1963 Brands Hatch 6 Hours

Third round of the 1963 European Touring Car Challenge season March 2014 thumb|250px|Layout of the Brands Hatch (1960–1975) 'The Motor' International Six Hour Saloon Car Race Official Programme, 'The Motor' International Six Hour Saloon Car Race, Brands Hatch, Saturday, July 6, 1963 was the third round of the 1963 European Touring Car Challenge, and was held at Brands Hatch on the Grand Prix circuit, on 6 July.http://www.racingsportscars.com/etcc/race/Brands_Hatch-1963-07-06-22015.html Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1963 Racing Sports Cars 2014-02-02http://www.touringcarracing.net/Races/1963%20Brands%20Hatch.html 1963 ETCCC - round 3 Touringcarracing.net 2014-02-02 This, the second Motor-sponsored Six-Hour saloon car race, was run in appalling conditions, like the 1962 event. The large crowd of approximately 15000, witnessed the favourite, a 7-litre Ford Galaxie driven by Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham flounder in the wet and the Jaguar Mk II dominate the race. Victory went to Roy Salvadori and Denny Hulme from Peter Lindner and Peter Nöcker after the winners on the road, Mike Salmon and Pete Sutcliffe, were disqualified for engine irregularities.Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, 0 7110 3104 5, 2008) Report Entry A fine entry of 39 cars were accepted for the event, across five classes. However, scrutineering meant trouble for those Ford Galaxies which had disc brakes; Gawaine Baillie was only allowed to start the meeting on the promise of photographic evidence of the brake mounting – otherwise he would be disqualified. John Willment Automobiles was not prepared for this and withdrew their Galaxie. Of the cars accepted, 37 cars practised. Qualifying Grid positions were determined by engine capacity rather than practice times. As a result, the record books show John Sprinzel on pole, in his 7-litre Ford Galaxie. However, the fastest time in practise was set by the pairing of Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham in their Galaxie. Race The start with the slow car of John Sprinzel on pole, brought Mike Salmon into second place in Jaguar Mk. II following the early leader, Gawaine Baillie’s Galaxie, ahead of the American Dan Gurney (Galaxie) and John Coundley (Jaguar Mk II). Handicapped by wrong tyres, Gurney spun at South Bank, but somehow the whole field avoided him. After two laps, Baillie had dropped to third, giving way to Salmon and Peter Lindner, while Gurney spun again. By the fourth lap, Gurney came in for a tyre change on the rear – before the start, he could only change the fronts. The terrible conditions made for an interesting race; Lindner nearly lost his Jaguar Mk. II, and he was not the only one. Albert Powell hit a bank, but continued after repairs, and Mick Clare rolled his Mini. After the pit stops, at the three-hour mark, the leaders were Roy Salvadori, Salmon, Lindner (all Jaguars), Jack Sears, Jimmy Blumer (both in Cortinas) with Tom Trana in sixth, in his Volvo. The quick pit stop of the Atherstone Engineering Jaguar moved Salmon into the lead, its lead now over a lap. Salvadori/Denny Hulme were second, Sears fourth and Lindner/Peter Höcker fifth. At 8:30p.m., six hours after the race started and 166 laps of the Grand Prix circuit, the chequered flag dropped and the pairing of Salmon/Pete Sutcliffe won the race, with Salvadori/Hulme second, Lindner/Höcker completing the podium, just ahead of Sears/Bo Ljungfeldt with Trana/Carl-Magnus Skogh fifth. Once again scrutineering revealed problems for the winner: the Jaguar Mk. II was disqualified for having oversized inlet valves. The winner's average speed was published as 73.477mph. Classification The Motor 6 hours Class Winners are in Bold text. Please note that race winner, was not declared class winner. Pos. No. Class Drivers Entrant Car - Engine Laps Reason Out DISQ 6 9 GBR Mike Salmon GBR Peter Sutcliffe Atherstone EngineeringJaguar Mk II 3.8 166 inlet valve size 1st 5 9 GBR Roy Salvadori New Zealand Denny Hulme Tommy Atkins Jaguar Mk II 3.8 165 2nd 7 9 Germany Peter Lindner Germany Peter Nöcker Jaguar Mk II 3.8 162 3rd 23 6 GBR Jack Sears Sweden Bo Ljungfeldt John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT 162 4th 16 7/8 Sweden Tom Trana Sweden Carl-Magnus Skogh Volvo AB