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United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen 1961 SCHEDULE FOR U. S. GRAND PRIX RACE DAY Sunday, 8 October 1961 1:00 P.M, DRIVERS MEETING AT PITS 27 and 28 1:30 P.M, U. S. National Anth e m 0 1:35 P.M, Cars to their grid positions. 1:50 P.M, Grid will be cleared of all but pit crews (3 only) and drivers* 1:55 P.M, Five minute gun (1st gun) 1:59 P.M, One minute gun (start engines)<> Pit crews exit grid« 2:00 P.M Race commences. 2:00:30 1».M. Stalled cars removed from grid. Official time will be that shown on the Kendall Tower Clock. George Rand, FIA Race Steward W.Fe Mi Hi ken Chief Steward (\ 3RD GRAND PR IX OF THE UNITED STATES held at Watkins Glen, New York October 6, 7, and 8, 1961 Cameron R. Argetsinger, Executive Director Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation P. 0* Box I48, Watkins Glen, New York, U,S<>Ao Sir: This is the final and Official Report of the race timing and lap scoring for the above event, and has been compiled from data recorded by a team of forty-eight persons during the practice periods on 'October 6th and 7th and the race itself on October 8th* Minerva split second-hand type stop watches were used for lap timing and normal stop watches for overall race times. As far as was possible, at least two independent watches and timekeepers were used to time laps for each car during the practice periods and the same practice was followed for the race timinga Prior to the event, ALL watches were checked for accuracy over a period of at least two hours against radio standard time signalso Each watch used was numbered and its deviation listedo All watches used for lap times had deviations less than 2 seconds in 2 hours o Watches used for overall race times were accurate to within \ second over 12 hours* Most of the timing equipment used was loaned by the Glen Region of the Sports Car Club of America, some by the Central New York Chapter of the Mo G* Car Club and the remainder came from private sources« I wish to express here ny gratitude to all the members of the Timing and Scoring Team each of whom volunteered assistance and through their combi® ned enthusiasm, devotion, and labors made it possible for the Team to successfully complete the important and arduous task of Timing and Scar** ing as is testified by this Reporto Respectfully yours, Ii920 Ledge Lane Williams villi* 21* N„ Y William Close 16 October 1961 Chief of Timing and Scoring A R OvAr\) 0 G O j O o o C n o w D p a c <5 LIST OF ENTRIES Car # Driver Car Entrant Jack Brabham Cooper Car Co= Ltd. A ustralia .Surbiton, Surrey, Englar 1 Bruce McLaren \°IU ^ \ SS” Cooper Mrv* Cooper Car Co* Ltd. Surbiton, Surrey, Engl an < Hap Sharp )°IU \ I S 1> CooperCM^^X Hap Sharp Midland, Texas ______ _______ *Y^i-£> F 1 - ~ C* \ Midland, Texas Graham Hill ' “iM . P L|<* / &"b r m Owens Racing Organization. London, England Bourne, LincolnshireF En f Tony Brooks Owens Racing Organization Weybridge, England Bourne, Lincolnshire, Er. Ro i e r Penski \°1U \ Tel ar« Cooper J o h n M„ Wyatt III Philadelphia, Pa»____ ^ ^ Richmond, Virginia Stirling Moss \°IU[ . .... u~y R. R„ Cc, Walker London, England London, England il Joakim Bonnier ^°1LcC» Lausanne?, Switzerland c Stuttgart, Germany 12 Dan Gurney 4 a L Porsche System Engr, Ltd Riverside, California Stuttgart, Germany 3 ^ — .— .. 14 Jim Clark ^ Team Lotus, Ltd, Scotland. Herts, England 15 Irmes Ireland \ a]U[ ^ Lotus oZu^v'qc/V-Team Lotus, Ltd* J CVl^UU « __,1__J 16 V P eter Ryan \°lCa.\ I S' / r2. \ M cy(. Jack Wheeler Autosport Quebec, Canada Ontario, Canada 17 Jim Hall \°)M Lotus Wcjr^jim Hall Midland, Texas clh ^ lS> 3,7) Midland, Texas 18 John Sur :ees \ °iM 1 S 3 Cooper L/cy Yeoman Credit F London, England V1 i Hounslowo Middlesex, 19 Roy Salvador! \° \U \ 1 5 3 Cooper dLi^/^x ^^Yeornan Credit Racing London, England Cjs)F)<&is p | — 7.— Hounslow, Middlesex, Eng, 21 Olivier Gendebien Lotus Cti m ^<4^ UDT/Lays tall Racing Te Per the 8 en Gatinais London, England Pt*an#»« --------—-—■ '-'i 22 Masteri Gregory \ clU \ ** ,7 -1 Lotus cUi*AX ^O^yDT/Laystall Racing : Pari;s, France °t?7 London, England___-—-----*C“ ——______ _ Ta^PC-A^?