The 9th

Glover Trophy The Glover Trophy was a motor racing trophy awarded at various events at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex between 1950 and 1963. In the 1962 Glover Trophy, 1962 race, Stirling Moss, who had won the race on two previous occasions and was considered one ...

was a

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, run to

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rules, held on 3 April 1961 at

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. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver

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in a

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T53. The event was held on the same day as the

1961 Pau Grand Prix The 21st Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 April 1961 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 18. This was ...

, which compromised the quality of the entry at both meetings.

Results

References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race =

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1961 Lombank Trophy The 2nd Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 26 March 1961 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 37 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53. T ...

, Next_race_in_season =

, Previous_year's_race = 1960 Glover Trophy , Next_year's_race =

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