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Lombank Trophy The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England. The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
was a motor race, run to
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rules, held on 30 March 1963 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit,
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. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Graham Hill in a BRM P57. The lead changed hands several times between Richie Ginther and Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth. This was the first and only Formula One start for Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a
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event at
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in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with Jack Pearce.F2 Register - XXIII Leinster Trophy 196

/ref> Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew.


Results


References

* Results at Silhouet.co

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp 126-127. {{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race =
Lombank Trophy The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England. The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
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1962 Lombank Trophy The 3rd Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 14 April 1962 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark i ...
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Lombank Trophy The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England. The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
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