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Programme cover of the
1967 Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. The race was contested two
weeks after the American F1 Grand Prix. With still one round to go, one
week after the Monterey CANAM Grand Prix it's mathematically sure that
Dennis Hulme or Jack Brabham will be the 1967 world champion. Hulme has
7 points more than Brabham. If Jack fails to win the last GP Hulme will
be the new world champion. Both they drive a Brabham-Repco.
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After three consecutive
victories for team mate Denis Hulme, it is now Bruce McLaren's turn to
show at victory lane.
Despite a second place on the grid Dan Gurney failed once more to
finish with the AAR Lola T70 Mk3B Ford. |
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Although it's already round #4 out of 6, we find several
new cars at the start of the Monterey Grand Prix at Lagina Seca.
Eye-catchers are the Ferraris 350P4 Canam, 485bhp strong for 750 kgs,
entered by N.A.R.T. With 3 valves per cylinder and 4.2-litre engines they
are fast, but not fast enough to threat the American "big bangers". Rumour
goes that Enzo Ferrari sent the two cars to prepair his entry at next year's
Indianapolis 500 miles, where similar hairy engines are used as at the CANAM.
The cars go to two F1 drivers: Chris Amon and Jonathan Williams.
The Ferrari 330 P3/4 Spyder of Lodovico Scarfiotti is no longer here. With
chassis numbers 0858 and 0860 it were no original CANAM cars but former P4
prototypes. The 0858, now raced with #27, finished earlier this year 2nd at
the Monza 1,000-km, 5th at the Spa 1,000-km, 2nd at the Le Mans 24 hours and
6th at the Brands Hatch 500 miles. The 0860, now raced with #23, raced only
at the Le Mans 24 hours (where it had to retire) and finished at Brands
Hatch second to the Chaparral 2F. Both cars have been transformed to CANAM
spyders in August and September.
New too on the grid
is the very interesting #21 5.0 Lola T70 Mk2 Ford entered by George Bignotti
and
American Rubber & Plastic Corp
for this year's winner of the Indianapolis 500 miles, Parnelli Jones.
Engine was a lightweight 4DOHC Ford, as used at Indianapolis, but enlarged
to 4,991 cc (97mm x 81mm), good for 525bhp at 9,000rmp. Initially Jones was
expected to drive the famous Ford Caliope (the Ford G7A), but since the car
didn't appear at any CANAM round, he opted for Bignotti. Set-up of the very
special engine was in hands of Danny Jones, an official motor
specialist at FoMoCo. With its lighter weight, despite using the old
chassis, the car was very competitive, qualifying as 4th. Only problem was
that the engine was designed to be used by alcool as those days
India-napolis motors. Used with fuel the Ford injection by Hilborn Travers -
a low pressure injection - is problematic. So Bignotti decided to cool the
fuel system by using a 20-litre bomb with liquiq azoth - the lonely way-out
to exclude vapor lock.
Another Lola T70 seen for the first
time in the series was Bud Morley' s, now that he replaced his
McLaren-Elva M1B by a T70.Another first season entry came from Miles
Gupton showing with a Platypus Oldsmobile. It's the car formerly
owned by the late Ken Miles and rebodied by him with a Lotus 19 body. An
original Lotus 19G Ford V8 is entered for Bobby Unser.
Unfortunately this very popular car - so spectacular in hands of Dan Gurney
at the 1965 Daytona Continental - suffered a blown engine at practice and
could not start.
A former F1 racer, Tony Settember, came to Laguna
Seca with a Matich SR3 Repco, also new in the series. A
deficient distributor drive and a broken oil pump made the car beyond repair.
Settember then made a deal with Ed Leslie to drive his older Lola T70
Spyder in the eventual race.
To complete the list with cars entered for
the first time we need to add two more. Merle Brennan showed with a
four years old Genie Mk10 Ford V8. Once - in 1963 and 1964 - a hell
of a two-seater "big banger", the glory of the Genie Mk10 belongs
definitively to the past. Nevertheless Brennan succeeded in finishing ninth
overall.
Last (and least) is an old Brabham BT8 Oldsmobile,
entered by Tom Tobin, but retired after practice for not-competitive.
[JPVR]
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John Surtees suffers again from suspension
problems. His car, not really competitive, will be eliminated by accident.
There are two 4.2 Ferraris 350 P4 Canam at the
start of the Montherey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca: 485 bhp strong for a
weight of 750 kgs (100 kgs more than e.g. the Chaparral 2G). Here Chris
Amon's car having finished fifth overall. |
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fac simili of article in Autosport,
October
20, 1967, p. 663.
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Pos.
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No. |
Driver /
Nationality |
Car |
Entrant
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Laps
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Time/retired
|
Pos.
|
Practice |
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1. |
4 |
Bruce McLaren (NZ)
|
McLaren M6A Chevrolet
M6A/1 |
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|
106 |
1:58:55,830 |
1.
|
1:02,690 |
| 2.
|
66
|
Jim
Hall (USA) |
Chaparral 2G Chevrolet 2G001
|
Chaparral Cars Inc. |
105 |
|
5.
|
1:03,930 |
|
3. |
16 |
George Follmer (USA)
|
Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet
SL73/126 |
Roger Penske Racing |
104 |
|
11. |
1:04,770 |
| 4.
|
14
|
Bud
Morley (USA) |
Lola
T70 Chevrolet
SL70/12 |
|
103 |
|
18.
|
1:06,240 |
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5. |
23 |
Chris Amon (NZ) |
Ferrari 330P4 C7 4.2
0860 |
North American Racing Team
|
102 |
|
16. |
1:05,770 |
| 6.
