The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship

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race held during the early 1960s at

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. The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1961 race was the first event in Europe to be run according to the new 1.5-litre regulations for Formula One. George22082018 1

After the event was dropped from the Formula One calendar, the Lombank Trophy was held for

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cars at

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Circuit in

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in 1965. This race was marred by the fatal accident suffered by George Crossman.F2 Register - 1965 Lombank Troph

/ref> Crossman had previously served in the Royal Lancers, Catterick, a cavalry regiment that fought in Palestine and trained as a pilot in the Royal Air Force. When he came out of the army he started farming in Somerset and continued when he moved to Withycombe a few years later. Later in the 1960s, the race was run as a

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event at

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. Lombank, part of the

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finance company, also sponsored the British Formula Three Championship in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Under the Lombard name, the company also sponsored the

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for many years until the 1990s.

Lombank Trophy Formula One results

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