1963 Kanonloppet

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = NC
Country = Sweden
Grand Prix = Kanonloppet
GP_Suffix =
Official name = IX Kanonloppet
Location = Karlskoga Circuit, Karlskoga
Date = 11 August
Year = 1963
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 1.863
Course_km = 2.998
Distance_laps = 2 x 20
Distance_mi = 74.52
Distance_km = 119.92
Weather =
Pole_Driver = Jack Brabham
Pole_Country = Australia
Pole_Team = Brabham-Climax
Pole_Time = 1.22.6
Fast_Driver = Jim Clark
Fast_Team = Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time = 1:30.6
Fast_Country = UK
First_Driver = Jim Clark
First_Country = UK
First_Team = Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver = Trevor Taylor
Second_Country = UK
Second_Team = Lotus-Climax
Third_Driver = Jack Brabham
Third_Country = Australia
Third_Team = Brabham-ClimaxThe 9th Kanonloppet was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the Karlskoga Circuit, Sweden. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 25.

The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers.

The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver David Prophet.

Results

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References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.