Pole position: Sears (Class B-D)
Fastest lap: Whitmore, Hopkirk and Rhodes in 1.09,4 (Class A); Sears in 1.05,6 (Class B-D)
Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 114,31 kmh (Class A); 121,31 kmh (Class B-D)
Weather: Warm sunshine
Ruleset: Group 2
Car info: 1963 Cars
It was difficult to contain the front row of the grid on the modest Crystal Palace starting area. Looking rounded and insignificant between the squat angular bulk of Sears' and Gawaine Baillie's Ford Galaxies, Roy Salvadori's Jaguar had nevertheless equalled Baillie's time in practice and the crowd were looking forward to a more equal struggle on this small circuit. |
Class A
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
1 | 1 | 71 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Whitmore, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 17.36,8 | 1 | 1.09,4 | ||
2 | 2 | 73 | Cooper Car Co. Morris Mini Cooper S |
Paddy Hopkirk, IRL |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 17.37,6 | 2 | 1.09,4 | ||
3 | 3 | 74 | Don Moore Morris Mini Cooper S |
Christabel Carlisle, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 17.41,2 | 4 | |||
4 | 4 | 72 | Cooper Car Co. Austin Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 17.37,6 | 3 | 1.09,4 | ||
5 | 5 | 75 | Jan-Speed Engineering Ltd. Morris Mini Cooper S |
John Fenning, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 18.06,0 | 5 | |||
6 | 6 | 76 | Westover Racing Morris Mini Cooper S |
Edward Lewis, GB |
1071 | L4 | A | 15 laps, 18.09,6 | 6 | |||
7 | 7 | 80 | Austin Mini Cooper |
Elizabeth Jones, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 7 | ||||
8 | 8 | 81 | Newtune Ltd Austin Mini Cooper |
Martin Davidson, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 9 | ||||
9 | 9 | 77 | Scottish Racing Drivers Club Austin Mini Cooper |
Bill Borrowman, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 10 | ||||
10 | 10 | 86 | Ford Anglia Super |
Anita Taylor, GB |
1198 | L4 | A | 8 | ||||
11 | 11 | 78 | Austin Mini Cooper |
Michaelle Burns-Grieg, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 11 | ||||
12 | 12 | 84 | Profit Counsellors (Int.) Ltd Austin Mini Cooper |
John Ralph, GB |
997 | L4 | A | 12 |
Class B-D
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Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
1 | 1 | 51 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Galaxie |
Jack Sears, GB |
6997 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 16.35,8 | 1 | 1.05,6 | ||
2 | 2 | 54 | Tommy Atkins Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Roy Salvadori, GB |
3781 | L6 | D | 15 laps, 16.42,6 | 2 | |||
3 | 3 | 53 | John Coombs Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Graham Hill, GB |
3781 | L6 | D | 15 laps, 16.48,0 | 4 | |||
4 | 4 | 52 | Ford Galaxie |
Gawaine Baillie, GB |
6997 | V8 | D | 15 laps, 16.52,8 | 3 | |||
5 | 4 | 55 | Team Tourist Trophy Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Bill Aston, GB |
3781 | L6 | D | 15 | 5 | |||
6 | 1 | 62 | Alan Andrews racing Ford Cortina GT |
Jimmy Blumer, GB |
1498 | L4 | B | 15 laps, 17.18,6 | 7 | 1.08,0 | ||
7 | 5 | 57 | D. Margulies Jaguar Mk II 3.8 |
Albert Powell, GB |
3781 | L6 | D | 15 | 12 | |||
8 | 2 | 59 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT |
Richie Ginther, USA |
1498 | L4 | B | 15 laps, 17.26,8 | 6 | |||
9 | 3 | 60 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT |
David Haynes, GB |
1498 | L4 | B | 15 laps, 17.29,6 | 8 | |||
10 | 4 | 61 | John Willment Automobiles Ford Cortina GT |
Jeff Uren, GB |
1498 | L4 | B | 15 laps, 17.41,0 | 9 | |||
11 | 5 | 66 | Sunbeam Rapier Series IIIA |
Terry Crawford, GB |
1592 | L4 | B | 14 | ||||
12 | 6 | 64 | Team Tourist Trophy Vauxhall VX 4/90 |
Peter Pilsworth, GB |
1508 | L4 | B | 13 | ||||
DNF | 67 | Riley 1.5 |
Alan Hutcheson, GB |
1489 | L4 | B | 10 | Brakes | ||||
DNF | 63 | Superspeed Conversions Ltd. Ford Cortina GT |
Mike Young, GB |
1498 | L4 | B | 11 |