|
76
|
Bill
Eve (USA) |
Lola
T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet
SL73/119 |
Marvin Webster |
101 |
|
23.
|
1:07,760 |
|
7. |
33 |
John Cannon (CDN) |
McLaren M1B Chevrolet
|
|
101 |
|
21. |
1:07,420 |
| 8.
|
27
|
Jonathan Williams (GB) |
Ferrari 330P4 C7 4.2 0858 |
North American Racing Team |
99 |
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20.
|
1:07,350 |
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9. |
17 |
Merle Brennan (USA) |
Genie Mk.10 Chevrolet
|
Merle Brennan |
94 |
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27. |
1:10,520 |
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Did not finish: |
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10. |
52 |
Peter Revson (USA) |
Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet
SL73/115 |
Dana Chevrolet Racing
|
86 |
Brakes, accident |
10. |
1:04,510 |
| 11.
|
-
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Miles Gupton (USA) |
Platypus - Oldsmobile |
ex-Ken Miles |
86 |
DNF
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26.
|
1:10,480 |
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12. |
5 |
Denny Hulme (NZ) |
McLaren M6A Chevrolet
M6A/2 |
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|
80 |
Blown engine |
3. |
1:03,200 |
| 13.
|
6
|
Mark
Donohue (USA) |
Lola
T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet SL75/124
|
Roger Penske Racing |
74 |
Blown engine |
9.
|
1:04,350 |
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14. |
26 |
Chuck Parsons (USA) |
McLaren M1C Chevrolet
|
|
61 |
Gearbox |
12. |
1:04,800 |
| 15.
|
11
|
Lothar Motschenbacher (USA) |
Lola
T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet SL73/114
|
Dana
Chevrolet Racing |
51 |
Oil
pressure |
7.
|
1:04,260 |
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16. |
15 |
Frank Matich (AUS) |
Matich SR3R Repco |
|
44 |
Oil leak, overheating
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13. |
1:05,070 |
| 17.
|
37
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Don
Morin |
McLaren M1C Chevrolet |
Holman & Moody |
44 |
Running, not classified |
17.
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1:06,150 |
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18. |
7 |
John Surtees (GB) |
Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet
SL75/123 |
Team Surtees |
31 |
Accident |
14. |
1:05,170 |
| 19.
|
2
|
Brett Lunger (USA) |
McLaren M1B Chevrolet |
Caldwell Autodynamics |
26 |
Oil
pressure |
28.
|
1:10,520 |
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20. |
22 |
Mike Spence (GB) |
McLaren M1B Chevrolet
1-66 |
Ecurie Soucy Racing Team
|
26 |
Brakes |
6. |
1:04,000 |
| 21.
|
91
|
Skip
Scott (USA) |
McLaren M1C Chevrolet 40-03
|
Drummond Racing |
24 |
Overheating |
15.
|
1:05,400 |
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22. |
24 |
Hugh Powell (USA) |
Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet
|
George Eaton |
22 |
Unknown |
30. |
1:12,260 |
| 23.
|
-
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Tony
Settember (USA) |
Lola
T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet
SL73/111 |
DNS
- Ed Leslie (USA) |
18 |
Gearbox |
25.
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1:09,870 |
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24. |
21 |
Parnelli Jones (USA)
|
Lola T70 Mk.3 Ford
SL73/127 |
George Bignotti |
14 |
Fuel starvation |
4. |
1:03,720 |
| 25.
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43
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Ross
Greenville |
Lola
T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet SL73/120
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13 |
Brakes |
31.
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1:19,520 |
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26. |
36 |
Dan Gurney (USA) |
Lola T70 Mk.3B Ford
SL75/122 |
All American Racers |
12 |
Overheating |
2. |
1:03,100 |
| 27.
|
45
|
Jerry Entin (USA) |
McLaren M1B Chevrolet |
Entin Bros. Racing Team |
11 |
Accident |
24.
|
1:09,020 |
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28. |
19 |
Bill Amick |
McLaren M1C Chevrolet
|
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6 |
Unknown |
22. |
1:07,720 |
| 29.
|
1
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Sam
Posey (USA) |
Caldwell D7 Chevrolet D7/02
|
Caldwell Autodynamics |
5 |
Overheating |
19.
|
1:06,430 |
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30. |
25 |
Charlie Hayes (USA) |
McKee Mk.7 Chevrolet
|
Ralph Salyer |
3 |
Accident |
8. |
1:04,300 |
| 31.
|
78
|
Jerry Grant (USA) |
Lola
T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet SL71/46 |
Nat
Adams |
2 |
Head
gasket |
29.
|
1:11,590 |
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Did not start: |
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- |
Bobby Unser (USA) |
Lotus 19G Ford |
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Blown engine |
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10
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Scooter Patrick (USA) |
Mirage Mk1A Chevrolet |
Jack
Nethercutt |
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Brakes |
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|
12 |
Roger McCluskey (USA)
|
Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet
SL70/8 |
Pacesetter Homes/John Klug |
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Accident in practice
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39
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Jim
Adams (USA) |
McLaren M1A/B Chevrolet 20-09
|
Hollywood Sports Cars |
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Unknown |
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1:07,700 |
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67 |
Tom Tobin (USA) |
Brabham BT8 Oldsmobile
SC-7-64 |
Tom Tobin |
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Unknown |
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77
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Tony
Settember (USA) |
Matich SR3 Repco |
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Distributor, oil pump |
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