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1965 RAC Tourist Trophy

1965 RAC Tourist Trophy

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1965 saw the revival of the world’s oldest motor race when the Royal Automobile Club brought the 30th RAC International Tourist Trophy Race with the Senior Service Trophy to Oulton Park. The TT, was the fourth round of the International Championship for Manufacturers (Division III). In addition, it was also round three of the British Sports Car Championship. This was the held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on 1 May.[1][2][3]

Report

Entry

A total of 30 sports cars were entered for the event, across two classes, however just 25 took part in qualifying.[4]

Qualifying

The reigning World Drivers Champion, John Surtees took pole position for this own outfit, Team Surtees, in his Lola-Chevrolet T70, averaging a speed of 103.495 mph, around 2.761 miles circuit.[4]

Race

The final was held over four hour duration of the Oulton Park circuit, split into two heats of two hours. Denny Hulme took impressive overall victory, after winning the first heat in his Sidney Taylor Racing prepared Brabham-Climax BT8, and subsequently taking a second place in the second heat. Hulme won in an aggregated time of 4hrs 03:01.400mins., averaging a speed of 94.618 mph. Second place went to David Hobbs, in his Lola-Ford T70. The podium was completed by David Piper, in his Ferrari 250 LM. Hulme victory was his first win in the TT, he would go on and win a total of four, the last being in 1986.[3]

Classification

Aggregate Results

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Heat 1

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References

  1. [1]
    Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0 7110 3104 5, 2008)
  2. [2]
    "1965 Tourist Trophy". Teamdan.com. 1 May 1965. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Tourist Trophy 1965 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".
  4. [4]
    "Tourist Trophy 1965". Racing Sports Cars. 5 January 1965. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
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