1967 Spring Cup

  1967 Daily Express Spring Cup

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1967 Formula One season
Date	15 April 1967
Official name	I Daily Express Spring Cup
Location	Oulton Park
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.442 km (2.76 mi)
Distance	2 x 10 (heats) & 1 x 30 (final) laps, 2 x 44.4 & 1 x 133.3 km (2 x 27.6 & 1 x 82.8 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jackie Stewart	BRM
Time	1:32.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Time	1:32.4 (heat 1)
Podium
First	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco
Second	Denny Hulme	Brabham-Repco
Third	John Surtees	Honda

The 1st Daily Express Spring Cup was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 15 April 1967 at Oulton Park circuit in Cheshire, UK. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps of the circuit, then a final of 30 laps, and was won overall by Jack Brabham in a Brabham-Repco BT20.

The race was organised by the Mid-Cheshire Motor Racing Club in order to raise funds for the Grand Prix Medical Unit, inaugurated by BRM chairman Louis Stanley as an indirect result of Jackie Stewart's accident at the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix. All prize money, start money and gate money were donated to the fund.

The grid positions for the first heat were decided by a qualifying session, and the grid for the second heat was determined by the finishing order of the first heat. Similarly, the finishing order for the second heat decided the grid order for the final.

Jackie Stewart qualified his BRM in pole position for the first heat. Brabham driver Denny Hulme won both heats and Jack Brabham won the final, with Brabham and Hulme sharing fastest lap in the final. Brabham took fastest lap in the first heat, and Hulme shared fastest lap with BRM's Mike Spence in the second heat.

Results

Heat 1

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	15:44.4	2
2	7	John Surtees	Honda R & D Co.	Honda	+ 13.4 s	3
3	4	Mike Spence	BRM	BRM	+ 18.8 s	5
4	11	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	+ 18.8 s	8
5	14	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd	McLaren-BRM	+ 26.0 s	6
6	12	Jackie Oliver	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	+ 30.4 s	9
7	5	Piers Courage	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lotus-BRM	+ 50.2 s	10
8 (Ret)	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	7 laps, ignition fault	4
9	3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	BRM	6 laps	1
DNF	6	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax	3 laps, broken exhaust	7

Heat 2

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	15:57.2	1
2	7	John Surtees	Honda R & D Co.	Honda	+ 4.8 s	2
3	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	+ 23.6 s	8
4	3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	BRM	+ 23.8 s	9
5	14	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd	McLaren-BRM	+ 28.2 s	5
6	4	Mike Spence	BRM	BRM	+ 32.4 s	3
7	12	Jackie Oliver	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	+ 33.4 s	6
8	5	Piers Courage	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lotus-BRM	9 laps	7
9	6	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax	8 laps	10
DNF	11	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	4 laps, oil leak	4

Final

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	47:21.4	3
2	2	Denny Hulme	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham-Repco	+ 0.4 s	1
3	7	John Surtees	Honda R & D Co.	Honda	30 laps	2
4	12	Jackie Oliver	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	30 laps	7
5	14	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd	McLaren-BRM	29 laps	5
6	4	Mike Spence	BRM	BRM	29 laps	6
7	6	Bob Anderson	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham-Climax	29 laps	9
8	11	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	29 laps	10
DNF	3	Jackie Stewart	BRM	BRM	12 laps, accident	4
DNF	5	Piers Courage	Reg Parnell (Racing)	Lotus-BRM	9 laps, piston	8

References

• Results at Silhouet.com
• Results at Motor Sport Magazine