The sixth Silver City Trophy was a

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, run to

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rules, held on 3 June 1961 at

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Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver

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in a Lotus 18/21. The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when

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crashed his

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T53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel.

Results

*Stirling Moss was entered by the

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but he did not race this car.

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 = Silver City Trophy , Year_of_race = 1961 , Previous_race_in_season = 1961 London Trophy , Next_race_in_season = 1961 British Empire Trophy , Previous_year's_race = 1960 Silver City Trophy , Next_year's_race = — Silver City Trophy Silver City Trophy