1966 British Sports Car Championship

Last updated
1966 British Sports Car Championship
Previous: 1965 Next: 1967

The 1966 British Sports Car Championship was the third season of the British Sports Car Championship. The season was dominated by Brabham's Formula One driver, Denny Hulme, by winning the first five races of the season, abroad Sidney Taylor's Lola T70 Mk2. This model of car was also victorious in the remaining two races, in the hands of the 1964 World Champion, John Surtees. [1] [2]

Results

RoundDateCircuitWinning driverTeamWinning car
Rd. 18 April Snetterton Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Sid Taylor Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 2 29 April Oulton Park Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 314 May Silverstone Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 428 May Mallory Park Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 59 July Silverstone Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme Sidney Taylor Racing Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 614 August Croft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Rd. 729 August Brands Hatch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Team Surtees Lola T70 Mk.2-Chevrolet
Source: [3] [2]

Related Research Articles

DAMS is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.

Alfred Graham Whitehead was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 19 July 1952. He finished 12th, scoring no championship points. He also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races. He began racing his half-brother Peter's ERA, in 1951 and then drove his Formula Two Alta in the 1952 British Grand Prix. He finished second at 1958 24 Hours of Le Mans only weeks before the accident on the Tour de France in which Peter was killed. Graham escaped serious injury and later raced again with an Aston Martin and Ferrari 250GT before stopping at the end of 1961.

Arena Motorsport British auto racing team

Arena International Motorsport was a British motor racing team founded by Mike Earle. Earle originally ran the Onyx Formula One team from the same base in Littlehampton, before selling the team. At the end of 2012 the team's new owners, Capsicum Racing Limited, placed the company into CVA.

Charouz Racing System

Charouz Racing System is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1985 by Antonín Charouz.

Rome Grand Prix

The Rome Grand Prix, also known as the Premio Reale di Roma (1925–1932) and Gran Premio di Roma (1947–1991), was an automobile race held in Rome, Italy from 1925 until 1991.

The 1953 Carrera Panamericana was the fourth running of the Carrera Panamericana Mexican sports car racing event, and the first edition as a part of the World Sportscar Championship. The race took place from 19–23 November, and was run from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, over 8 stages and 3,077 kilometres (1,912 mi). 182 cars started the race, and 60 finished all 8 stages.

The British Sports Car Championship, was a British domestic motor racing championship which was originally created for sports cars complying with Appendix C of the International Sporting Code. For 1966 the championship was for Group 7 Sports Racing Cars and for 1967 it was restricted to Group 4 Sports Cars. By 1970, the 2-litre sports category had become very popular across Europe, therefore the organisers decided to change the championship regulations, admitting only these cars. The championship was abandoned during the 1972 season, after one race, because of a lack of entries. An attempt to re-launch the championship lead to a one-off single season being run in 1976.

The 1965 British Sports Car Championship was the second season of the British Sports Car Championship.

Colchester Racing Developments produced Merlyn racing cars from 1960 to 1979. The company was founded by Clive Maskrey, Selwyn Hayward and continued by Hayward's brother, Clive. When the manufacture of Merlyn racing cars stopped, Clive Hayward continued to manufacture Merlyn parts as CRD Tool and Engineering Ltd. This company stopped trading in November 2015, but Clive Hayward continues to run Colchester Racing Developments, manufacturing Merlyn components and carrying out chassis repairs.

The 1967 British Sports Car Championship was the fourth season of the British Sports Car Championship.

The 1968 RAC British Sports Car Championship was the fifth season of the British Sports Car Championship.

The 1969 British Sports Car Championship was the sixth season of the British Sports Car Championship. With exception of the Brands Hatch 6 Hours, all races were won by a Lola T70 Mk.3/Mk.3B.

The 1966 RAC Tourist Trophy saw the world’s oldest motor race, organised by the Royal Automobile Club, return to Oulton Park on 29 April, for the 31st running of the RAC International Tourist Trophy Race sponsored by Daily Express. The TT, was the second round of the British Sports Car Championship.

Although the 1967 TT was part of the European Touring Car Championship, the 1968 and 33rd running of the RAC International Tourist Trophy Race, saw a return to Group 7 sportscars. The world’s oldest motor race was the fourth round of the British Sports Car Championship. This was the held at the Oulton Park circuit, in Cheshire, England, on the 3 June.

Rob Wilson is a former racing driver from New Zealand. Wilson raced in various formularacing and endurance racing series.

1953 12 Hours of Sebring

The 3rd Grand Prix, 12 Hours of Sebring, was the inaugural round of the 1953 World Sportscar Championship and was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on 8 March 1953.

British Empire Trophy

The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom. Since its inception in 1932, the Empire Trophy was hosted at five different circuits and awarded for ten separate racing categories. The race was run a total of 42 times, spanning over eight decades, making it one of the longest running and most prestigious racing events.

1953 RAC Tourist Trophy

The 1953 RAC Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars, held on 5 September 1953 at the Dundrod Circuit in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the sixth round of the 1953 World Sportscar Championship, held just six days after the previous round, the 1000km of Nürburgring. The race was the 20th running of the RAC Tourist Trophy.

Lola Mk6

The Lola Mk6 GT was a racing car with a production run of only three units, built between 1962 and 1963 by British car manufacturer Lola Cars. With its 289 cubic inch Ford V8 engine, the Mk6 GT was the first mid-mounted, high displacement V8-powered Grand Touring car, a chassis arrangement that had been used, up until that time, only on formula cars and smaller, more affordable GTs.

Misha Goikhberg

Mikhail "Misha" Goikhberg, is a Russian-born Canadian race car driver, currently signed to compete in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Heinricher Racing with MSR Curb-Agajanian.

References

  1. "World Sports Racing Prototypes - British Sports Car Championship 1966". Wsrp.ic.cz. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-01-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "British Sports Car Championship - Championships". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "World Sports Racing Prototypes - British Sports Car Championship 1966". Wsrp.ic.cz. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-01-23.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)