The 8th Gold Cup was a motor race, run to

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rules, held on 23 September 1961 at

Oulton Park Oulton Park is a hard surfaced Race track, track used for motor racing, close to the village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England, from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington, with a nearby rail connection a ...

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. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver

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in a Ferguson P99. This is the only time a Formula One race was won by a

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car, the damp conditions proving ideal for the car's extra traction.

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 =

Oulton Park International Gold Cup The International Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a auto racing, motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England. In the 1950s and 1960s it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-Championship Formula One r ...

, Year_of_race = 1961 , Previous_race_in_season =

1961 Flugplatzrennen The Flugplatzrennen (known alternately as either 3rd Flugplatzrennen or 5th Flugplatzrennen) was a motor race, run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 17 September 1961 at Zeltweg Airfield, Austria. The race was run over 80 laps of ...

, Next_race_in_season = 1961 Lewis-Evans Trophy , Previous_year's_race = 1960 International Gold Cup , Next_year's_race = 1962 International Gold Cup

International Gold Cup The International Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a auto racing, motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England. In the 1950s and 1960s it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-Championship Formula One r ...

International Gold Cup

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