BRABHAM 1st

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31168, 19 September 1966, Page 3

BRABHAM 1st

tN.Z.P.A -Reuter —Copyright) JULTON PARK (Yorkshire). The world motor racing champion, J. Brabham (Australia), drove his Repco-Brab-ham to victory in the 40-lap international Gold Cup race at Oulton Park on Saturday. Brabham coasted across the finishing line of the 110-mile race a length ahead of his team-mate, D. Hulme (New Zealand), in another RepcoBrabham. J. Clark (Scotland), twice world champion, completed a luckless formula one season in Europe by finishing third in a two-litre Lotus Climax. He had a spectacular spin half-way through the race, when he ended up in a shallow ditch..

Clark was forced to use this car because his muchvaunted 8.R.M.-powered Lotus had suffered mechanical trouble in practice. In fact, it was another hard luck story for all the latest B.R.M. H-16 cars, both G Hill (England) and J. Stewart (Scotland) failing to complete the race because of mechanical troubles. A crowd of 50,000 watched the event, which was the last formula one race in Europe this season. It was the third time the 40-year-old Brabham had won the event His previous successes were in 1957 and 1964. Brabham’s 100.04 m.p.h. average established a course record. He and Hulme set lap records with identical 102.89 m.p.h. performances. 1. Ireland (Scotland) and C. Lawrence (England) were fourth and fifth, respectively, three laps behind the winner.