RAC Tourist Trophy 1964

Ferrari 330P

Lotus 30

The 29th RAC Tourist Trophy also, 29th RAC International Tourist Trophy Race including Senior Service Trophy, Goodwood , took place on August 29, 1964 at the Goodwood Circuit and was the 13th round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

The race

As in previous years, the RAC Tourist Trophy was held on the Goodwood race track in 1964. The track on the grounds of Goodwood House , near Chichester in the south of England , was considered fast and dangerous for large sports and monoposto racing cars in the mid-1960s . Stirling Moss had a serious accident at Goodwood in April 1962, which ended his career.

The race had a very busy entry list. Maranello Concessionaires , the racing team of the British Ferrari importer Ronny Hoare , came with two vehicles. Innes Ireland received a Ferrari 250 GTO / 64 . Graham Hill was entrusted with a 330P , a mid-engined sports car with a 4-liter V12 unit . Other GTO's were driven by Richie Ginther and Tony Maggs . David Piper , who also reported Maggs' GTO, drove a Ferrari 250LM himself . Tough opposition for the Ferraris was expected from five Cobras. Two were owned by John Willment , a Shelby Cobra Roadster for Jack Sears and a Coupe for Bob Olthoff . Carroll Shelby's Daytona Coupes were driven by Dan Gurney and Phil Hill . Another AC Cobra was in the hands of Roy Salvadori . Bruce McLaren was at the wheel of a Zerex Special , a US sports car built on the chassis of a Cooper T53 Monoposto with a 3.5 liter Oldsmobile V8 engine.

McLaren led the first laps after the start in what he called Cooper Oldsmobile , ahead of Jim Clark in a Lotus 30 and Denis Hulme , who drove a Brabham BT8 . When McLaren retired after 18 laps due to a damaged clutch, Clark took the lead in front of Hulme and Trevor Taylor in the Elva Mk. 7 S. Graham Hill had spun on lap 17th with his 330P and dropped back to the bottom of the field. Place by place he fought his way back to the top and was in second place behind Clark before the start of the refueling stops. The race was decided by the stops. Clark was refilled with too little gas, so that he had to pit for another stop. Despite his daring driving style, Clark was unable to make up for the deficit, falling hopelessly behind after a ride and a subsequent stop. Hill won the race; it was the first overall win for the 330P. David Piper in the 250LM was second, one lap behind, ahead of Dan Gurney, who was third in the fastest Cobra.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	SR / P + 1.6	3	Maranello Concessionaires	Graham Hill	Ferrari 330P	130
2	SP / R + 1.6	4th	David Piper	David Piper	Ferrari 250LM	129
3	GT + 2.0	21st	Shelby American Inc.	Dan Gurney	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	129
4th	GT + 2.0	23	Willment Racing Team	Jack Sears	Shelby Cobra Roadster	127
5	GT + 2.0	24	Willment Racing Team	Bob Olthoff	Shelby Cobra Willment Coupe	126
6th	GT + 2.0	27	Maranello Concessionaires	Innes Ireland	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64	125
7th	SR / P + 1.6	5	John Coundley	John Coundley	Lotus 19th	125
8th	GT + 2.0	31	Peter Lumsden	Peter Lumsden Peter Sargent	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	124
9	GT + 2.0	28	Eric Portman	Richie Ginther	Ferrari 250 GTO	123
10	GT + 2.0	29	David Piper	Tony Maggs	Ferrari 250 GTO	123
11	GT + 2.0	22nd	Shelby American Inc.	Phil Hill	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	119
12	SR / P + 1.6	1	Team Lotus	Jim Clark	Lotus 30	113
13	GT + 2.0	24	Dawnay Racing	Mike Salmon	Aston Martin DP214	108
Failed
14th	SR / P + 1.6	8th	Team elite	Denny Hulme	Brabham BT8	107
15th	GT + 2.0	32	Peter Sutcliffe	Peter Sutcliffe	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	105
16	SR / P + 1.6	12	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan	Brabham BT8	97
17th	GT + 2.0	25th	CT Atkins	Roy Salvadori	Shelby Cobra Roadster	80
18th	SR / P + 1.6	25th	Harold Young	David Hobbs	Lotus 23B	77
19th	GT + 2.0	33	Roger Mac	Roger Mac	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	70
20th	SR / P + 1.6	11	Aurora Gears	Trevor Taylor	Elva Mk.7S	69
21st	SR / P + 1.6	2	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren	Zerex Special	18th
22nd	SR / P + 1.6	10	Elva Cars Ltd.	Tony Lanfranchi	Elva Mk.7S	8th
23	GT + 2.0	26th	North American Racing Team	John Surtees	Ferrari 250 GTO / 64	8th
24	SR / P + 1.6	9	Willment Racing Team	Frank Gardner	Elva Mk.7S	5
25th	SR / P + 1.6	7th	Stirling Moss Automobile Racing Team	Hugh Dibley	Brabham BT8	2
Not started
26th	SR / P + 1.6	14th	Roy Pierpoint	Roy Pierpoint Tony Hegbourne	Attila Mk.3	1
27	GT + 2.0	30th	Peter Lindner	Peter Nöcker	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	2
28	GT + 2.0	35	Chris Kerrison	Chris Kerrison	Ferrari 250 GT SWB Drogo	3
29	GT + 2.0	36	Chris Kerrison	Roy Pierpoint	Ferrari 250 GTO	4th

¹ reserve ² accident during training ³ reserve ⁴ reserve

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
30th	SR / P + 1.6		John Mecom	Walt Hansgen	Scarab Mk.IV
31	SR / P + 1.6		John Mecom	AJ Foyt	Ferrari 250LM

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR / P + 1.6	Graham Hill	Ferrari 330P	Overall victory
GT + 2.0	Dan Gurney	Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe	Rank 3

Racing data

• Registered: 31
• Started: 25
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: clear
• Route length: 3.862 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3:12: 43,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 130
• Total distance of the winning team: 502.115 km
• Winner's average: 156.319 km / h
• Pole position: Bruce McLaren - Zerex Special (# 2) - 1: 23.200 = 167.124 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Bruce McLaren - Zerex Special (# 2) - 1: 23.800 = 165.928 km / h
• Racing series: 13th round of the 1964 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race report
• Race results

Previous race Coppa Cittá di Enna 1964

Sports car world championship

Successor mountain race Sierra-Montagna 1964