechnie Racing Lola-Chevrolet T300.http://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/results/qualifying/Oulton_Park-1972-05-29-14284.html International Gold Cup 1972 - Qualifying Results - Racing Sports Cars www.racingsportscars.com 2016-06-26 Race The race was held over 40 laps of the Oulton Park circuit. Denny Hulme took the winner spoils for Yardley Team McLaren, driving their McLaren-Cosworth M19A. Hulme won in a time of 1hr 24.400mins., averaging a speed of 115.408 mph. The second car home was that of Emerson Fittipaldi, for the John Player Team Lotus in their Cosworth powered Lotus 72D. The podium was completed by Tim Schenken, in a Surtees-Cosworth TS9B for Team Surtees outfit albeit one lap adrift. The first F5000 car home was that of Brian Redman in a Sid Taylor Racing entered, Chevron-Chevrolet B24 in fourth.http://www.racingsportscars.com/f1/results/Oulton_Park-1972-05-29-14284.html International Gold Cup 1972 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars www.racingsportscars.com 2016-06-26Darren Galpin http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1972/1972.html 1972 Non-World Championship Formula One Races Silhouet.com 2014-03-15http://www.statsf1.com/en/1972-hc/grand-prix-278.aspx XIX International Gold Cup • STATS F1 Statsf1.com 1972-05-29 2014-03-15 Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 46 NZ Denny Hulme McLaren-Cosworth 40 57:15.6 2 2 44 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus-Cosworth 40 + 37.4 s3 3 47 AUS Tim Schenken Surtees-Cosworth 39 +1 lap11 4 1 UK Brian Redman Chevron-Chevrolet 39 +1 lap8 5 43 AUS Vern Schuppan BRM 39 +1 lap6 6 8 UK Ray Allen McLaren-Chevrolet 38 +2 laps10 7 4 UK Guy Edwards McLaren-Chevrolet 38 +2 laps16 8 6 UK Ian Ashley Lola-Chevrolet 37 +3 laps14 9 33 BEL Teddy Pilette McLaren-Chevrolet 35 +5 laps12 10 10 UK Ray Calcutt McLaren-Chevrolet 35 +5 laps18 NC 21 UK David Prophet McLaren-Chevrolet 31 +9 laps13 Ret 25 UK Keith Holland McLaren-Chevrolet 33 Engine mounting17 Ret 9 NED Gijs van Lennep Surtees-Chevrolet 30 Shock absorber mounting15 Ret 45 AUS David Walker Lotus-Cosworth 25 Gearbox4 Ret 12 UK Alan Rollinson Lola-Chevrolet 19 Rear cross-member5 Ret 41 UK Peter Gethin BRM 10 Wheel bearing seizure1 Ret 42 SWE Reine Wisell BRM 2 Accident/Broken finger7 Ret 48 SWE Ronnie Peterson March-Cosworth 1 Accident9 References Oulton Park International Gold Cup 1972 1972 BRDC International Trophy 1972 Italian Republic Grand Prix 1971 International Gold Cup 1973 International Gold Cup International Gold Gup International Gold Gup Category:Oulton Park International Gold Cup International Gold Cup