1965 Lavant Cup

The 1965 Lavant Cup was a sports car racing event held on 19 April 1965 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 21 laps of the circuit and was won by British driver Jim Clark in a Lotus 30-Ford, setting fastest lap in the process. Pole-setter Bruce McLaren finished second in a McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile, and David Hobbs finished third in a Lola T70-Ford.^[1]

1965 Lavant Cup
Race details
Date	19 April 1965
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.862 km (2.4 miles)
Distance	21 laps, 81.1 km (50.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Elva
Time	1:19.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus
Time	1:20.8
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus
Second	Bruce McLaren	McLaren-Elva
Third	David Hobbs	Lola

In the lower classes, Denny Hulme won the 2.0 litre class in a Brabham BT8-Climax, and John Hine won the 1.15 litre class in a Lotus 23-Ford.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	33	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 30-Ford	29:14.0; 166.471kph	2
2	35	Bruce McLaren	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile	+20.0s	1
3	32	David Hobbs	Harold Young Ltd.	Lola T70-Ford	+1:24.4	9
4	38	Hugh Dibley	R.F. Pierpoint	Lola T70-Chevrolet	20 laps	4
5	41	Denny Hulme	Sidney Taylor Racing	Brabham BT8-Climax	20 laps	3
6	42	Tommy Hitchcock	Celerity Inc.	Brabham BT8-Climax	20 laps	5
7	36	John Coundley	John Coundley Racing Enterprises	McLaren-Elva Mk1--Oldsmobile	19 laps	12
8	52	John Hine	John Hine Cars Ltd.	Lotus 23-Ford	19 laps	17
9	54	Jim Morley	J.F. Morley	Lotus 23-Ford	18 laps	18
10	49	Robin Widdows	Barwell Motors Ltd.	Lotus 23B-Ford	18 laps	23
11	56	Robert Lamplough	Robert Lamplough	Lotus 23-Ford	18 laps	16
12	48	Jeremy Bouckley	Burgess & Garfield Limited	Merlyn MK6-Ford	17 laps	24
13	59	Jack Murrell	D.R.W. Motor & Engineering Co.	DRW-Imp	17 laps	22
14	57	Robin McArthur	McArthur Weston Racing	Lotus 23-Ford	17 laps	20
15	43	Chris Williams	Chris Williams Ltd.	Lotus 23B-BMW	17 laps	10
16	50	Trevor Taylor	Aurora Gear (Racing) Rotherham	Aurora-BMC	15 laps	19
17	37	Julian Sutton	Mills Garages (Sutherland) Ltd.	Attila-Chevrolet	14 laps, not running	14
NC	51	Jack Paterson	Auto Racing Tours	Lola Mk 1-Climax	7 laps	25
Ret	53	Harry Stiller	Scaradi Racing	Lotus 23-Ford	10 laps	15
Ret	58	Geoff Oliver	Geoff Oliver Racing	Lotus 23-Ford	5 laps	13
Ret	47	Bob Bondurant	Race Proved by Willment	Elva Mk VIII-BMW	4 laps	11
Ret	45	Chris Amon	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	Elva Mk VIII-BMW	3 laps	8
Ret	55	Brian Smith	B.D.L.R. Smith	Lotus 23-Ford	2 laps	21
Ret	39	Roger Nathan	Roger Nathan (Racing) Ltd.	Brabham BT8-Oldsmobile	1 lap	7
DNS	31	John Surtees	Team Surtees Ltd.	Lola T70-Chevrolet	Engine failure in practice	-
DNS	40	Roy Salvadori	Ford Advanced Vehicles Ltd.	Cooper T78-Ford		6

References

1. "Goodwood International - Lavant Cup". Retrieved 27 March 2023.