^ cgj 23 IS& Lotus CL(hl^ HcyL.^rs. Louise Bryden- Hollywood, California Dartford, Kent, England 26 HCeO Lotu ______ Indianapolis, Indiana cli SS^, ^ 7 Chattanooga, Tenn< 60 Walt Harsgen Cooper Momo Corporation < Westfield. New Jersey Q. L \ <v> M cyL Wood sid e, N* Y. V sT, ri fr\o<gS U o i ' ^ . ^ U <J c,-w pnjff, c ^ j O H i _ \ / '■Jill < w / BEST LAP TIMES (MINS-SECS) DURING EACH PRACTICE PERIOD Each period was approximately one hour long with quarter hour intervals between and one hour lunch break on Saturday. Fastest lap for each car is underlined. CAR FRIDAY OCT* 6th SATURDAY OCT. 7th NO, DRIVER Afternoon Periods Moroing Periods Afternoon Periods II III I II II II IV 1(V8)* Brabham 1-17.3 — 1-17,1 1-18,3. 1-17.0 1 (U)* Brabham 2 McLaren T32TT2 1-18.7 s»c» 1-18.7 1- 18.2 3 Sharp CSCD 1-31.U >22, 1- 21.0 h Hill 1- 25,0 l~2lu6 1-18c8 1-19«1 l*2li 6 2 •18, 1-18.1 $ Brooks 1- 22.6 1 - 1 9 08 1-19.1* •• <s»za 1-19.6 1= 15^ 6 Penske 1-23*7 l»23o5 1—22oO 1- 21*2 N.T. 1- 21,0 i-jO o " 6** Hansgen M 2 * uf i s w 1-22*93$ *jo^T7VJ ix laTnS*** 7(V8)* Moss l^cQoO ~'1«*18 c, 1-19 CrO 1- 20.0 1-17.8 1-17.2^ i«“Xf oil 7(U)* Moss 1-22s0 «h k 53 1-18.7 — 1-18.2 mm 11 Bonnier 1«2G.9 1-19.6 1-20.1 1-19.0 1=18.9 12 Gurney W 1 . 3 1-19.5 1-19.1 1—20©3 1-18.6 aceawaanrtmif^mm ■-.sanma» Hi Clark 1 =25*>5 1- 20.6 mm 1=18o5 1-18o3 15? Ireland 1-21.7 1- 20.0 1-1808 16 Ryan K.T. l«26o0 o»s» 1=22.5 1- 21,1 >20 &0 17 Hall 1-25.2 1-22.3 m m «*#» 1=23.2 1- 21.8 W 7 Z IB Surtees =2Xa6 1-19.1* 1=19*0 mm 1 - 1 8 . 9 1-19.8 1—2 0 el 19 Salvador! =22.6 1-19.6 1*19«9 .... 1-1972 1-19.6 21 Oendebien »22o7 m m mm 1-21.9 1-20.S 22 Gregory •36 a 2 1= 22 © 2 1-19.1 1-20.5 23 Miles This car did not appear for Technical Inspection or Practice 26 Ruby 1—2 ; 3O | 1-21*0.1 ) 1^22 o5 i 2 ■ 1 'sKa9 I 1^23 26* Surtees ) 60 flanggen ! 1—27 ©6 j | J ***> ] 1*2 oil I l=»25e-7 ! l®?2ol f * Brabham and Moss used two cars each for practice with V and h cylinder engine’s respectively* Hansgen practiced in #6 while his own ear was being repaired ♦ Surtees drove 3 laps in #26 to check handling of car Nefo Did not coysplete one lap for timing purposes THE GRAND PRIX OF THE UNITED STATES Best Times up to 3:00 P,M.« Saturday, October 7th. 196l« Car No. 1 (V-8) 1 - 17.1 1 (4) 1 - 30«2 2 1 - 18,7 3 1 - 22.3 i '• ->• f 4 - I* ■ 0 H" 5 J. ~ 1 ?o4 6 Penske JL - 2 i t3 6 Hansgen - 2 ^ 9 7 (V-8) 1 ~ .1.7 o 8 7 (4) 1 - 18,2 11 1 -■ 1? V 1 12 1 *■** O 14 n * * .i < ‘■'•4* •t 15 JL - 16 1 - 21*1 17 * - 22,3 18 J - 18,9 19 1 - I - c 4 21 -I - rfV.io ? 22 1 - J 7 c J. 26 1 _ *r 'r*r it 60 1 - iC./.' - ^C r - 1 •: 60 1 ~ s-x t 26 Surtees 1 - 23,6 SCUTTLEBUTT: SEEN IN THE TOH&t AiiKA - '/IF3 - George Ranc),, Ssc<, of ACC US anti Raco Stewards Frank Falkner - FIA Observer,, Art Rosian, Public Relations Chief, National SCCAo John Bishop, • Competition Director, SCCA0 Steve Wilder, noted automotive technical v,riter„ Harry Hardenbrook and James Ryan of Dowgardo Barry Frank of J, Walter Thompson /\gency;, the Alan who supplied the T-birds for the drivers, Ken Purdy, the foremost automotive vri.lt sr and editor of Playboy Magazine# Dick Collier, son of Sam Collier and nephew of Miles* Frank Blunk of the N, Y, Times, Robert J* Sause of U* S. Steel# Bill France, of Daytona International Raceways Bill Griffith of Kendall Oil Refining Coa i TH3 GRAND PRIX OF THE UNITED STATES Best Times up to 4:00 P.M., Saturday. October 7. 196l0 Car No. 1 (V-8) 1 - 17.1 1 (4) 1 - 30.2 2 1 - 18.7 3 1 - 21.0 4 1 - 18,4 5 1 - 19.4 6 Penske 1- 21o0 6 Hansgen 1 - 22,9 7 (V-8) 1- 17.2 7 (4) 1 - 18.2 11 1 - 19.1 12 1 - 18.6 14 1 - 18.4 15 1 - 18.8 16 1 - 21.1 17 1 - 21.8 18 1 - 18,9 19 1 - 19.4 21 1 - 21.9 22 1 - 19.1 26 Ruby 1 - 22.3 26 Surtees 1 - 23.6 60 1 - 22.0 SCUTTLEBUTT # Did you see Car #1 (Brabham) suck Car #2 (McLaren) around the course for that lap? * Hap Sharp and his wife are satisfied and have decided not to practice the last session.
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