Wills Trophy Croft 1966 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event:			Date: 14.8.1966
Track: Croft (United Kingdom), unknown length		Organiser: BARC
Wills Trophy Croft
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	1	John Surtees	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Team Surtees	30	43:01.6000	1^st	S+2.0
2^nd	4	Hugh Dibley	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Racing Partnership (Jersey)	28	43:08.4000	2^nd	S+2.0
3^rd	24	Tony Dean	Brabham BT8 Climax	Race Proved by Willment	28	43:09.0000	1^st	S2.0
4^th	27	Innes Ireland	Willment - BRM	Race Proved by Willment	28	43:15.0000	2^nd	S2.0
5^th	57	David Hobbs	Ferrari 250 LM	Bernard White Racing	27	43:42.4000	3^rd	S+2.0
6^th	10	Julian Sutton	Attila Mk.7 Chevrolet	Mill Garages (Sunderland)	26	44:16.8000	4^th	S+2.0
7^th	28	Malcolm Wayne	Elva - BMW	M. Wayne	26	43:43.2000	3^rd	S2.0
8^th	52	Nick Cussons	Ford GT40	Nick Cussons	25		5^th	S+2.0
9^th	25	Geoff Breakell	Brabham BT8 Climax	G. H. Breakell	24		4^th	S2.0
10^th	56	Peter Clarke	Ferrari 250 LM	P. Clarke			6^th	S+2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Reason	Gr.
6	Bruce McLaren	McLaren Elva Mark IIB Chevrolet	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	19		DNF	S+2.0
51	Eric Liddell	Ford GT40	Norman Cuthbert	17		DNF	S+2.0
31	Ashmore	Elva - Climax	Alan Eccles	16		DNF	S2.0
3	Brian Redman	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Red Rose Motors	14		Accident	S+2.0
38	Ben Moore	Lotus - Ford	B. Moore	14		DNF	S2.0
35	David Driver	Elva - Cosworth	David Prophet (Racing)	14		DNF	S2.0
7	Chris Amon	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	10		DNF	S+2.0
32	John Pollock	Crosslé - Ford	J. Pollock	10		DNF	S2.0
26	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Brabham BT8 Climax	JEM Developments	7		DNF	S2.0
8	David Prophet	McLaren Elva - Chevrolet	David Prophet (Racing)	5		DNF	S+2.0
16	Brian Muir	Lotus 30 Ford	Race Proved by Willment	4		DNF	S+2.0
54	Jeff Edmonds	Ferrari 250 LM	D. Piper	4		DNF	S+2.0
12	Gerry Kinnane	Crosslé - Ford	Robert Ashcroft Racing	2		DNF	S+2.0

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
15	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 40 Ford	Alan Eccles		S+2.0
36	Desmond Freer	Lola Mk.1 Climax	W. D. Freer		S2.0
17	John Dean	Lotus 30 Ford	John Dean Racing		S+2.0

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
80	Digby Martland	Chevron	D. Martland		S2.0
65	Derek Bennett	Chevron B4 BMW	Robert Ashcroft Racing		S2.0
77	John Blades	Ginetta G4	J. H. Blades		S2.0
81	Tim Wilson	Wilson GT	T. Y. Wilson		S2.0
2	Denny Hulme	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Sid Taylor (Racing)	Engine	S+2.0
66	Malcolm Walton	Diva	M. Walton		S2.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
21	Peter Gethin	Crosslé - BMW	Robert Ashcroft Racing		S2.0
22	Brian Nelson	Crosslé - BMW	Robert Ashcroft Racing		S2.0
23	Mervyn Wingfield	Crosslé - BMW	M. Wingfield		S2.0
30		Lotus 23 BRM	Vegantune Engineering		S2.0
37	Peter Martin	Lotus - Ford	P. J. Martin		S2.0
53		Ford GT40	Bernard White Racing		S+2.0
55	George Drummond	Ferrari 250 LM	Drummond Racing Org.		S+2.0

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