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- 1 2 3 4 5 Souvenir Programme, 1st International Sandown Park Motor Races, Labour Day Weekend, 11-12 March 1962
- 1 2 3 Mike Kable, Brabham on top at opening Sandown Park meeting, Sports Car World, May 1962, pages 46 to 48
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