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Clark, Hulme, McLaren at the German G.P. -Photo by Phipps

THE 1967 SEASON

Jack 's World Championship victory in 1966 race gave Pedro Rodriguez his first Championship victory was as much of a n eye opener to his opponents as it was in a Cooper-, his first race in the car. It was a to the paying spectator, for everyone had expected that one race of survival of the fittest, and although Rodriguez had of the 400 b.h.p. monsters would walk away with the title. lost some gears he kept it going to the fini sh. Local hero The truth of the matter was that none of these units pro­ John Love finished second in an old Cooper with a Climax duced 400 b.h.p., but the sheer bulk of some of the engines 2.7-litre engine, and would have won but for a fuel stop, forced the constructors to build cars weighing 1,600 or w hile John scraped his sick into third place. 1,700 Ibs. Brabham had a car weighing something like had been in the lead in his works Brabham­ 1,200 Ibs . and a engine giving 300 b.h.p. which Repco but a couple of stops for brake fluid dropped him provided him with a good handling, accelerative car which back to fourth ahead of Bob Anderson's old Brabham­ was unbeatable except on the reall y fast circuits like Reims Climax. and . A charity meeting at Oulton Pa rk saw a Brabham I, 2, Brabham knew that he would have far more opposition with Brabha m leading Denny Hulme home but few people this season, but he stuck to his formula of lightness with took this poorly supported meeting as a ny guide and they simplicity a nd retained the form of construc­ put more store in ' victory at the Silverstone tion, but at the Repco factory in , the International Trophy in his special lo ng chassis was given a n all-Australian block instead of the modified with 390 b.h.p. 36 valve, V 12 engine, but one and with a of other changes, the power was there in second place. output was raised to 325 b.h.p., according to Brabham, al­ For the first Grande Epreuve of the season, the tradi­ though many people think it's a good deal higher. tional round the houses Championship opener a t Monte But at the opening meeting of the European Formula I Carlo, the works teams really excelled themselves with a season, the Race of Champions at 's number of new or modified cars on show. The twisty cir­ circuit, D an Gurney and team mate showed cuit did not suit the more powerful cars and the that their engined-Eagles were giving a great deal really came into their own. Jack Brabham was unfortunate of power, for Gurney won both heats and the final and enough to have a con rod break on his first lap but Denny Ginther was second in one heat, third in the other and Hulme took his 1966 car into the lead, after Jackie was running second in the final until he was forced to re­ Stewart's 2-1itre V8 B.R.M. broke its crown wheel, and he tire. The Weslake engines were giving around 410 b.h.p. never lost it again. His power sliding technique at the tight at Bra nds Hatch although something like 425 b.h.p. had hairpins was a joy to watch, for his slides were perfectly been seen on the test bed. executed lap after lap of this 100-lap grind. In contrast Of course, the South African G.P. had already been run was having quite a tussle with the heavier in J a nua ry but this was really a carryover of the 1966 Ferrari, trying to catch the Brabham and he eventually season as far as the cars were concerned, for no new cars touched the chicane, starting the fiery crash which lost him appeared. Run on the circuit for the first time the his life a few days later. The repercussions of this accident are still reverberating around the motor racing scene and will. probably do so for some time to come. finished in a surprised second place in an old Lotus-B.R.M. which was nearly falling to pieces while Christ Amon finished an excellent third in his works 36 valve, centre exhaust Ferrari despite a to change a tyre which had been punctured by some of the debris from the Bandini crash. In between the and Dutch Grands Prix, the Syracuse G.P. was run in Sicily, but none of the works teams apart from Ferrari bothered with the race and Lodovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes staged a dead heat in their , proving very little as far as the rest of the season was concerned. For the at the seaside re­ sort Lotus produced their sensational type 49 fitted with the 3-litre V8 engine which Ford of England has com­ missioned to build at a cost of around 100,000 pounds. The two Lotuses, for and Graham Hill to drive rather overshadowed the other new machinery, but Brabham, B.R.M. and all had new cars at the race. Jack Brabham brought his new BT24, a slimmer, even lighter car based on the team's Formula 2 car, B.R.M. brought a slim version of their cumbersome H-16 for , and the Eagle team had been doing Jackie Stewart and British Journolist, Michael Tee, friend some weight saving, bringing along a new car which had of Twite, ot 1966 U.S. Grand Prix. -Photo by Action Sports been lightened by the extensive use of titanium and mag­ nesium. The team had three cars at Zandvoort but only to Pedro Rodriguez's I I. finished fourth in one driver as Richie Ginther had decided to hang up his his Ferrari, very close to Hulme and showing great im­ helmet. provement. Graham Hill made fastest practice lap in his Lotus The circus moved to Belgium for the next race in the 49 and led the race comfortably for 10 laps until the series, at the fast Spa-Francorchamps circuit. It was here timing gear began to break up and he had to retire. How­ that the lap times were expected to come down-and they ever, Jim Clark soon took the lead in the other Lotus-Ford did. The ever done at Spa