| Date: 15/4/1963 Time: Track length: 2.40 miles 3863 m Entries accepted: 24 with 7 reserves Starters: 24 Finishers: Pole position: Graham Hill Distance: 10 laps - 24 miles
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Mike Salmon led the pack away from the start in his Jaguar and held the lead for the whole of the first lap ahead of Graham Hill, Roy Salvadori, Peter Dodd, Bill Aston and Jeff Sparrow in similar cars. On lap 2 Hill took the lead and Sparrow spun at Lavant and Jack Sears nipped into sixth spot chased by Jimmy Blumer. Salvadori passed Salmon on lap 4 and followed Hill closely for the rest of the race. Salmon kept pace with the leaders for a few laps but then lost ground. Further down the field, Jack Sears Ford Cortina harried Mike Pendleton's 3.8 Jaguar. They battled for lap after lap, the Cortina once getting past the bigger car but eventually dropping back to finish seventh overall. Les Leston and also had a close race with his team-mate Peter Jop, the Rapiers finishing in 13th and 14th place. John Whitmore led the Mini-Coopers for the first four laps, though he was passed by Jimmy Blumer's Ford Cortina. Then John Fenning's Cooper led for a couple of laps until Whitmore overtook again. Christabel Carlisle chased these two in 3rd position in the class - 11th overall. On the last lap Fenning just nosed ahead of Whitmore at Woodcote but as the two cars went through the chicane, Fenning hit the brickwork and spun. By the time he recovered across the line, Christabel had taken second place. Source: Autosport and Autocar |
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Classes: up to 1300 cc, 1301-2000 cc, over 2000 cc | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Class | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out |
| 1 | 1 | 74 | John Coombs Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Graham Hill, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 10 laps 16:56.2 |
1 | 1:39.0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 75 | C.T. Atkins Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Roy Salvadori, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 10 laps 16:57.6 |
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| 3 | 3 | 77 | Atherstone Engineering Ltd Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Mike Salmon, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 10 laps 17:08.2 |
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| 4 | 4 | 76 | Bracknell Motors Ltd Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Peter Dodd, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 78 | Team Tourist Trophy Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Bill Aston, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 4 | |||||
| 6 | 79 | M. Pendleton Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
Mike Pendleton, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 1 | 82 | Sir Gawaine Ballie Ford Cortina |
Jack Sears, GB | 1498 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 10 laps 18:2.4 |
8 | 1:45.6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | 83 | Alan Andrews Racing Ltd Ford Cortina |
Jimmy Blumer, GB | 1499 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 10 laps 18:26.4 |
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| 9 | 1 | 93 | Cooper Car Company Austin Cooper |
John Whitmore, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 10 laps 18 m 38.0 |
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| 10 | 2 | 92 | Don Moore Morris Cooper |
Miss Christabel Carlisle, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 10 laps 18 m 48.0 |
12 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 98 | Jan-Speed Engineering Ltd Morris Cooper |
John Fenning, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 10 laps 18 m 49.0 |
15 | 1:48.6 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 97 | Alexander Engineering Ltd Morris-Cooper |
Mick Clare, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 9 laps | 17 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 86 | Alan Fraser Racing Team Sunbeam Rapier |
Les Leston, GB | 1592 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 9 laps 17:8.6 |
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| 14 | 4 | 87 | Alan Fraser Racing Team Sunbeam Rapier |
Peter Jopp, GB | 1592 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 9 laps | 22 | |||
| 80 | J. Sparrow Jaguar Mk2 3.8 |
John Sparrow, GB | 3781 | I6 | over 2000 cc | 7 | ||||||
| 88 | A. S. Hutcheson Riley 1.5 |
Alan Hutcheson, GB | 1532 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 9 | ||||||
| 94 | Cooper Car Company Morris Cooper |
Paddy Hopkirk, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 13 | ||||||
| 96 | Westover Racing Morris Cooper |
Edward Lewis, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 14 | ||||||
| 95 | Cooper Car Company Morris Cooper |
John Love, RSR or John Rhodes, GB |
997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 18 | ||||||
| 90 | Lawrence Tune Engines Ltd Vauxhall VX4/90 |
Bill Blydenstein, GB | 1548 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 19 | ||||||
| 91 | J. M. Dubler Volvo PV544 |
Jurg Dubler | 1598 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 20 | ||||||
| 89 | Team Tourist Trophy Vauxhall VX4/90 |
Dizzy Addicott, GB | 1508 | I4 | 1301-2000 cc | 21 | ||||||
| 99 | Grosvenor Racing Austin Cooper |
Tony Rutt, GB | 997 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 23 | ||||||
| 102 | The Stanhope Stable Fiat-Abarth |
Peter Clarke, GB | 983 | I4 | Up to 1300 cc | 24 | ||||||
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Mike Salmon leads the 3.8 Jaguars of Graham Hill, Roy Salvadori and Peter Dodd through the chicane on the first lap of the race Source: Autocar |
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John Whitmore and John Fenning during their exciting scrap. Source: Autosport |