The 9th

Aintree 200 The BARC 200 was an annual motor race organised by the British Automobile Racing Club from 1954 to 1984. it was a revival of the pre-war 200 mile races organised at Brooklands and Donington Park by the BARC's predecessor, the Junior Car Club, an ...

was a

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motor race held on 18 April 1964 at

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. The race was run over 67 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver

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in a Brabham BT7- Climax. BRM driver Graham Hill started from pole position and finished second, and Lotus driver

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was third. Arundell's team mate Jim Clark set fastest lap. During most of the race, Brabham duelled for the lead with Clark, but the Australian won easily after Clark was obstructed by

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and crashed on lap 47. There was also a class for

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cars in this race, which was won by Lotus driver

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after the two cars in front of him retired on the last lap;

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suffering a driveshaft failure and Alan Rees running out of fuel. This was the last occasion on which the BARC 200 was held at Aintree, and the last occasion on which it was run as a

race.

Results

''Note: a blue background indicates a Formula Two entrant.''

References

* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. * "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. * Results at silhouet.co

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