The sixth Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 June 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus18/21.
The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when Shane Summers crashed his CooperT53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel.
1961, silver, city, trophy, sixth, silver, city, trophy, motor, race, formula, rules, held, june, 1961, brands, hatch, circuit, race, over, laps, circuit, british, driver, stirling, moss, lotus, championship, race, 1961, formula, seasonrace, detailsdate3, june. The sixth Silver City Trophy was a motor race run to Formula One rules held on 3 June 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18 21 1961 Silver City TrophyNon championship race in the 1961 Formula One seasonRace detailsDate3 June 1961Official nameSilver City TrophyLocationBrands HatchCoursePermanent racing facilityCourse length4 265 km 2 65 miles Distance76 laps 311 345 km 201 4 miles Pole positionDriverStirling MossLotus ClimaxTime1 42 8Fastest lapDriverStirling MossLotus ClimaxTime1 42 0PodiumFirstStirling MossLotus ClimaxSecondJim ClarkLotus ClimaxThirdTony BrooksBRM Climax The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when Shane Summers crashed his Cooper T53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel Results EditPos Driver Entrant Constructor Time Retired Grid1 nbsp Stirling Moss UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus Climax 2 11 40 6 12 nbsp Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus Climax 10 0 s 33 nbsp Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM Climax 1 27 8 s 54 nbsp Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper Climax 75 laps 65 nbsp Dan Gurney Louise Bryden Brown Lotus Climax 74 laps 126 nbsp Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus Climax 71 laps 137 nbsp Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus Climax 71 laps 198 nbsp Henry Taylor UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus Climax 69 laps 109 nbsp Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus Climax 69 laps 1110 nbsp Giuseppe Maugeri Giuseppe Maugeri Cooper Climax 60 laps 2211 nbsp Jo Bonnier UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus Climax 57 laps 1512 nbsp John Campbell Jones John Campbell Jones Cooper Climax 57 laps 2313 nbsp Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM Climax 48 laps 4Ret nbsp Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper Climax Engine 17Ret nbsp John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper Climax Accident damage 2Ret nbsp Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby Climax Engine 24Ret nbsp Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper Climax Accident 7Ret nbsp Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper Climax Cam follower 8Ret nbsp Jackie Lewis H amp L Motors Cooper Climax Ignition 9Ret nbsp Alan Trow Alan Trow Motor Cycles Cooper Climax Engine 18Ret nbsp Michael May Scuderia Colonia Lotus Climax Overheating 14Ret nbsp Brian Naylor JBW Car Co JBW Maserati Overheating 20Ret nbsp Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus Climax Gearbox 16Ret nbsp Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper Climax Fuel feed 21DNS nbsp Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper Climax Fatal accident in practice WD nbsp Cliff Allison UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus Climax Moss drove car WD nbsp Bruce Halford Jim Diggory Lotus Climax Car not ready Stirling Moss was entered by the Rob Walker Racing Team to drive a Cooper Climax but he did not race this car References Edit The Grand Prix Who s Who Steve Small 1995 The Formula One Record Book John Thompson 1974 Previous race 1961 London Trophy Formula One non championship races1961 season Next race 1961 British Empire TrophyPrevious race 1960 Silver City Trophy Silver City Trophy Next race Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 Silver City Trophy amp oldid 1104540080, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
