Guards Trophy 1962

The Guards Trophy 1962 , also The International Guards Trophy For Sports Cars Brands Hatch , took place on August 6, 1962 on the Brands Hatch circuit. The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

The Guards Trophy 1962 was the last racing success of the Ferrari Dino 246SP . Mike Parkes won in the works car ahead of Innes Ireland in the Lotus 19 and Joakim Bonnier in the Ferrari 250TRI . The initially leading Jim Clark in the Lotus 23 failed due to clutch damage.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	6th	SEFAC Automobili Ferrari	Mike Parkes	Ferrari Dino 246SP	50
2	S 3.0	11	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Innes Ireland	Lotus 19th	50
3	S 3.0	7th	Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia	Joakim Bonnier	Ferrari 250TRI	49
4th	S 3.0	8th	Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia	Carlo-Maria Abate	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo	49
5	S 3.0	10	Updraught Enterprises	Roger Penske	Cooper Monaco T57	49
6th	S + 3.0	2	RFG Wrottesley	Bruce Halford	Lister	48
7th	S 1.3	22nd	Elva Cars Ltd.	Dizzy Addicott	Elva MK.VI	48
8th	S + 3.0	4th	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Sutcliffe	Jaguar D-Type	47
9	S 1.3	24	Ian Walker Racing Ltd.	Mike Spence	Lotus 23	47
10	S 2.0	19th	Bob Hicks	Bob Hicks	Lotus 23	47
11	S 2.0	16	Roy Pierpoint	Roy Pierpoint	Lotus 15	45
12	S 1.3	26th	Peter Boshier-Jones	Peter Boshier-Jones	Lotus 23	45
13	S 3.0	9	Peter Joop	Peter Joop	Aston Martin DBR1	44
14th	S 2.0	20th	Ian Walker Racing Ltd.	Paul Hawkins	Lotus 23	44
15th	S 1.3	25th	Ecurie Wild Goose	Anthony Kilburn	Lotus 23	43
16	S 1.3	30th	Redstone Racing	Pat Hovenden	Elva Mk.VI	42
17th	S + 3.0	5	Mike Pendleton	Mike Pendleton	Lister Costin	42
18th	S 2.0	21st	Irish Racing Team	Bill Bradshaw	Lotus 23	40
Failed
19th	S 2.0	17th	Douglas Graham	Douglas Graham	Lotus 15	40
20th	S 3.0	12	Ecurie Ecosse	Jack Fairman	Tojeiro EE	25th
21st	S 2.0	15th	Roseberry Service Station	Jimmy Blumer	Cooper Monaco	24
22nd	S 1.3	23	Arvin Developments	Frank Gardner	AD Sportive	21st
23	S 1.3	27	Tony Hegbourne	Tony Hegbourne	Lola MK1	16
24	S 2.0	18th	Essex Racing Stable	Jim Clark	Lotus 23	12
25th	S 1.3	29	Ian Raby	Ian Raby	Merlyn MK.4	6th
26th	S 1.3	31	Lord Clydesdale	Angus Clydesdale	Lola MK1	1
Not started
27	S 3.0	1	Maserati France	Lucien Bianchi	Maserati Tipo 151	1
28	S 1.3	28	Laurie Keens	Laurie Keens	Lotus 23	2

¹ no oil pressure ² not started

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
29	S + 3.0	3	John Coundley	John Coundley	Lister
30th	S 3.0	14th	Ecurie Ecosse	Tom Dickson	Cooper Monaco
31	S 1.3	32	Ewan Paul	Ewan Paul	Lotus Eleven

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	Bruce Halford	Lister	Rank 6
S 3.0	Mike Parkes	Ferrari Dino 246SP	Overall victory
S 2.0	Bob Hicks	Lotus 23	Rank 10
S 1.3	Dizzy Addicott	Elva MK.VI	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 31
• Started: 26
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Driving time of the winning team: 1:35: 12,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 50
• Total distance of the winning team: 214.043 km
• Winner's average: 139.578 km / h
• Pole position: Innes Ireland - Lotus 19 (# 11) - 1.44.400
• Fastest race lap: Mike Parkes - Ferrari Dino 246SP (# 6) 1.50.000 - 139.578 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

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