RAC Tourist Trophy 1962

The former BRP-Ferrari 250 GTO with starting number 15; Winner car of the RAC Tourist Trophy 1962, here at the Monterey Historics 2011

The 27th RAC Tourist Trophy , also News of The World sponsor the 27th RAC Tourist Trophy Race and The BARC Formula Junior Championship, Goodwood , took place on August 18, 1962 on the circuit of Goodwood place and the eleventh championship round was World Sportscar Championship this Year.

The race

With the start of the sports car world championship, the RAC Tourist Trophy was added to the racing calendar in 1953. Organized by the Royal Automobile Club , the race was one of the oldest racing events in Britain. In 1905 the Trophy was first held on the Highroads Course on the Isle of Man and ended with a victory for John Napier on an Arrol-Johnston .

The race was also part of the world championship in 1962 and was driven out in GT-class vehicles . Driver changes were not originally planned, but some teams started with two drivers per racing car. The event was won by Innes Ireland on a Ferrari 250 GTO registered by the British Racing Partnership . Ferrari 250 GTOs also crossed the finish line in second and third; driven by Graham Hill and Mike Parkes .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT + 2.0	15th	UDT Laystall	Innes Ireland	Ferrari 250 GTO	100
2	GT + 2.0	10	John Coombs	Graham Hill	Ferrari 250 GTO	100
3	GT + 2.0	3	Equipe Endevour Maranello	Mike Parkes	Ferrari 250 GTO	100
4th	GT + 2.0	11	John Coombs	Roy Salvadori	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	99
5	GT + 2.0	8th	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250 GTO	98
6th	GT + 2.0	14th	Protheroe Cars	Dick Protheroe	Jaguar E-Type	93
7th	GT 2.0	28	Team elite	Clive Hunt	Lotus Elite	90
8th	GT 2.0	33	Morgan Motors	Chris Lawrence	Morgan Plus 4	89
9	GT 2.0	27	Team elite	Gil Baird Trevor Taylor	Lotus Elite	88
10	GT 2.0	20th	Ben Pon	Ben Pon	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth	87
11	GT 2.0	37	TVR Cars	Keith Ballisat	TVR Grantura	87
12	GT 2.0	35	AB Fraser	Peter Harper	Sunbeam Alpine	86
13	GT 2.0	30th	Farnborough Racing	John Derisley John Nicholson	Lotus Elite	83
14th	GT 2.0	32	Morgan Motors	Philipp Arnold	Morgan Plus 4	83
15th	GT 2.0	29	Farnborough Racing	Dizzy Addicott Tom Threlfall	Lotus Elite	83
16	GT + 2.0	1	Winkelmann Racing	Dan Collins Roy Winkelmann	Chevrolet Corvette	79
17th	GT 2.0	25th	Team elite	Trevor Taylor Gil Baird	Lotus Elite	74
18th	GT 2.0	41	John H. Gaston	John Gaston Mike Wood	Austin-Healey Sprite	72
19th	GT 2.0	22nd	Les Leston	Les Leston	Lotus Elite	71
20th	GT 2.0	28	John Coundley	John Coundley Michael MacQuaker	Lotus Elite	67
Failed
21st	GT + 2.0	9	Chris Kerrison	Chris Kerrison Robin Benson	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	91
22nd	GT + 2.0	6th	Maranello Concessionaires	John Surtees	Ferrari 250 GTO	62
23	GT + 2.0	2	JLE Ogier	Jim Clark	Aston Martin DB4 GT	60
24	GT 2.0	34	Chris Barber	John Whitmore	Lotus Elite	50
25th	GT 2.0	24	Alan B. Fraser	Peter Pilsworth	Sunbeam Alpine	43
26th	GT 2.0	31	Morgan Motors	Richard Sheperd-Barron	Morgan Plus 4	34
27	GT 2.0	23	Peter Jopp	Peter Jopp	Lotus Elite	24
28	GT 2.0	42	Farnborough Racing	Jimmy Blumer	Lotus Elite 19	19th
29	GT + 2.0	12	Peter Lumsden	Peter Lumsden Peter Sargent	Jaguar E-Type	17th
30th	GT + 2.0	4th	Mike Salmon	Mike Salmon	Aston Martin DB4 GT	11
31	GT + 2.0	2	JLE Ogier	Graham Warner	Aston Martin DB4 GT	10
32	GT 2.0	39	TVR Cars	Peter Bolton Rob Slotemaker	TVR Grantura	10
33	GT 2.0	36	Alan B. Fraser	Edward Cuff-Miller	Sunbeam Harrington	1
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34	GT 2.0	34	TVR Cars	Rob Slotemaker	TVR Grantura	1

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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 for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
35	GT 2.0	43	Kevin Buxton	Kevin Buxton	Lotus Elite
36	GT + 2.0	7th	Maranello Concessionaires	Stirling Moss	Ferrari 250 GTO
37	GT 2.0	21st	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL
38	GT 2.0	40	RAF Motor Sports	Ken Mackenzie	Turner GT II

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT + 2.0	Innes Ireland	Ferrari 250 GTO	Overall victory
GT 2.0	Clive Hunt	Lotus Elite	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 33
• Rated: 20
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3.862 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2:33: 06.800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 100
• Total distance of the winning team: 621.596 km
• Winner's average: 151.356 km / h
• Pole position: Innes Ireland - Ferrari 250 GTO (# 15) - 1: 28.400 = 157.294 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Surtees - Ferrari 250 GTO (# 6) - 1: 28.600 = 156.938 km / h
• Racing series: 11th round of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data at wspr-racing.com ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )

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Sports car world championship

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