1962 Kanonloppet

  1962 Kanonloppet

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1962 Formula One season
Date	12 August 1962
Official name	VIII Kanonloppet
Location	Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.998 km (1.863 mi)
Distance	30 laps, 89.95 km (55.89 mi)
Pole position
Driver	John Surtees	Lola-Climax
Time	1.25.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:24.1
Podium
First	Masten Gregory	Lotus-BRM
Second	Roy Salvadori	Lola-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The 8th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 12 August 1962 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over 30 laps of the little circuit, and was won by American driver Masten Gregory in a Lotus 24, run by the UDT Laystall Racing Team.^[1]

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-BRM	42:51.3	6
2	Roy Salvadori	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	+ 7.3 s	4
3	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 7.5 s	3
4	Innes Ireland	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 36.7 s	2
5	Ian Burgess	Anglo-American Equipe	Cooper Special-Climax	29 laps	7
6	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	29 laps	8
Ret	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	Engine	9
Ret	John Surtees	Bowmaker Racing Team	Lola-Climax	Valve spring	1
Ret	Graham Hill	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Oil leak	5
Ret	Olle Nygren	Ecurie Excelsior	Lotus-Climax	Gearbox	10
WD	John Campbell-Jones	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	Driver injured	-
WD	Tony Settember	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax		-
WD	Kurt Kuhnke	Kurt Kuhnke	Lotus-Borgward	Engine not ready	-
WD	David Piper	David Piper	Lotus-Climax		-

References

1. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.