up till then had been and he went on to win fairly comfortably, so joining the put in by in the 7-Jitre Chaparral 2F in 3 min., elite circle of drivers who have given a new Formula I 35.6 secs., but Clark knocked 7.5 seconds off that time, car victory on its first outing. However, Jack Brabham putting in the first 150 m.p.h. lap at the circuit, and mak­ finished second in an older car, having decided not to use ing it the fastest circuit in Europe, temporarily, at least. the BT24, while Denny Hulme finished third in his Brab­ Clark took the lead in the race, but two stops with plug ham and increased his Championship lead with 16 points trouble dropped him back and the lead was taken by Jackie Stewart in one of the older H-16 B.R.M.s. He has Jim Clark and Ford engine designer at been having a poor season with the B.R.M., but he was Zandvoort. -Photo by Phipps going well at Spa until it began jumping out of gear. then moved up after a slow start, took the lead from Stewart and disappeared into the distance to win as he liked, despite a quick pit stop with low fuel pressure. SteW{\rt held on to finish second while Chris Amon once again brought his Ferrari to the finish, this time in third place. His team mate, Mike Parkes, had suffered a bad crash on the first lap, which put him out of racing for the rest of the season. Both Brabham drivers were now running BT24s, but had no luck at Spa, for the oil scavenging sys­ tem proved to be inadequate on the long straights and the dry sumps were becoming very wet indeed, so that the crankshafts were dipping into the oil and slowing the engines considerably. Both cars retired. The French G .P. has switched around between Reims, Rouen and Clermont-Ferrand in recent years, but this sea­ son, the Automobile Club de COuest, who run the 24 hour race, staged the G .P. at the new "smaJl" circuit which has been built within the big 24 Hours circuit. The drivers were unanimous in their dislike of this tiny circuit with its many slow corners and most of them seemed to lose interest soon after practice started. A very small crowd turned up to see Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme stage a 1, 2 victory. The circuit suited the Brabhams better than the more powerful cars, but even so Jim Clark and Graham Hill led the race in their Lotus-Fords until they retired bolt break in practice and was lucky to stop without hitting with broken crownwheels caused by flexing of the gearbox anything, but got the car ready for the race. casing. Jackie Stewart reverted to a better handling Tas­ The organisers added a Formula 2 section to the race to man V8 for this race, and was rewarded with third place. give a few more cars per mile on the long track and one or The Lotus team did some rapid work at the ZF factory two of them, particularly in a -Ford, em­ in to stiffen their gearboxes for the British G.P. barrassed the Formula I drivers considerably. Ickx made at Silverstone and they were rewarded with victory, for third fastest practice time and was lying fourth in the race Jim Clark won the race quite comfortably. His team mate until the suspension broke. His meteoric drive caused sev­ Graham Hill had more than a little drama, for his car was eral team managers to rush for their contract forms and wrecked during practice when a rear suspension arm broke cheque books and there is little doubt that Ickx will be away from the chassis. A rapid rebuild job was done over­ driving Formula 1 in 1968. night and he bravely took the lead, having never driven the held its first F 1 race at Mosport on August 27th car since its crash. He looked all set for victory, but a rear and once again the Brabham team finished first and sec­ suspension bolt unscrewed itself and the rear suspension ond, with boss-man Jack leading Denny Hulme home, al­ collapsed. He got back to the pits, had it repaired and went though Hulme's Championship lead was extended still back into the race only to have the engine blow up. Denny further. Hulme increased his Championship lead by finishing sec­ The pace was set by the Lotus Fords of Clark and Hill, ond, although the ever-present Chris Amon almost caught but the race was run in intermittent rain and the Brabhams him in the works Ferrari, while Jack Brabham finished were more suited to these conditions. Clark retired from fourth in a Brabham which was vibrating so badly that the the lead with water in the ignition and Hill finished fOllrth. mirrors fell off! Bruce McLaren introduced his new McLaren-B.R.M. V 12 Despite hopes in certain quarters that the German G .P. at the race and could well have won, but after a third lap would go to Hockenheim, it returned once again to Nur­ spin he worked his way into second place only to have the burgring, where the Brabham team staged another 1, 2 battery go flat, as he had decided not to fit an alternator. victory, this time with Denny Hulme winning. However, it Dan Gurney's lone Eagle should have been a strong was a moral victory for Dan Gurney who led the race in challenger but after practice, trouble with his Weslake his Eagle-Weslake until two laps from the end when a drive engine which was tuned to give lots of mid range torque, shaft snapped. Jim Clark led initially, but the he fitted a spare engine with more power at the upper end broke its front suspension after a tyre had deflated, while of the rev range for the race, but in the wet, this power Graham Hill also had a suspension failure. He had had a proved embarrassing and he finished in third place, a lap crash during practice in the spare car, so he used his Silver­ behind the winner. stone car in the race. Jack Brabham had a rear suspension CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

