What a disappointing grid for this race which was, as I understand it for pre 1961 cars, although the programme entry list contained two 1962 cars and one 1965 car! A poor entry of 18 cars was further reduced to 14 when they lined up on the grid, and only 9 finished. No 250Fs, no Dino 246, no Lotus 16 or 18, no BRM P25, and none of the quicker T51/53 Coopers; even Barrie Baxter's Tec Mec which had been entered, and at least would have provided some non British representation failed to appear. It was left to Nigel Bancroft to provide the pace in his, as the programme described it, Cooper Climax. The commentators advised that this was an F2 car re engined with the full F1 2.5 Climax so maybe a T43/51? Anyway he went very well from pole and cleared off to win by nearly 54 seconds from Dan Collins Lotus 21:-
Ian Nuthall's Cooper Alta was an interesting and rare participant but unfortunately was one of those which failed to finish:-
Another unusual car was the HWM Alta of Adrian van der Kroft who finished 8th:-
This very unlikely group enlivened this race, circulating together and swapping places fairly regularly. They finished in the order shown here with the eldest, the Cooper Bristol of Patrick Walker at the front to finish a good 3rd. The 1965 BRM P261 of Andrew Wareing should surely have been quicker, but maybe he was having problems. Finishing 5th, just behind was the 1962 Emeryson Climax (one of two in the race which may well be a first in historic racing?) of Windsor-Price:-
