Reg Parnell Racing was a

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team during the 1950s and 1960s. The team was founded by ex-Formula One driver Reg Parnell after he retired from racing. It raced as

Yeoman Credit Racing Yeoman Credit Racing was a name used by two different Formula One motor racing teams in the early-1960s: the British Racing Partnership (1960); and Reg Parnell Racing (1961–62). The name was derived from commercial sponsorship arrangements, the ...

in 1961 and as the

Bowmaker Racing Team Yeoman Credit Racing was a name used by two different Formula One motor racing teams in the early-1960s: the British Racing Partnership (1960); and Reg Parnell Racing (1961–62). The name was derived from commercial sponsorship arrangements, the ...

in 1962. The team's best results were a pair of second places in the

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and the German Grand Prix of . John Surtees also took pole for the team at the

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Formula One World Championship results

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) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.) ‡ At the

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used a car borrowed from

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with

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V8 engine.

References

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