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2-Jack Brabham, Australia-Repco-Brabham ______1 6 9 3 6 9 6 40

3-Jim Clark, -Lotus-Ford ______9 9 4 23

4-Chris Amon, New Zealand-Ferrari ______4 3 4 4 4 20 5-, England-Honda ---­ ______4 3 9 17 6-Pedro Rodriguez, Mexico-Cooper-Maserati ____ 9 2 2 14

7-Dan Gurney, USA-Eagle ______. 9 4 13

8-Jackie Stewart, Scotland-BRM ______6 4 10

9-Graham Hill, England-Lotus-Ford _ ------6 3 9 lO-John Love, S. Africa-Cooper-Climax ______6 6

SEVEN POINTS: , BRM. SIX POINTS: , Cooper-Maserati. THREE POINTS: Bruce McLaren, McLaren M4B; Jo Siifert, Cooper-Maserati. TWO POINTS: Mike Parkes, Ferrari; Robert Anderson, Brabham-Climax; , BRM; , Cooper-Maserati. ONE POINT: Ludovico Scar­ fiotti, Ferrari; Guy , Repco-Brabham; Jackie Ickx, Ferrari.

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP: Brabham, 51; Lotus, 28; Cooper; 21; Ferrari, 20; BRM, 13; Eagle, 13; Honda, 4; McLaren, 3.

