1963 Kanonloppet

1963 Kanonloppet
1963 Kanonloppet
Non-championship race in the 1963 Formula One season
Race details
Date	11 August 1963
Official name	IX Kanonloppet
Location	Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.998 km (1.863 miles)
Distance	2 x 20 laps, 119.92 km (74.52 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham;
Time	1.22.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark
Time	1:30.6
Podium
First	Jim Clark;
Second	Trevor Taylor;
Third	Jack Brabham;

The 9th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25.

The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers.

The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver David Prophet.^[1]

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Heat 1 / 2
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	1.04:26.7	2	1st / 3rd
2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 35.0 s	3	2nd / 2nd
3	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	+ 45.5 s	1	3rd / 1st
4	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax	39 laps	5	4th / 5th
5	Jo Bonnier	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	39 laps	4	5th / 4th
6	Masten Gregory	Tim Parnell	Lotus-BRM	38 laps	7	7th / 6th
7	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	38 laps	8	6th / 7th
8	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola-Climax	38 laps	6	8th / 9th
9	Ian Raby	Ian Raby (Racing)	Gilby-BRM	37 laps	9	9th / 8th
10	André Pilette	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	37 laps	12	11th / 10th
11	David Prophet	David Prophet	Brabham-Ford	37 laps	11	12th / 11th
12	Clement Barrau	Clement Barrau	Lotus-Climax	34 laps	13	13th / 12th
Ret	Ernst Maring	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	Accident	10	10th / Ret
Ret	Kurt Kuhnke	Kurt Kuhnke	BKL Lotus-Borgward	Fuel injection	14	14th / Ret
DNP	Ron Carter	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax		-	-
WD	Dan Gurney	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Climax		-	-
WD	Chris Amon	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lola-Climax	Car not ready	-	-
WD	Tony Settember	Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars)	Scirocco-BRM		-	-
WD	Ian Burgess	Scirocco-Powell (Racing Cars)	Scirocco-BRM		-	-

Fastest lap: (Heat 1) Jim Clark 1:30.6
Fastest lap: (Heat 2) Jack Brabham 1:36.1

References

^ "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.

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