The 9th Kanonloppet was a

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rules, held on 11 August 1963 at the

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. The race was run over two heats of 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver

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25. The first heat was won easily by Clark, with team-mate Trevor Taylor in a comfortable second place, from Jack Brabham in third. All the other runners were lapped at least once. Brabham had led for most of the race but suffered fuel shortage problems and his engine cut out. The second heat saw a reverse of the first, with Brabham winning from Taylor and Clark, with just a few tenths of a second separating the two Lotus drivers. The only two retirements were the two BKL Lotus cars in the second heat. This race marked the Formula One debuts of the 1967 World Champion Denny Hulme, and British driver

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."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

Results

*Fastest lap: (Heat 1) Jim Clark 1:30.6 *Fastest lap: (Heat 2) Jack Brabham 1:36.1

References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race = Kanonloppet , Year_of_race = 1963 , Previous_race_in_season = 1963 Solitude Grand Prix , Next_race_in_season = 1963 Mediterranean Grand Prix , Previous_year's_race =

1962 Kanonloppet The 8th Kanonloppet was a auto racing, motor race, run for Formula One cars, held on 12 August 1962 at the Karlskoga Motorstadion, Karlskoga circuit, Sweden. The race was run over 30 laps of the little circuit, and was won by American driver Masten ...

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