THE COUNTING GAME CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS The championship is awarded on a point system. It In the 17 years of the World Championship series there works like this: have only been 27 drivers who have experienced the thrill of winning a Grand Prix. They are listed below. Those 1 st place ____ 9 pts. 4th place _____ 3 pts. marked with an asterik are still active in racing. 2nd place _____ 6 pts. 5th place _____ 2 pts. Juan Fangio-Argentina ______24 3rd place _ ___ 4 pts. 6th place _____ 1 pt. ':'J im Clark-Scotland ______22 -England ______16 All the points must be gained in the eleven Interna­ AIberto Ascari- ______13 "Jack Brabham-Australia ______13 tional Grand Prix events for Fl racing cars which are "Graham Hill-England ______10 recognized for the championship, and the champion­ Tony Brooks-England ______5 Guiseppe Farina-Italy ______5 ship is decided on the best 5 races of the first 6 and the "'John Surtees-England ______5 best 4 of the last 5. The events are the Monaco, Peter Collins-England ______3 "' Dan Gurney- United States ______4 Belgian, French, British, Dutch, German, Italian, -England ______3 United States, South African, Canadian and Mexican ':' Phil Hill-United States ______3 ':' Bruce McLaren-New Zealand ______3 Grand Prix. Each race must cover at least 300 kms Jonfre Gonzales-Argentina ______2 (but no more than 500 kms) and must last for at least - ______2 -Germany ______2 two hours. *J ackie Stewart-Scotland ______2 The driver who, at the end of the year, has the most "'- Italy ______1 Lorenzo Bandini-Italy ______1 points is World Champion. "'Joakim Bonnier-Sweden ______1 If several drivers end up with the same number of ':' Innes lreland-Scotland ______1 "' Richie Ginther-United States ______1 points, the championship goes to the one who has got Pierro Taruffi-Italy ______I the best-quality positions. In other words, it will prob­ ably go to the driver who has won the most races. ':'Pedro::~·e~fsarn~\t~e Rodriguez I ~~: _=__====______======__= =_ i1 Respectfully Yours, Timing and Scoring Organization and Tasks Three lap charts and two sets on continuit~ heets (or WILLIAM CLOSE tapes) were recorded by one group of seven persons during the race. Chief of Timing and Scoring Lap times were obtained by two other groups of per­ sons. People in the first of these groups used split-second­ From the Officiol Report of the Eighth Grand Prix hand type stopwatches. Each person times one car only of the United States at Watkins Glen, New York but additional timers were allocated to the faster cars so that two separate lap times could be recorded for each of "Nineteen sixty-six is the first year of a new Formula I. these cars. The second timing group operated the Bracco Comparing the performance of the 3-litre cars built to this LAPFAX time recording machine. This machine provides new Formula with that of the cars which raced at Watkins a permanent printed record of all elapsed times for all Glen previously under the old 1112 litre Formula, two con­ cars each lap from start of race. This record also gives the clusions are obvious, namely, that the 3-litre cars are sig­ relative position of each car at any time in the race. The nificantly faster and that they are as yet much less reliable. machine is remotely operated by push buttons (one for The former conclusion is borne out by a new record race­ each car) the operators being assigned two or more but­ winning of 1 J 4.94 miles per hour (previous best was tons each. Lap times for each car are derived from elapsed 111. J 0 miles per hour) and new record lap times in prac­ times on the printed record. All practice lap times and all tices and race. The second conclusion is indicated by the lap records posted as official were figures averaged from facts that of the eleven retirements (out of nineteen start­ the two or more times recorded simultaneously by the ers) two only are attributable to accidents, and that there groups described above. were twenty-four pit stops this year as compared with ten A final group of persons handled various duties such as last year. pit liaison, runners, checking, starter liaison, typing, speed "A milestone in the history of the Watkins Glen circuit calculating. Equipment used for the latter task consisted of was reached during the Friday practice period when John a Monroe Epic 2000 calculator and a Monroe IQ calcul­ Surtees in the No. 7 Cooper-Maserati became the first ator. driver and car to lap the course at an average speed high­ It should be noted that there is a considerable duplica­ er than one hundred twenty miles per hour. Subsequently, tion of tasks among the above groups. This helps to min­ during practice, four other cars and drivers exceeded the imize the effects of human errors. For example, the num­ 'two-miles-a-minute' average speed for a lap. However, this ber of laps covered by a particular car is recorded in seven speed has yet to be averaged for a lap during a race." different ways.