Volvo 122 S 161 DISQ 14 7/8 GBR Peter Sargent GBR Peter Lumsden REC Parkes Mercedes-Benz 220SE 159 Non-homologate gear ratios 6th 28 5 GBR John Whitmore GBR Paddy Hopkirk BMC Mini Cooper S 159 7th 2 9 GBR Gawaine Baillie GBR Peter Jopp Ford Galaxie 159 8th 29 5 GBR John Rhodes Netherlands Rob Slotemaker Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S 158 9th 1 9 USA Dan Gurney Australia Jack Brabham Alan Brown Ford Galaxie 157 10th 24 6 GBR Jimmy Blumer GBR Henry Taylor Alan Andrews Racing Ford Cortina Super 157 11th 30 5 GBR Christabel Carlisle USA Denise McCluggage Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S 158 12th 9 7/8 GBR Edward Harrison Kenya John Manussis John Willment Automobiles Ford Zodiac Mk 3 155 13th 20 6 Italy Piero Frescobaldi Italy Leo Cella HF Squadra Corse Lancia Flavia Coupé 155 14th 17 6 GBR Peter Harper New Zealand Chris Amon Alan Fraser Racing Team Sunbeam Rapier 155 15th 32 4 GBR John Aley Finland Rauno Aaltonen Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S 154 16th 25 6 Germany Ernst Furtmayr Germany Hans-Dieter Dechent Squadra Tartaruga Alfa Romeo Giulia TI 153 17th 21 6 Italy Franco Patria Italy Romolo Rossi HF Squadra Corse Lancia Flavia Coupé 153 18th 33 4 GBR Elizabeth Jones Finland Timo Mäkinen Alexander Engineering Co. Austin Mini Cooper 153 19th 18 6 GBR Bill Blydenstein GBR Chris Lawrence Lawrencetune Engines Vauxhall VX4/90 153 20th 27 5 GBR Alan Foster GBR Andrew Hedges Dick Jacobs MG 1100 153 21st 26 5 GBR Anita Taylor GBR Anne Hall John Willment Automobiles Ford Anglia Super 151 22nd 11 7/8 Italy Luigi Cabella Italy Giorgio Pianta HF Squadra Corse Lancia Flaminia 3B coupé 146 DISQ 4 9 GBR John Sprinzel USA Merton Lucia John Sprinzel Racing Ford Galaxie 145 Loose bonnet 24th(DNF) 4 9 GBR Albert Powell GBR Ken Baker Zenith Films Jaguar Mk II 3.8 143 Clutch 25th 35 4 GBR Edward Lewis Belgium Julien Vernaeve Westover Racing Morris Mini Cooper 142 26th (DNF) 8 9 GBR Chris McLaren GBR John Couldley Chris McLaren Jaguar Mk II 3.8 140 Oil Leak 27th 34 4 Netherlands Loek Nerden Netherlands Alexander Roell Ecurie Lonertex Austin Mini Cooper 76 Engine DNF 12 7/8 Italy Piero Frescobaldi Italy Carlo Facetti HF Squadra Corse Lancia Flaminia 3B coupé Accident DNF 10 7/8 GBR Roy Pierpoint GBR Alan Mann Alan Andrews Racing Ford Zodiac Mk 3 Lost wheel DNF 38 9 GBR John Sparrow GBR Neil Dangerfield D. M. Racing Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Overheating DNF 15 7/8 Germany Jochen Neerpasch Switzerland Peter Scherrer Squadra Tartaruga Volvo 132 S 59 Accident DNF 31 5 GBR Mike Clare GBR Tony Rutt Alexander Engineering Co. BMC Mini Cooper S 34 Accident DNF 36 4 GBR Peter Clarke GBR John Anstead Peter Clarke Abarth 1000 Berlina Corsa 4 Misfire DNF 22 6 GBR Les Leston GBR David Haynes John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT 3 Clutch DNQ 9 GBR Jack Sears Sweden Bo Ljungfeldt John Willment Automobiles Ford Galaxie Withdrawn after homologation dispute re disc brake fitting DNQ 23 6 GBR John Uren GBR Peter Bolton John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT Car taken over by Sears/Ljunfeldt DISQ 19 6 GBR Alan Hutcheson GBR Bob Anderson Riley 1.5 Rejected at scrutineering Source: http://www.racingsportscars.com/etcc/results/Brands_Hatch-1963-07-06-22015.html Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1963 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars Fastest lap: Denny Hulme, 2:04.000secs. (77.375 mph) Class Winners Class Winners Overall Salvadori / HulmeJaguar Mk II 3.8 Class 9 Lindner / Nöcker Jaguar Mk II 3.8 Class 7/8 Trana / Skogh Volvo 122 S Class 6 Sears / Ljungfeldt Ford Galaxie Class 5 Whitmore / Hopkirk BMC Mini Cooper S Class 4 Aley / Aaltonen Austin Mini Cooper S Source: Standings after the race Pos Championship Points 1 Italy Luigi Cabella 29 2 GBR John Aley 27 3 West Germany Ernst Furtmayr 26 4= West Germany Peter Linder 24 Germany Peter Nöcker Sweden Björn Rothstein Sweden Tom Trana Note: Only the top five positions are included in this set of standings. Championship points were awarded for the first seven places in each race in the order of 12-10-8-7-5-6-4.http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/1963%20ETCC.html European Touring Car championship - 1963 References 30em Brands Hatch Category:Brands Hatch 6 Hours Brands Hatch