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(A’.Z. Press Association) SURFERS’ PARADISE. The failure of an engine part costing £1 forced Jack Brabham to withdraw from a demonstration race he had flown 12,000 miles to drive in on Sunday. The organisers of the Surfers’ Paradise Speed Week had paid £l5OO to fly Brabham’s car to Australia and back to Europe. A rotor-button in the RepcoBrabham failed as Brabham was driving the three-litre racer out of the straight at close to 100 miles an hour.
He pulled up in about half a mile, nearly three miles after the start of the 20-mile race.
The appearance of the Repco-Brabham on Sunday was the first by a formula I racer in Australia and one of the biggest drawcards to the 12.500 spectators.
Brabham will race the same car in the Italian Grand Prix on September 4. He already has a commanding lead in the world driving championship. J. Stewart won Sunday’s feature race in 12min 29.6 sec at an average speed of 96.13 miles an hour.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31139, 16 August 1966, Page 17
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