RESULTS-EIGHTH GRAND PRIX OF THE UNITED STATES Watkins Glen, New York September 30, October 1,2, 1966 Car Laps Time Av. Speed Prize Pos. No. Make Driver Compl. Hr.-Min.-Sec. Miles/ hour Money I I LOlUs-BRM J. Clark 108 2:09:40.1 114.90 $20,000.00 2 8 Cooper-Maserati J. Rindt 107 2:08:58.4 I 14.489 10,000.00 (108) 2: II :26.9 113.383 3 7 Cooper-Maserati J . Surtees 107 2: 10:33.7 113 .096 7,000.00 4 19 Cooper-Maserati J. Siffert 105 2: 10:08.8 111.336 6,000.00 5 17 McLa ren-Ford B. McLaren 105 2: 10:08.9 111.335 5,500.00 6 2 Lotus-Climax P. Arundel 101 2:09:44.1 107.434 5,000.00 7':' 10 BRM r. Ireland 96 2:01 :59.7 108.595 4,400.00 8 12 Honda R. Ginther 81 2: 10:43.2 85.511 4,200.00 9':' 18 Lotus-BRM M. Spence 74 1:41:44.7 100.368 4,000.00 10':' 14 Honda R. Bucknum 58 I: 15:02.7 105.656 3,800.00 II 22 Cooper-Maserati J. Bonnier 57 2 :09 :58.3 60.521 3,700.00 12':' 5 Brabha m-Repco J. Brabham 55 1:05:42. 1 115 .522 3,600.00 13':' 4 BRM J. Stewart 53 1:03:59.7 114.290 3,500.00 14 " 3 BRM G. Hill 52 1:05:11.8 110.067 3,400.00 IS'" 9 Ferrari L. Bandini 34 0:40 :48.4 114 .98 1 3,300.00 16" 6 Brabham-Repco D. Hulme 18 0:33:01.9 75.201 3,200.00 17'" 15 America n Eagle D. Gurney 13 0: 16:27.3 109.025 3,100.00 18 ':' II Lotus-BRM P. Rodriguez 13 0:38:29.7 46.603 3,000.00 19':' 16 America n Eagle B. Bondurant 5 0: 06: 37.4 104.177 2,900.00 "":'Article 25 of the Race Regulations for the 1966 Grand Prix of the United States stipulates that if a car takes more than twice the time of the race winner's fastest lap to complete its last lap, the latter will not be taken into consideration when the total distance covered by that car is computed. Car No.8 is credited with 107 laps only beca use it required 2 mins., 28.5 sees. to complete lap 108 and race winner's fastest lap was 1 min., 10.1 secs. ':'Not running at end of race. OTHER AWARDS LENTHERIC ONYX TROPHY and $280.00 for fastest lap in race. Car No. 7-Cooper-Maserati Driver: J. Surtees I minute 9.67 seconds 118.85 mph. LENTHERIC ONYX GRID and $250.00 for fastest lap in practice. Car No. 5-Brabham-Repco Driver: J. Brabham I minute 8.42 seconds 121.017 mph. McLaren

McLAREN ... at 19, Bruce McLaren was the best there was in New Zealand. Eleven years later he is still going strong. He rates among the ten best drivers in the world. He has had good rides and not so good rides but he has always been solidly good and currently he is manufactur­ ing his own car. He is out to prove a McLaren is a good car as McLaren is a driver. In 1965, he ended a happy six-year association with . He started driving for Cooper in 1959 as second string to Jack Brabham. They made an ideal team. When Brabham left Cooper to manufacture his own cars, Mc­ Laren moved into number one spot. There he stayed un­ til he followed in Brabham's footsteps. The new McLaren with a V-12 BRM engine will be a car to watch on Sunday. McLaren is the first constructor to obtain new BRM V-12 engine. It was one of the fastest in the car's first outing at the . The three-valve Cooper-Moseroti with Rindt ot the wh.I'el. Fame has not altered the boyish charm of McLaren­ -Photo by Dovid Phipps an even temperment and good manners. He and his at­ tractive wife, Pat and child live in England. Cooper Bruce McLaren driving the McLaren BRM V-12 which made its debut at the Canadian Grand Prix -Photo by Motor Sport "MAN ... LISTEN TO THAT ENGINE." The sound of the 1967 Cooper-Maserati is the beautiful noise of pow­ er. With Jochen Rindt, young Austrian, at the wheel, it sings. Rindt, one of the fastest in the world today, is a driver to watch. The was started in a gas station in 1920 by Charles Cooper in Surbiton, England where the factory is located today. Son , John, now semi-retired, continued the business and also manages the team. He is a friendly man who loves cars­ never having lost his sense of sportsmanship with success ... , who drove at one time for Cooper, was one of the top in­ ternational drivers of all times and has been a successful team man­ ager sinc; 1965. Pedro Rodriguez who won his first G.P. and the first G.P. of the season with team manoger Roy Salvadori. -Photo by David Phipps.

