1963 Kanonloppet

NC Sweden Kanonloppet IX Kanonloppet Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga 11 August 1963 Permanent racing facility 1.863 2.998 2 x 20 74.52 119.92 Jack Brabham Australia Brabham-Climax 1.22.6 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:30.6 UK Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax Trevor Taylor UK Lotus-Climax Jack Brabham Australia Brabham-Climax The 9th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25. The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers. The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver David Prophet."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid Heat 1 / 2 1 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1.04:26.7 2 1st / 3rd 2 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 35.0 s 3 2nd / 2nd 3 Australia Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax + 45.5 s 1 3rd / 1st 4 New Zealand Denny Hulme Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax 39 laps 5 4th / 5th 5 Sweden Jo Bonnier Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax 39 laps 4 5th / 4th 6 USA Masten Gregory Tim Parnell Lotus-BRM 38 laps 7 7th / 6th 7 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 38 laps 8 6th / 7th 8 UK Bob Anderson DW Racing Enterprises Lola-Climax 38 laps 6 8th / 9th 9 UK Ian Raby Ian Raby (Racing) Gilby-BRM 37 laps 9 9th / 8th 10 Belgium André Pilette Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 37 laps 12 11th / 10th 11 UK David Prophet David Prophet Brabham-Ford 37 laps 11 12th / 11th 12 France Clement Barrau Clement Barrau Lotus-Climax 34 laps 13 13th / 12th Ret Germany Ernst Maring Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward Accident 10 10th / Ret Ret Germany Kurt Kuhnke Kurt Kuhnke BKL Lotus-Borgward Fuel injection 14 14th / Ret DNP UK Ron Carter Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax - - WD USA Dan Gurney Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham-Climax - - WD New Zealand Chris Amon Reg Parnell (Racing) Lola-Climax Car not ready - - WD USA Tony Settember Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) Scirocco-BRM - - WD UK Ian Burgess Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars) Scirocco-BRM - - Fastest lap: (Heat 1) Jim Clark 1:30.6 Fastest lap: (Heat 2) Jack Brabham 1:36.1 References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. Kanonloppet 1963 1963 Solitude Grand Prix 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix 1962 Kanonloppet — Kanonloppet Category:Kanonloppet Kanonloppet