Jochen Rindt checks the instruments of the Cooperati . -Photo by Bruce Wennerstrom / DARE -Photo by Motoring News

Chris Amon and THE FERRARI Ferrari is a legend-an engineering feat with magical drawing power-men (and women) will travel from all parts of the world to see the cars produced by Ferrari at speed. Managing Ferrari this year is capable Franco Lini. is the man behind the scenes. Ferrari was a mule-shoer in World War I. After the war he raced for a short time before he became manager of a racing team. In 1939 he started to build a factory to build his own cars. Because of possible bombing, the factory was moved to ten miles west where it covers the space of two city blocks. To produce 600 cars a year, Ferrari employs 300 men. When all types of racing are considered, the Ferrari Marque is the most successful. Chris Amon No.1 driver for Ferrari is rated as brilliant. Chris Irwin and PARNELL RACING

Newcomer to the Glen is young Englishman Chris Amon who drives a BRM for who is a popular visitor to the Glen. Tim has continued his father's racing team since 1963 with much success. -Photo by Motor Sport Josef Siffert talks with partners of the race, Rob Walker and J. S. Durlocher. RRC WALKER-J. S. DURLACHER

JOAK IM BON N I ER-Sweden-Independent-Cooper-Moseroti JOSEF SII?FERT -Photo by Birnbom Josef Siffert is readily identified by his red helmet marked with the white cross of Switzerland. Siffert is a member of the Team when driving in events other than JOAKIM BONNIER Formula 1. At the 1966 U . S. Grand Prix, Siffert dueled It is the 20th anniversary of at the Glen. the entire race with McLaren holding him off the line for October 2, 1948 ... road racing in America was revived 4th place. on a 6.6 mile circuit that ran through the village streets with the start-finish at the Courthouse, rising over the gorge with about 30 bends and curves and two major hills. The record for the course was held by in a Cun­ ningham at 80 mph. The race was conceived after the European pattern and was called The Grand Prix. This Grand Prix for sports cars has been run every year since, making it the oldest continuously race in America. It is also the 10th Anniversary of international road rac­ ing at the Glen. On September 28, 1958 - the Interna­ tional - the first in the United States was held in perfectly miserable weather. But it was a success due to one Joakim Bonnier, winner in a Grand Prix For­ mula I Maserati making it the first time ever a road rac­ ing circuit in the U.S.A. was lapped at an average speed greater than 100 mph. In the 1st race he drove a red Maserati and 10 races later he returns in a red Cooper­ Maserati-more popular than ever.

Pretty Miss Lindo Lou Eldredge of Both was chosen by the Grand Prix Festival as Miss U.S. Grand Prix. The Festival is a venture of the local community sponsoring social and sports events in the village during race week. Profits will go for the building of the new hospital.

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-by Action Sports JIMMY CLARK Winner of 1966 U.S. Grand Prix

j 1M CLARK, two-time world champion, twice winner of the U.S. GP, 1965 Indy victor and twice runner-up, winner of 22 GP's in the post six years, rated with Fangio and Moss as one of the all time greots-A bachelor with a form in Scotland ... author of a book ... most attractive and intelligent ... a fine man as well as a great driver. . . . -Photo by Action Sports

Lotus at start of 1966 Grand Prix

-Photo by Art Mozinsky ShowS' GRAHAM HILL, three-time winner of the U.S. GP at Watkins Glen, 1963-64-65 oversees mechanics setting up suspension of his new 3 liter Ford-powered Lotus. Note there is no chassis oft of the cockpit, suspension bolt directly up to engine block. -Photo by Bruce Wennerstrom/DARE

-Photo by David Phipps THE REPCO-BRABHAM -by David Phipps To the Top------­

To be famous and to be a celebrity are often two differ­ tions are direct. His ac tions and his words are reported ent things. Brabham made the fame level when be became outside the sports pages. The big husky 42-year-old Brab­ Formula 1 World Champion in 1959, again in 1960 and ham has been considered great a long time but suddenly again in 1966. he's got glamour. Also, Brabham has achieved a three-fold role in the Brabham and his family, wife and three children live in motoring trade as a driver, a manufacturer and a designer England where the Brabham is manufactured. Dennis of a car which bears his name. All drivers have a passion Hulme, his 32-year-old team mate proved the car and his for machinery-or so it is said. But, Brabham was the own ability winning the Grand Prix of Monaco and the first driver to care enough to build and race his own car. Grand Prix of Germany on the two great driver's circuits He has nerve. His ability to keep his foot on the of the world. The New Zealander's win at Monaco was his is what attracted John Cooper's attention when Brabham first Grand Prix win. It looks like Hulme's year as well as drove the dirt tracks of Australia. Brabham's. He has reliability. He has quoted the Champion Fangio "First to finish; then to finish first" as his philosphy. That seems to be the answer to why his 335 horsepower auto is beating the other cars producing as much as 400 horse­ power. That also seems to be one of the answers why he has suddenly become a celebrity. "The underdog wins." He is compared to Gary Cooper because his answers to ques-

JACK BRABHAM - World Champion -by LaFantant

Dennis Hulme (pronounce it like home) the number twa man on the Brabham team. Hulme is reported to have joked after Brabham's win at the Canadian Grand Pri x (where he was second by a mere 1.9 second difference). "It's only fair the bass should win some­ times." -Photo by Bruce Wennerstrom / DARE The imaginative genius of Lotus designer -the accompli shment of winner Jimmy Clark-the glory of victory for the Lotus mechanics-the joy of the 1966 winner's circle for the fans-all reRected in the sterling sil ver bowl-held aloft by Chap­ man. The bowl was designed by an early American sil ver maker, Paul Revere, one­ time racer. It is the traditional trophy of the at Watkins Glen.

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WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT GRAND PRIX Of THE UNITED STATES OFFICIAL ENTRY LIST

Car No. Driver Entrant Car 1. JACK BRABHAM, Australia Brabham Racing Organization, England Brabham-Repco

2. DENNIS HULME, Australia Brabham Racing Organization, England Brabham-Repco

3. JOHN SURTEES, England Honda Racing, lapan Honda

4. JOCHEN RINDT, Cooper Car Company, England Cooper-Maserati

5. JIM CLARK, Scotland , Ltd., England Lotus-BRM

6. GRAHAM HILL, England Team Lotus, Ltd., England Lotus-Ford

7. JACKIE STEWART, Scotland Owen Racing Organization, England BRM

8. MIKE SPENCE, England Owen Racing Organization, England BRM

9. CHRIS AMON, New Zealand SEFAC Ferrari, Italy Ferrari

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11. DAN GURNEY, U.S.A. Anglo-American Racers, U.S.A. American Eagle

12. Anglo-American Racers, U.S.A. American Eagle

14. BRUCE McLAREN, New Zealand Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, Ltd., England McLaren-BRM

15 . JOSEF SIFFERT, Switzerland R.R.C. Walker-l.S., Durlacher, England Cooper-Maserati

16. JOAKIM BONNIER, Switzerland Ecurie Suisse, Switzerland Cooper-Maserati

17. CHRIS IRWIN, England Racing, England BRM

18 . MOISES SOLANA, Mexico Team Lotus, Ltd., England Lotus-Ford

19. GUY UGIER, France , France Brabham-Repco

21. Cooper Car Company, England Cooper-Maserati

22. JEAN-PIERRE BELTOISE, France MATRA Sports, France MATRA

Watkins Glen, N. Y. - October 1, 1961 Sullivan Printers, Inc., Binghamton, New York